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