| The use of door handles to compliment a design | | | | backplates, which give a period feel together with style |
| theme is an art that is sometimes overlooked in these | | | | and longevity. |
| days when Ikea and large furniture stores dominate | | | | Moving into the kitchen and it is easy to select cabinet |
| the market with cheap handles and doors. But it is | | | | handles and door knobs which can revitalise existing |
| easy to take advantage of these offers, and create a | | | | kitchen furniture. Sometimes it can be as easy as the |
| look to suit your interior design by buying door handles | | | | selection of chrome cabinet handles to lift a kitchen |
| from independent suppliers to accessorise your room | | | | and a room – giving a more modern feel. Equally, |
| appropriately. From the front door to the back door, | | | | traditional kitchens can be given a face lift with antique |
| visitors to your home will use – and consequently | | | | brass or pewter cupboard knobs – particularly |
| notice your door handles, and they should not be | | | | effective when cabinet doors are stripped back to the |
| neglected in your overall stylistic vision for your rooms. | | | | wood. Usually, knob ranges will have matching fittings |
| For example, the door knocker and the front door | | | | for draws and cupboards, allowing for example – |
| handle are the first thing any visitor will see or use | | | | porcelain drawer pull handles to be included with |
| about your home. This first impression can be used to | | | | porcelain cupboard knobs. All of sudden, with minimal |
| your advantage to create the look you are after. | | | | expense, a new look can be created solely by |
| Starting with the front door, it is easy to research and | | | | introducing matching door and cupboard knobs. |
| find front door handles to create a particular | | | | It is no secret that current trends for bathrooms focus |
| impression. Antique black door handles can be used to | | | | on modern, contemporary looks, usually with polished |
| give a sense of a traditional welcome and work well | | | | chrome or stainless steel handles and accessories. |
| to compliment other period features of your home, | | | | Again, door knob and fitting manufacturers tend to |
| whether genuinely old or recreated as part of a | | | | design and release matching ranges of fittings – |
| stylistic vision. Similarly with the use of other materials, | | | | meaning door knobs, bathroom cabinet handles, soap |
| a brass door knocker can be an excellent accessory | | | | baskets, robe hooks, towel rails, soap dispensers and |
| with many ornamental designs available – many of | | | | shelves can be purchased as part of a |
| which are themed into Georgian, Victorian or modern | | | | complementary range. Taking a look from the past is |
| door handle ranges. | | | | possible too, with Edwardian bathroom accessories |
| In living and dining rooms, carefully chosen door knobs | | | | currently popular, taking satin nickel durability and adding |
| can help create any theme, from clean, sleek modern | | | | a touch of extra quality through classical design. |
| stainless steel door fittings to rustic, antique black door | | | | While the selection of door handles and door knobs is |
| knobs that give a country feel. There are a range of | | | | only part of an interior design strategy, the amazing |
| inexpensive, attractive porcelain door knobs, together | | | | range of products on the market today means that in |
| with polished wood door knobs that can fit in nicely | | | | many cases complimentary door fittings can lift a |
| with existing or new colour schemes and styles. And | | | | room by themselves or add extra spice to a redesign |
| ever popular are Edwardian door knobs with brass | | | | project. |