Filing cabinets are now available in a tremendous range of style and design options. While the traditional four drawer metal filing cabinet remains popular it is quickly being replaced in offices with modular filing cabinets designed to match the décor of the other office furniture pieces. Very seldom do we see row after row of tall, gray metal filing cabinets lining the walls of huge office areas. Instead each work station seems to have attached to it a desk height two drawer file cabinet module fitted with a top that matches the office desk.
The reason for this change is obvious as the modern office must be designed to accommodate computer technology. That file cabinet top makes a perfect location for a teleconferencing monitor or laser printer station. Another factor which has changed the design of filing cabinets over the years is the move towards electronic files. We probably will always need paper records for some things, but the vast majority of transactions and correspondence are now saved as digital media.