Four and a half years ago, when we moved into our house I had a list of things I wanted to do right away. One of them was the Loft and another was the handles on the kitchen cabinets.
When you buy a house new here, everything is an upgrade and costs a lot of money. Simply getting nickel handles on our cabinets would have set us back an extra $500. We did not want to add that to our mortgage so we promised ourselves we would do it right away.
Four and a half years passed. And I finally got my handles.
It was so simple. It cost us $75 in hardware and a half an hour to install them. And to be honest, I talked to my Sister on the phone the whole time I was installing them, so I multi-tasked.
So why did we wait so long? I will never know, always something else to get done. But, now that we have had them on for almost a week, I have to say that I am quite happy with the results. So subtle, but nice. Makes me want to put away all the little extra things on the counters and have them all bare again. Who am I kidding, they haven’t been bare since the day we moved in!
One more thing crossed off my list of things to get done around here. Now the biggest question of all….
Any suggestions?
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Looks great!
I wonder if the ReStore would take your old knobs?
An easier solution would be to stick them in a clear baggie and drop them off at your local Salvation Army.
Wow, I love the difference, subtle yet classy.
I was thinking ReStore too. They pretty much take everything from our experience. Or do you have Value Village?
Looks great!! You could post on Freecycle.
Those are great, and I can’t believe the difference it would have cost you, 500 dollars as opposed to 75? Yay for beating The Man!!!
They do look great. We have these nasty white ones with flowers on them (HATE) but I just keep thinking we will redo the whole kitchen one day and replace them that way…
I was going to say ReStore as well 🙂
Good for you! I can’t believe how much that was going to cost you with the builder *outraged* that is RIDICULOUS! I am SO glad you did it yourself and saved that money…now you can go to a nice hotel with the money you saved and have a nice night with the Mr. *wink*
I am sure you could find crafts for the knobs, but giving to charity is always nice, or, as others said, restore and Freecycle are good too 🙂
Paint magical toadstools! http://www.alphamom.com/holiday/2009/09/diy-fairy-toadstools.php
Oooo…I like the toadstools idea!!!
Even a picture of cupboard door handles looks great! You have SUCH an eye for these product shots!!!!