Adam and I had been in search for a drawer system for use in our office, and then there it was, the Ikea Alex. Everything was right. It was the perfect height. It had plenty of long thin drawers, perfect for tool organization. It even had wheels. We excitedly perused our color options; white, white, or white. Hmm….Our office is mostly wood tones and black, so white was just not working for our color palette. At first we tried to find another option, but we just kept coming back to the Alex. It had the barebones of exactly what we needed. That’s when we decided to buy the Alex and give it a facelift. Our plan was to paint it black and customize the drawer fronts. This is how we did it.