Mixing interior and exterior hardware finishes?
Wynne Kurtz
4 years ago
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Comments (9)Hi Athens! I sure hope it's going to look okay, because I'm doing pretty much the same thing. All of our exterior doors are full divided lights, including five sets of french doors. I'm not a big lever fan either, but according to the Marvin literature, the french doors require levers for the multi-point locks. So we'll have levers on all exterior doors and hexagonal glass knobs on the interior doors. I'm trying tie the two together by matching the metals as closely as possible and using simple rectangular back plates for all the door hardware. I reassure myself by looking at our 1920's house which has hammered bronze knobs on the exterior doors and glass knobs on most, but not all of the interior doors. Our 20s house also has bronze hardware on the stained wood doors which are in the entry, living room, den, and dining room. It has nickel hardware on all the painted doors which are in the bedrooms and the kitchen/breakfast nook. I think it looks great....See MoreMixed hardware styles / finishes (I just ordered 9 different kind
Comments (19)RM...whoa. First of all, thanks so much for the thumbs up on my hardware choices. Second, your kitchen looks great! I have admired it many times on GW. Third, kudos for being such an awesome mom. You have two kids at two extremes and I know that both can be equally challenging. I totally love Zoloft and Lindt Chili Chocolate. But like you said, that *is* a totally different story altogether ;) Let me be clear. I do love Christopher Peacock kitchens. If he wanted to gift me one, I would happily accept. I am just so bored with the expense of his kitchens and do find that they lack a certain personality. Or should I say, pretty much only contain *his* personality. Still, they're hot to look at! I am flattered that you are asking little old me for advice, but I am sure there are much much MUCH more experienced members who would actually know where to begin. For me, I read your post, looked at your kitchen, and couldn't figure out why you wanted to change your kitchen. It is very Peacock-esque. The furniture feet support that look. I can't tell from the pic what the space is between the fridges. Is that a desk/message center? I am intrigued by your love of pink and am wondering why the rug in front of the sink isn't pink! I honestly really like your kitchen and, to be truthful, do not want to offend you with any critiques that might be not up your ally. The main thing is, I am not sure what you want to achieve with reworking things. From the sound of your post, I take it that you want to warm it up a bit and lighten that wall of upper cabs. The main thing that came to mind when I looked at the kitchen was that it would look really nice with no upper cabs. But that probably would not be very practical. I know when designing my kitchen, I thought it would be lovely to have no uppers...but where would I put the food? OMG..I could have had a really big pantry next to the fridge. Oh crap, that would have been better! Man, see what you've done? Now I want to redo *my* kitchen and it hasn't even been installed yet!...See MoreKeep me sane! Selecting finishes for exterior/interior door hardware
Comments (2)You can split finishes with Rejuvenation door hardware, and could probably do the same with hardware from House of Antique Hardware or other reproduction hardware vendors. We did that with a few of our doors, and we have ORB knobs on our main floor (where the woodwork is stained) and white porcelain knobs upstairs and in our basement (where the trim is painted white)....See MoreInterior & Exterior Hardware. Can you use different finishes?
Comments (1)IMO the exterior and the interior do not need to match is anyway. But you might find it difficult to get the mix you want for the exterior door....See MoreWynne Kurtz
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