I have wanted to replace the door knobs in this house since before we bought this house....yes during our second viewing, I knew they had to go...
But last year we did so much and spend so much money...new door knobs never happened...so this year, I made sure they happened.. I asked Santa!!! ( I asked boyfriend Santa, not dad Santa, I have two!)
I told Colin for Christmas I wanted a purse and door knobs. : ) and he got me both! Good Boy!
I wanted dark bronze knobs to replace the dated and scratched gold knobs. I didn't go crazy shopping around for them, I just went with the basic Home Depot ones available at our local store.
We got enough for the entire first floor. We did not update the second floor yet, but do plan on doing that at some point so the whole house matches.
The power room and basement doors are newer doors and Colin got the knobs on no problem. Once he moved to the hallway and our bedroom, it was a different story. The holes in the door weren't big enough and the new knobs couldn't be in stalled. Those doors are all older doors, I am assuming original doors to the house.
So what did we do???? We called in the Big Guns..aka Colin's Dad..and he saved the day! We had bigger holes drilled and new door knobs installed in no time! Yay!!!
The door hinges in the hallway and in our bedroom are dark, so they go nicely with the new knobs, although the hinges in the laundry area are kind of gold-ish, so they don't match great, but I am going to pretend I don't notice and hope no one else does. : )
It looks so much better and it make
me really happy to see them!
(Not as happy as crystal doors knobs would make me, but Colin hates those, so let's not talk about it....it is too upsetting )
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