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