HONESTLY a “WISH I’D DONE IT SOONER” status although those bug me and bum me out so I try to not think of them! So, I had it in my head that to get cool, slightly historic doorknobs (got to have a faceplate) it was going to be really expensive. Like, $250 a knob. We only have seven doorknobs in our home. Can that be right? Shocking. (Is that low for a house our size? Maybe that’s normal.) So once I realized that, and now since we’re thinking about resale more we try to do things that would help with that now so we can enjoy them even though we aren’t listing yet.
I cracked open homedepot.com just to see where we were coming in on prices and how stylish the options were and woah it’s only like $26 for a solid interior doorknob option with faceplate.
My ideal would really be a good brass, but good brasses are harder to come by at the big box stores, so instead I go with black or very dark oil rubbed bronzes.
Also there’s a lot more variation of brasses from brand to brand than blacks so it’s easier to mix, which is what we’re doing in a gradual renovation house like ours.
We got a few privacy and a few passage versions. They came, we installed. It is so much nicer! Those details make a big difference. And I wouldn’t say “expensive” is the look I’m going for in my home, but it is kind of the look you go for when selling a house. The older I get the more I like things that feel QUALITY. Our former ones were the chippy old 1980’s brass knobs. SO BAD.
The whole thing, about $200. And it effected like, every room of our house so positively! Is retail upping it’s game the past five to ten years for housewares? I don’t feel like you could have gotten this at home depot seven years ago. And I won’t get going on how far target’s home section has come.
