It all started here…..at the Pend d’Oreille Winery In Sandpoint. What a cool place. Go there sometime!
Just a pop in for lunch and…ahem…a glass of wine. But then I spotted this coat rack on a trip to the ladies room. I was smitten. I wanted some rustic rock knobs! Perhaps it was the wine that made me think over-the-top. Whatever.
I had purchased rock knobs before for a bathroom… {if you’ve been reading this blog you know about my rock obsession}…but they had silver stems {see below}…a little contemporary for my taste and pricey at $12 a knob.
We had just put in a bunch of cheap cabinets in the “barn” and I wanted rock knobs but I didn’t want to pay that price. We needed about 15 of them.
So I figured, heck…how hard can it be to make my own?!? I found some small rocks at Walmart {in the flower arrangement/home decor section…I don’t remember but maybe $5 per box}…and also picked up some nice ones around the garden.
I bought some epoxy…..and with a bit of internet research I found and ordered some oil rubbed bronze flat knob bases and knob screws.
I set them in an old pie tin with sand and epoxied the rocks to the bases {screws added later…not necessary for gluing together…just the only photo I have!}…and let them sit overnight to harden.
Here are the three things you need…
…..plus epoxy. Simple and very easy!
Close-up…
…really close up.
Here they are on my el cheapo cabinets from Lowe’s.
I love ‘em.
They give these cheap cabinets a lot of rustic character.
And oh yeah…I painted chalkboard paint on my upper cabinets…..but that’s a post for another time. I also realized that I’m not much of an artist…hehe.
I ordered my bases from here:
You will also need round head slotted screws {#8-32 x 1/2”… also maybe 1” – for varying thicknesses of your drawers and cabinets – w/Nuts}. I think I got them at Home Depot…I didn’t take careful notes. Oooops. My mistake…I was having just too much fun making them. But you can probably find them just about anywhere.
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