Replacing All Door Knobs - ORB or Antique Brass? Help!
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How can I make builder's grade brass door hinges and knobs work?
Comments (7)Well you could choose different door handle color and just deal with the hinges yourself if you really want something other than brass. If you like brass then use it as I see nothing wrong with it. I think brass goes with anything. In my old house my master had brushed brass and brushed nickel faucets/towelbars/towel rings and I used brushed nickle for the knobs and handles for the cabinets there and the mirrors. So even if you wanted to use some with a silver finish you could get something that has a little brass on it and tie it in. The door to the bath had iron handles and black hinges. Here is a pic where you can kind of see it: Towel bar has outer ring in brushed brass and the point that holds the ring and the rest is nickel. Some brass finishes and others that I think would work well too. Bronze Brushed brass vs. shiny (not sure what your hinges will be). antique brass Black also would look good. I'm not a matchy match person though and I don't think I could do all the same color on all my fixtures in the house. In our new house the baths are brushed nickel, door handles are ORB and light fixtures varies from iron look to antique brass, and brushed nickel in the baths. Kitchen faucet is brushed stainless and the pendant above it is antique brass with an amber shade. Bath knobs and pulls will be brushed nickel, not sure about the kitchen, but I'm leaning towards ORB, pewter, or antique brass due to the dark cabinets and wanting it to not stick out too much....See MoreUnlacquered brass door knobs
Comments (20)athensmom - I agree that the Emtek sandcast bronze is too rustic for your house (or mine). Look at Emtek lost wax cast bronze. That is what we are going to use for the front door and, probably, the French doors. It has a much more refined look and the Medium Bronze doesn't have the purplish cast of the Burgundy. They have knobs as well as levers. I thought we were going to use the Emtek French Antique brass for our interior knobs until I actually got to see it. It looks very "artificial" and not at all what we want. I would love to have unlacquered brass and let it age naturally (or will a little chemical help) just like the pulls on my antique bedroom suite. Even though I swore no ORB, we will probably go with Emtek ORB for many knobs since they have the copper underlayment that does look nice IRL. Unfortunately, it looks like all of the Emtek brass knobs/levers are lacquered. So, to get antiqued brass we would have to remove the lacquer. Its sounds like it is hard to do, but, if I want to be so masochistic, how would I do it? Also, we want to have about 4 sets of glass knobs. Would the chemicals used to strip the lacquer from the brass mess up the backing on the glass knob? House of Antique Hardware has unlacquered brass, but the glass knobs are only 12% lead crystal rather than 24% for other brands. I'm just not sure those would look as good. Does anyone have another source for unlacquered glass knobs? Thanks - Jo Ann...See MoreAntiquing shiny brass faucet: lacquer WON'T come off - help!
Comments (30)I know this is an old post, but I just have to thank you for sharing — I was seriously contemplating trying the same thing as you because the faucets I want in unlacquered brass are so expensive. Good to know it likely wouldn’t work!!...See MoreReplacing/ updating interior door knobs
Comments (9)You can use the same doorknobs throughout a house if that's your preference - cabinet hardware does not need to match doors from room to room. Like Anglo, I have different door hardware in the bathrooms than elsewhere. What metal are your current door hinges and will you worry about them matching your doorknobs? I'm not suggesting they have to match - depending on the room, mine do not - but if you're worried about matching cabinet hardware this would probably occur to you at some point as well so better to think about it now....See Morepaulines
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