Okay, now you are probably thinking, she's already hurting for material and this is only post eleven! She has 354 more to go! Well, there's a reason why shiny, brass door knobs are an inspiration to me.
2012 was the first year ever that we had Thanksgiving in our house. All the family planned to come. That's a lot of people to fit in our little 1940s bungalow. We just recently had our house remodeled and thought we'd celebrate by having people over.
I had never cooked a turkey in my life (that's a different post altogether...stay tuned). So I went out and bought some extra table settings and got out the old, rustic brass candle holders to shine them up.
My husband was having a cup of tea at the table. I had just been to the store to purchase Brasso to shine up these former beauties.
My husband sat there watching me in awe as I took these ugly, tarnished things and turned them into what looked like gold! King Midas style gold! I guess they don't have Brasso in Korea. He loved the fact that I could make something so plain look so amazing.
Within seconds, my husband was walking around with the Brasso and a cleaning cloth in his hand. He was determined to shine any brass we had in the house. We don't have much, but we have brass door knobs.
He shined every single door knob in our entire house. They probably haven't had any attention since 1940. Now, whenever I go to open a door, I think of my husband and how something so simple could make him so excited and happy!
What kind of doorknobs do you have in your house? Have you given them any attention lately?
I think it's wonderful that something so simple can be so inspiring. That is a sweet story.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have any in our house, but I love the old glass doorknobs.
Yes, this project is helping me pay attention to things I normally wouldn't pay attention to!
DeleteThe house that I live in was built in the 1920s here in San Francisco. Most of the doorknobs, like the wood floors, are original and are glass with brass in the middle. They make the doors difficult to open and close, so they could probably use some oiling or something, but they are one of a hundred little things that make old homes so wonderful and nostalgic.
ReplyDeleteWow! I love the glass/brass combo. Sounds beautiful. I agree, old homes have lots of charm....
DeleteI have old ceramic doorknobs, which I discovered can be quite fragile when my daughter broke one, and almost impossible to replace. So I superglued the poor little doorknob back together and threatened all my kids if they weren't very gentle with it!
ReplyDeleteI have some brassware that I bought in Thailand years ago when I lived there. I'm going to get some Brasso and polish it up!
I'd love to see your ceramic door knobs! Yes, I bet those would be hard to replace and easy to break. Have fun with the Brasso!
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