Besides … … style fashion and other ornamental … concerns, conversions of this kind of materials / objects in knobs / cheroulakia furniture, cupboards, drawers etc. Has very often only economically motivated.
The slightly better than the average quality of such metal or wooden Knobs will find many times cost very expensive. If you change eg the appearance of a dresser or want a change in kitchen cabinets, it is not at all unlikely that the total cost to buy knobs you like … bigger dec all paint–materials will need for the remaining part of change.
Depending on the type of furniture / cabinet and the space is located you can choose from several options for particularly and mainly economic knobs–handles.
Cork, rope, leather eg from old bands, pebbles, shells, simple fabric, thin logs or twigs, old cutlery, knobs that would make plaster or cement using as ice packs molds to any shape–drawing etc. want.
How you customize such knobs on furniture, it depends on the slots / holes that it has at that point. If only one per knob and existing screwed onto the classic screw fittings attached to the inner side of the furniture with a correspondingly sized nut, in the same manner will adjust the corresponding “alternative” knob screwing or gluing it with a strong general use glue on the screw.
If they handle which are mounted on the cabinet in two places, depending on the type of the new knob you want to place or stick this point in a way that hides the holes on the surface of furniture, whether you use them spend handles rope, cloth, leather, etc. or just at these points will tighten knobs long as spoons, forks etc.
Apart from such imaginative solutions … and you just want to convert exceptionally stylish knobs–handles some very affordable that you will find on the market. eg a technical “patina“, decoupage, crackeled etc. you can change appearance in a very simple plastic, wooden or metal handles, with twine or rope you can “dress” simple metal handles etc.
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