What do you do with 4 antique glass doorknobs found in
the basement of a house? You give them to your most talented father-in-law and
he makes something really cool for you.
That’s what I did.
In 2005, when we purchased our little house by the lake
the inspector told us we’d need to demolish the basement due to vermiculite,
which could contain asbestos. In the process a set of doors was discovered with
four matching beautiful glass knobs. The first question was why were these
gorgeous knobs on doors leaning against a wall in the basement? I grabbed them
and headed upstairs to replace the metal knobs on the bedroom doors with the
glass. And they didn’t fit. The second question was now what do I do?
I have blogged about my wonderful father-in-law before.
(http://thebeadedpillow.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-father-in-law-hes-best.html)
His name is John, or Jack…Jack of all trades. A while ago I designed my dream
bead rack and he built if for me. He put my craft room work station together,
too. More recently he, with help from my mother-in-law, recovered the bed bench
to match my new room at the lake. (Together they watched a “how to” video by
Nate Berkus to make sure they “did it right.” )
One of the projects at the lake house this summer was
dividing the master bedroom in half creating another bedroom. By making this
change, however, the new room does not have a closet. (Do weekend guests at the
lake really need a closet?) As it turns out this is the bedroom my in-laws stay
in when they visit, and although they don’t need a closet, they like to hang
their jackets up, at least.
I had given Jack the glass knobs on Mother’s Day along
with some suggestions on creating something functional yet pretty. Here is what
he made:
Look closely and you'll see that he even covered the
screw holes with tips of a dowel rod that he painted white.
Now, I said there were 4 glass knobs. Well, on the other
side of that sconce light there is a little door that leads into an attic. It
had a small plastic knob. Now it has a very fine glass one.
4 comments:
The house I grew up in had those beautiful glass knobs. We called them "diamonds." Jack did a nice job and what a great idea for them.
Very nice jacket rack! What a neat idea for the glass knobs.
Isn't great to have someone that is so handy who also creates beautiful work with left overs? You are lucky to have a wonderful and talented father in law :D
They are real treasures! I love what you've done with them!
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