Used on unlockable doors (bedrooms and offices)and closets. Passage: This is standard door handle with no lock. There are actually a few types of door handles you can buy: I thought I’d give you a quick rundown of what you need to know if you want to tackle doing it. Mostly ordering the correct items and making sure you have the right sets for each door. The process of replacing your door hardware is a little more complicated than it first appears. You may remember I showed you this handleset when I had my front door reveal a while ago What you didn’t know was that I also replaced the interior hardware on that door to the new black lever handles as well: I chose the Quickset Hawthhorne for my front door in Satin Nickel) (I needed to NOT use black on my exterior hardware because my front door had been recently painted black. They offered mix and match finishes for exterior doors. The standard handles have reversible handles, meaning you don’t need to know which direction your door swings to order the correct type. (Many brands only had a really dark oil rubbed bronze)ģ. They were relatively inexpensive ($28/passage door and $31/privacy lock)Ģ. The design I chose was Kwickset Commonwealth from ġ. I don’t have matching finishes, so I may as well go simple. Some of my bathrooms have chrome, others have brushed nickel and the kitchen has oil rubbed bronze. ![]() (I decided on black because it was true neutral. So when I finally had the money saved up, I bit the bullet and decided to replace ALL the hardware in my house with black lever handles. since I just couldn’t stand looking at a hallway full of shiny gold knobs! I knew eventually I was going to have to do something more permanent. The ORB definitely didn’t hold up as well as the brushed nickel did, but neither of them was the perfect fix. I also updated some of the knobs with oil rubbed bronze to see if I liked that look better, which I did. Not only was the gold out of style, but the handles themselves weren’t even in very good shape.Īs a temporary fix I spray painted my medicine cabinet and the front door hardware brushed nickel and it actually held up remarkably well: I’ve talked about the struggle to update this early 80’s look in lots of posts before and today is yet another step in my journey to rid myself of the shiny gold hardware that was so popular 30 years ago. When we bought this house, the entire thing was a sea of brass and golden oak.
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