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Small changes can have a big impact Door knobs, drawer pulls pack a punch Melissa Rayworth The Associated Press It’s a small thing, often overlooked amid major items like fur niture and paint colours when you’re decorating a room. But don’t underestimate the power of household hardware. These small items — doorknobs, drawer pulls, cabinetdoor handles — are “the jewelry” that can add style and sparkle to any space, says New York-based interior designer Young Huh. Just as the right necklace can turn a simple dress into a fashion statement, a striking new set of knobs on an old cabinet, or vintage crystal doorknobs, can bring a huge dose of style to your home with minimal expense, she says. In many homes, these hardware items are mostly ignored. Interior doors may have mismatched, inexpensive knobs that were installed at different times. Drawers and cabinets may have functional but unappealing knobs or bars. Swapping these items out is often easy, and Los Angeles-based designer Betsy Burnham says her clients
Photos: Sarah Dorio/Burnham Design
A master bathroom in a residence in Beverly Hills, Calif., is adorned with Asian-inspired metal drawer pulls, a favourite design choice of interior designer Betsy Burnham. are frequently surprised at the visual impact of something as simple as carefully chosen hardware. Last summer, she added door pulls made of rope tied in small nautical knots to the builtin cabinets at a California beach house, inexpensively adding a dash of personality to the space. Here, three interior-design experts — Huh, Burnham and Brian Patrick Flynn of Flynnside Out Productions — offer advice on choosing hardware and using it to coordinate the look of a home.
Trends
One of the most popular styles now is lacquered or aged brass. “Ten years ago,” Huh says, “it was all about nickel: brushed nickel, shiny nickel. Now it’s the resurgence of brass.” Designers are using “bold tones, and things that look worn,” she says, by installing unlacquered brass that tarnishes over the course of a year, or paying extra for “pre-antiqued” brass that already has a colourful patina. Flynn uses a lot of brass, especially “satin or antique finishes, because they’re
more sophisticated and less formal than polished, glossy styles.” In addition, “a newer option I’m seeing and totally love is matte black hardware,” he says. “This is excellent for modern kitchens or for adding dark contrast to an otherwise light and bright space. The matte finish helps camouflage any scratches or smudges you’d deal with on glossy black pulls and knobs.” Another dramatic f avourite of Flynn’s: unlacquered iron.
Sleek, half-moon metal drawer pulls that evoke Chinese design are a perfect complement to the assorted international knick-knacks on this built-in cabinet.
Upgrades and changes
Burnham and her staff recently gave a preteen girl’s bedroom a more grown-up look by “changing the vibe from kind of old-fashioned to Bohemian.”
Their changes included a new set of striped bone-inlay knobs from Anthropologie that gave the furniture a funky appeal.
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