![]() Looking for authentic reproduction hardware that matches the look and period of the original? Try these sites: (Note: I have not purchased from all of these sites, so I cannot personally vouch for their quality and/or customer service). I’ve tried to break it down into separate categories to help you navigate it easier. And while this is not an exhaustive list, there’s a lot of info here. Here’s a list of online websites that sell furniture hardware. If you’re looking for something specific, you’ll probably have more luck searching online. Most of the stores above also list some of their hardware online. Home Depot, Menard’s and Lowe’s also carry hardware but their selections are usually pretty generic. ![]() Their selections are limited so I never go there specifically looking for hardware, but if I happen to be shopping there I always look to see if they have any interesting knobs I can add to my stash. Maxx, Pier One, Restoration Hardware, World Market and Anthropologie. Other walk-in stores that randomly sell hardware include Marshall’s, HomeGoods, T.J. If you go in and the hardware is full price, wait until next week if you can and it’ll be half off. Tip: Hobby Lobby marks their hardware down 50% off every other week. Hobby Lobby has a great selection and I can often find what I’m looking for there. I’m a visual person, and I really like to see and hold the knobs in person before choosing them. But if the original hardware is broken, missing, or just not fitting the new makeover, here’s some places you can look to find something new. Many times the original hardware is perfection. I want to mention that I don’t always change the hardware. Let me share with you my master list of places to find furniture hardware. Okay, just kidding with all the analogies :). The perfect necklace with your favorite dress. All that, and it’s not really enough to show you! We are in the “living in a construction zone” phase of this bathroom redo.One of my favorite things about refinishing furniture is getting to choose the hardware. ![]() ![]() I made some progress in the kids’ bathroom this weekend – a new light fixture location wired, the room got completely primed, and two coats of Lindsay White painted on the ceiling. This simple change added some personality to an otherwise boring vanity cabinet. Once installed, the bolts are the perfect length! I’m going to get acorn nuts to put on the end of the bolts so that there isn’t a sharp end, but I’ll have to do that the next time I run to the hardware store. One of my knobs had bent threads and wouldn’t fit into the tool, so I put it in the vice and used the hacksaw to cut off the end. If your bolt is too thick to fit into the multi tool, you’re going to want to use a hacksaw or a Dremel to cut off the bolt. The thicker the bolt is, the harder you have to push to get the tool to close. Then, I closed my multi tool and it lopped off the end of the bolt. I screwed it through enough so that the part that I wanted to cut off came came out of the back. The bolt from my owl knobs fit into the 10-32 hole, so I screwed them into the open multi tool. in the photo below? Those holes are sized for standard sized bolts. You can use it to strip, cut and crimp wire, but today I’m going to show you how to use it to cut a bolt.ĭo you see the holes labeled 5-40, 10-24, 4-40, etc. This is a tool that I recommend you having in your tool box, especially if you light to change out your hardwired light fixtures. Because this bolt was on the smaller side, I was able to use our electrician’s multi tool. Bolt cutting is simple if you have the right tools. Luckily, this is a really easy fix that I wanted to share with you. Here’s the difference in what was previously on the cabinets and the new, yellow owl knobs. The bolts are really long so that you can install them pretty much anywhere, but I was worried that they would stick out too far on the back of the cabinet door and be a hazard to my kiddos. Like most knobs from Hobby Lobby, these are easy to install with just a bolt and nut. They were $2.50 a piece (after the 50% off discount), so I bought four of them. I was at Hobby Lobby last week and found these cuties. So, the pulls needed to bring some much needed character to the doors. I considered painting the vanity, but it is in fabulous shape and is stained a gorgeous, deep color so I decided to leave it as is. Since I’m working on redoing my kids’ bathroom, I’ve been in the market for some really fun knobs for their shared vanity cabinet doors.
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