Focus on Your Drawer Pulls and Knobs

Why drawer pulls and knobs? Well, you're stuck in the house, snowbound probably. You're looking around at the same four walls. Thinking, Aiiieeee! I need a change! I need color, I need light, I need pizazz! But then you also probably need money. So you need to pick something transforming that doesn't require a second mortgage. And here it is: Drawer pulls! You know, handles, knobs, pulls, cabinet hardware. Drawer pulls, knobs. That's the key. (word.).

Why you need new cabinet hardware, drawer pulls and knobs.

Yes, simple cabinet hardware can give your décor pizazz without putting you in debtor's prison. (Do they still have those?) (Debtor's prisons?) Cabinet knobs, drawer pulls, door knobs, other knobs, knobs for which you must not pronounce the k - they can give a whole new look to your kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, or whatever is driving you crazy and boring you to death. Poor ol' drawers and cabinets, they're bored too, and they could use some flash, some bling, something to show you have a smidgeon of style and creativity. You know the song? "Drawers do get weary, wearing the same shabby pulls..." Maybe not. But, push pull and turn hardware is all the rage now as people try to dress up their furniture without without having to dive under the mattress for extra cash.

Why you even have drawer pulls and knobs in the first place.

Of course, everybody knows why we even have drawer pulls and cabinet knobs. People have stuff, and they need to stuff it somewhere, and then they need to be able to open wherever they stuffed it. At first, they had ropes nailed into the wood. Then slots slit into the wood. But soon artistry and craftsmanship evolved to the jeweled and carved selection of drawer pulls and knobs and cabinet hardware we have today. Do not think for one nano second we are talking about basic brass knobs here, because we are not. At all.

Some really different drawer pulls and door knobs you can yank things open with.

How about pewter trucks for knobs on Junior's drawers? Or glitzy jewels for the little Princess? You can jazz up cabinets, drawers and doors with puzzle pieces, NFL logos (Go Colts!) and buttons. (More ideas here.) .

Ideas for drawer pulls and door knobs and cabinet hardware you can create yourself.

You know that old silver flatware Crazy Auntie gave you? Put some anti-tarnish coating on it, and attach it to your drawers and cabinets. All it takes is a brass lamp spacer and a long screw (shut up Morag) which I'm sure you have. You can actually attach coins, buttons and all kinds of strange things to your drawer pulls and cabinet knobs. Installation of drawer pulls and cabinet knobs doesn't have to be difficult.

Here's a thought, Martha. Install knobs and pulls with screws in the same position as the ones you have now. They can be longer, wider, taller, as long as the screw-in thingies are the same distance apart as your present knobs and pulls. In that case, you can probably put these in yourself. Now if you simply must change sizes and styles, then you have to have the appropriate screws and bolts, and you have to measure and drill. So good luck. (Oh,I'm sure you can figure it out.)

Now are you ready to be inspired by scintillating drawer pulls and cabinet knobs?
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