Last month the kids had a week off of school for winter break. My husband still had to work, but the kids and I spent the week visiting my parents and sister in MD. Not only was it fun to spend time with family, but I got to do a couple of DIY projects.
My parents likes to keep their house updated and my mom usually has a project done every year. Some years it's an easy/inexpensive update such as repainting a few rooms, and other years the updates are more intense like when they had their master bathroom remodeled.
For the past few years, she has been debating on updating the kitchen. Should have the cabinets painted white or get new cabinets? Then what about the counters, and appliances? It could be quite a costly update. So in the meantime, I suggested we update the look by changing out the kitchen cabinet hardware.
Here is what she started with. We didn't take a close up of the knobs but even from this picture you can tell they are outdated. The knobs she had before were from the early 90's and no longer matched the paint and tile in the kitchen. They are brass knobs with ceramic centers that have county blue flowers on them. The country blue phase has passed and since her kitchen walls are no longer blue these things stuck out like a sore thumb.
The new knobs are bronze with copper highlights and work great with the other dark brown accents in the area such as the bronze pendant light above the kitchen sink and the dark brown in the tile back splash. If you want to use these same knobs for an easy update in your home, here's the amazon affiliate link to them: HERE and HERE.
Changing out the knobs was also a great time to finally give those kitchen cabinets a good scrub down. The finished result is a more modern look for very little cost. And if she wants to have the cabinets painted or buy new cabinets altogether, the knobs can be reused.
Sometimes it's totally worth it do to a project in phases. While you save up for the full remodel or are still unsure as to what you want, a "phase 1" project can tide you over. Plus it looks good in the meantime.
John and Sherry Petersik from YOUNG HOUSE LOVE explain more about "phase 1" projects in there post:
