A few months ago, I worked on giving new life to an old
Jewelry Box (check out
part one and
part two for the prologue!). The project was a huge success and it is one of my favorite
pieces. In particular, I’m a huge fan of the distressed look and the metal top
(which is actually just a serving tray…
check it out here).
In its initial makeover, we took it from this...
to this...
Pretty good, right? Except for the cork knobs...
Unfortunately, the
cork knob idea just wasn’t doing it for me
anymore. When I saw a set of new knobs at Hobby Lobby for just over a dollar
each, I was sold. Or they were.
To me.
The knobs are checkered white (which is the color of the
box) and gold. Yes, I know the top of the piece is silver. But, because there
are no additional colors on this piece, I decided silver and gold could play together
with white. They played quite nice, indeed.
I know what you're thinking. The answer is yes. Yes, I did allow my boyfriend to hold a drawer with his feet as he drilled these holes. All in the name of blog photography. Don't judge me.
We drilled new holes through both drawers, from the inside out, then
screwed each knob onto the front. When doing this, it's important to
choose carefully with regards to the length of your screws. If they're
too long (which may be unavoidable), you may end up having to add a few
washers to avoid the piece moving around too much or being loose, which
is just, well, obnoxious.
With the knobs good-to-go on the two drawers, the top hole
was a bit more difficult. Of course. How could it be a project if something didn't go awry? It's like... Newton's Law. Or Carly's Law.
What's wrong with the top hole? Well, it is not actually a pull out drawer, like the other two. Instead, it has a metal
piece inside, so we couldn’t just drill through it.
Instead, we decided to
spackle the hole and let it dry, then superglue the knob on (since it won’t be
used for pushing or pulling, anyways).
We used a C-Clamp to hold the knob on as
the Superglue dried.
Aaanddd... drumroll please...
So let's review the three stages of jewelry box life, shall we?
