| It may be time for new antique doorknobs in | | | | and get a new set of antique doorknobs. |
| your space. | | | | But don't give up faith that you can have a |
| If you have an old home and are trying to keep it | | | | beautiful old-looking home. You still have options to |
| as historical as you can, that may mean you have | | | | keep your home looking like the historical |
| gone to a number of great lengths to keep | | | | masterpiece it is. |
| everything that came with it originally. But that's | | | | It just so happens that in recent years, there has |
| not always easy. | | | | been a resurgence to bring old things back. |
| Glass door knobs are one of the things on a | | | | Antique dealers have been flooded with requests |
| house that everyone wants to keep, to add to | | | | for many types of old, original items. Believe it or |
| the charm, but often time and use have played | | | | not, their inventories often include antique |
| their game with these beautiful pieces of | | | | doorknobs and other pieces of hardware that are |
| hardware and it's time for those glass antique | | | | just as old as your house. You should start calling |
| doorknobs to go away. | | | | around to antique dealers you know, or look |
| We're not recommending tossing out those | | | | online, to see if they offer a knob close to the |
| antique doorknobs right away. By all means first | | | | one you need, to make the replacement in your |
| see what you can do to fix them. If the glass | | | | home. Even if they don't have the items now, |
| antique doorknobs are still in good condition, but | | | | they may be willing to keep an eye out for just |
| are not working right in the door, it may be | | | | what you need if send a picture or give a good |
| fixable. | | | | description of the antique doorknobs you are |
| You need to pinpoint where the problem is. There | | | | missing. This plan requires patience as it could take |
| are companies that offer new hardware insides | | | | weeks, months or even years for the exact |
| for your glass doorknobs that may help them fit | | | | antique doorknobs you are looking for to be |
| more correctly into the door. If it's a little wobbly, | | | | found. |
| there are also buffers, made specifically for glass | | | | The other option is to take something new that |
| antique doorknobs, that will fill that space between | | | | looks old. There is a whole market of replica |
| the knob and the door, without hurting the knob | | | | antique doorknobs that may well fit the bill of |
| or the door. | | | | what you are missing in your home. Many of the |
| If the problem with the glass antique doorknobs is | | | | designs being made have been created off of the |
| in the glass itself, you are in a much tougher | | | | original glass antique doorknobs of homes |
| situation. Generally, the glass cannot be repaired | | | | throughout history, so you should be able to find |
| and therefore you will be forced to just give in | | | | a set that will go well in your home. |