I consider myself to be a smart shopper. Don’t get me wrong I like really nice things and I’m willing to spend the money, but if I can save myself some of it, I’m all about that too. I realized after I painted my cabinets I would need hardware for them, but didn’t realize that you could easily spend a few hundred dollars on a piece of metal that opened and closed your cabinet door.
I looked on all the major sites that you could think of for the knobs that I wanted and of course, at the time I couldn’t find them in the color I was looking for, the story of my life! I happened to be at Target and spotted these hammered looking knobs that I loved, but only came in silver. They were on clearance, so I thought I could just paint them. I also found this half-moon drawer handle at JoAnn Fabric, that I also had to have. The two places that I would have never thought I would find the handle for my house, but there they were.
Here are the knobs I bought from Target. It is a little hard to tell but these knobs have a hammered look to them, you will be able to see the difference in the finished picture.
I unpackaged these knobs and stood them up on a wooden skewer that you might use for chicken kabobs. They are cheap and I already had them at home! I stuck them in a block of styrofoam while I sprayed them, and let them dry there as well. I took them out of the styrofoam, while still on the stick and lightly touched up a few spots that I had missed. I used Krylon Foil metallic copper spray paint that I found at Pat Cantans. Although this store is no longer in business, I attached a link for Walmart, where I found it for the same price.
After giving these items time to dry, I coated them with Zinsser Bulls Eye Shellac in clear from Home Depot. Be sure to follow the directions on the back of this bottle, because if you tend to get too close you will get a different finish, but I still went with this product because it is extremely durable for everyday usage.
These half-moon handles are from JoAnn Fabric, and although they were not on clearance, I was able to save some cash by using their coupons that you can find on their website or their app. I simply laid these handles out in a shallow box with newspaper and sprayed each handle to match the knobs, and added the same shellac sealer to finish out this project.
After two days of letting these knobs and handles dry, we attached them to the brand new kitchen cabinets that I refinished, and my bathroom cabinets. I love the way they turned out! Please let me know if you have any questions on this project, I would love to hear from you!
Xo Christine