So for about two weeks during the month of September I took on quite the "home improvement" project. We have been slowly undertaking a project around our home that we refer to as "Operation-get-rid-of-the-brassy-gold" (our home is only 5 years old but the brassy gold is just not our thing.) We have replaced almost all of the light fixtures original to the house but there was something bugging me about all the doorknobs in the house. They all looked like this...
I admit that this isn't horrible, but I really wanted a nicer color to complete our "Operation-get-rid-of-the-brassy-gold." We priced out the cost of replacing all 26 (yes 26!) doorknobs in our house and it was going to cost us almost $800 including the plates and hinges.
Then I thought "Why can't I spraypaint these like I did our patio furniture last summer?" So I read/watched a few tutorials and got started. The process included:
1. Removing every nail, plate, hinge, doorstopper and knob
2. Washing them clean then sanding them down so the paint would adhere better
3. Taking them to the garage to prime (2 coats)
4. Spray painting (3-4 coats)
Needless to say this job was extremely time consuming but I broke it out to just 2-3 doors per day and finished in just under two weeks.
And I completely LOVE the results...
The total cost of this project was about $50 (sand paper, primer and spraypaint) so the fact that I saved over $750 was well worth the effort. Plus let's be honest, we wouldn't have spent $800 to replace perfectly good doorknobs and hinges, but $50 was money well spent.
I did almost resort to buying a new handle for the front door...that is until I discovered that a front door handle starts at about $120 (priced at Lowes). So spray painting the front door alone saved us quite a bit of money!!
So far the knobs are holding up great and I am so happy with how this project turned out. Oh, and I'm also very happy to be DONE with it!!
4 comments:
I'm so impressed Dadra! Good thinking! They do look great too!
That is awesome!!! What a great idea. I hope remember that in the future if I need to change out door knobs. We had brass in our house and our realtor suggested we change them for a different color and we just said we are not spending that much just to change the color so we left them.
Those are beautiful. I have been thinking about undertaking a similar project in our house because we have also been blessed with brassy gold doorknobs. :) Thanks for the inspiration!
We have that same brassy gold everywhere but the basement. I love the idea of spray painting them. I had NO IDEA it would cost so much to replace them. Your solution looks fantastic!!
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