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Antique Doorknobs - Knowing When To Change Them

It may be time for new antique doorknobsdoorknobs.
in your space.But don't give up faith that you can
If you have an old home and are tryinghave 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 numberlooking like the historical masterpiece
of great lengths to keep everything thatit is.
came with it originally. But that's notIt just so happens that in recent years,
always easy.there has been a resurgence to bring old
Glass door knobs are one of the thingsthings 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 andold, original items. Believe it or not,
use have played their game with thesetheir inventories often include antique
beautiful pieces of hardware and it'sdoorknobs and other pieces of hardware
time for those glass antique doorknobsthat are just as old as your house. You
to go away.should start calling around to antique
We're not recommending tossing out thosedealers you know, or look online, to see
antique doorknobs right away. By allif they offer a knob close to the one
means first see what you can do to fixyou need, to make the replacement in
them. If the glass antique doorknobs areyour home. Even if they don't have the
still in good condition, but are notitems now, they may be willing to keep
working right in the door, it may bean eye out for just what you need if
fixable.send a picture or give a good
You need to pinpoint where the problemdescription of the antique doorknobs you
is. There are companies that offer neware missing. This plan requires patience
hardware insides for your glassas it could take weeks, months or even
doorknobs that may help them fit moreyears for the exact antique doorknobs
correctly into the door. If it's ayou are looking for to be found.
little wobbly, there are also buffers,The other option is to take something
made specifically for glass antiquenew that looks old. There is a whole
doorknobs, that will fill that spacemarket of replica antique doorknobs that
between the knob and the door, withoutmay 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 antiquedesigns being made have been created off
doorknobs is in the glass itself, youof the original glass antique doorknobs
are in a much tougher situation.of homes throughout history, so you
Generally, the glass cannot be repairedshould be able to find a set that will
and therefore you will be forced to justgo well in your home.
give in and get a new set of antique



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