Fourteen New Interior Door Knob Options: a house log
Right before we installed the hardwood floors upstairs, we mentioned how we sprayed all of the blue trim and doors upstairs here…
… but they are now naked when it comes to knobs.
We are no strangers to ORBing things like we did here, but a lot of the doors here were rusted and pitted and some were even jammed/did not turn/did not lock.
So in this case, it truly makes sense for us to replace them with something befitting of our freshly painted six panel doors. On one hand, it was a bummer to have to shell out loot for new knobs, but on the other hand the doors are in excellent shape and look like new with glossy white paint on them- so it is a lot easier on the budget to simply get new knobs (and hinges, which Home Depot sells in bulk “contractor packs”) than to replace all of the doors themselves.
I think we were aiming for two things when it came to our knob hunt: something classic (to work with our house’s style) and something special (we thought it was a lively opportunity to choose something you do not see every day). So here are a few of the knobs that we courted, so to speak:
- This $56 white porcelain knob with a pewter stem
- This dark-toned $108 antique-ish knob
- This $73 chrome knob with a square plate
- This $35 oil-rubbed bronze knob with a rectangular plate behind it
- This $90 oil rubbed bronze & crystal one
- This $109 plated knob
- This $105 egg-knob in polished chrome
- This $28 oblong ORBed one
- This $24 chrome knob
- This $30 satin nickel egg-knob
- This blinged out $97 crystal and satin nickel one
- This $16 classic oil-rubbed bronze knob
- This interestingly shaped $43 satin-nickel knob
- This dark-toned $30 lever knob
It certainly was not an straightforward decision – we honestly thought nearly any of them would work nicely – but in the end it came down to what we were drawn to most, and our budget of course (some of the pricier ones would have been 1K worth of knobs simply for the upstairs!). We have been in love with the idea of rich mocha hardwood floors, white trim and doors, and dark knobs for a while – simply because that classic high contrast look seems so ideal for this house. So that helped us eliminate a few. And when we came across inspiring photos like this one and this one, it was fairly clear to us that we enjoyed the look of a rectangular plate behind the knob – simply for the brought in interest that it brought.
In the end, we chose these $35 folks (#4 above) for the four bedrooms and these $24 ones for the two bathrooms (they are similar to #12 but without a hole in the middle and in the same finish as the other knobs since they are the same maker, so we thought that was worth it). Then we got the cheaper closet versions of those for the closets (many of which could be dummy knobs like this).
Oh and before checking out I googled around for a coupon code that took 10% off of our order and gave us free shipping. So that saved us some cash.
We hope the new knobs will add up to an whole upstairs floor with a fresh-yet-classic feeling. We already have the dark hinges up, so we are simply waiting on our doorknobs…
It is crazy to think a few short weeks ago the upstairs hallway looked like this.
As much as I thought the old carpet and blue trim were burned into my mind, they are like a distant memory now that we are all moved in. It is funny how swiftly your brain adjusts when you update things. Perhaps that explains my enjoy of before pictures. They save the starting point forever so you can consistently look back and say “dude, remember that?!”
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