We don't have a typical doorknob on our downstairs bathroom door. We stuck this guy in there a few years ago while we looking for one, then grew to love him. But we've been keeping our eyes open for ideas on what to use as a latch (right now its just an old-school bolt inside the door). Yesterday those cool folks at Remodelista posted something that the Henry Beguelin store in San Francisco uses as door handles and we finally have our solution. Click after the jump to see their clever door handle idea...
We love how the folks at the Henry Beguelin store simply knotted leather cord to use as door handles. It looks like they just drilled two holes in the door to thread the leather through. Besides the fun in seeing other ideas for alternatives to door handles, what we're also excited about is their use of a "ball catch" as a solution to the no door latch problem. We've seen these catches on closet doors before but never thought to screw them on and use them. How they work is that a spring-loaded ball catches and holds the door closed, but if you tug on the door it opens.
Our door came pre-cored with a hole for a conventional doorknob, and you could stuff just about anything in there that would be snug (by the way, yes, we wash him every week and we even have two and rotate them). Stuffed animals would be fun as a doorknob to a kids room which you'd never want to lock anyway.
>>>Remodelista's web site
>> ball catch hardware (under $4) sold here
Or you could just go to the hardware store and buy a doorknob....
view bepsf's profile
Ohh! I bet that little guy is dirty! Do you wash him regularly??
view catfishriches's profile
catfishriches, the post says that she washes him every week and has two so she can rotate them.
This looks awfully ridiculous to me, but if it works for you...
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Awww. Hotchpotch. We're from Williamsburg, VA and I really miss seeing the little fellows all around Colonial Williamsburg.
Imagine my surprise when I spied the Hotchpotch ABC poster at my daughter's school here in New Orleans, and now there's one filling in as a doorknob!
I wonder if hotchpotches come in threes.
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The one with the doll is too funny...what an interesting concept for a KIDS room!
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view jenniferramos's profile
are you kidding me?
view nordicfreak's profile
The doll is hilarious!
view genjenn's profile
Nah.. MAYBE with a better doll.. that doll kinda creeps me out
view Fuzzyummy's profile
lighten up, AT Readers!
view homelady's profile
Super funny! If ever I am in need to replace a doornob...
view cojaclynsy's profile
I'm going to try this with a sock monkey in my daughter's closet door. Thanks for the idea!
view crockedteeth's profile
Goodness! All these naysayers. I love it. It has personality and function. I think you should just keep him in there.
Emily
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I love him! But really, it doesn't matter at all who loves him and who doesn't ... apart from you!
The knotted leather door looks a bit medieval ... or perhaps a little bit BDSM.
If the doll handle and the leather handle could both be seen from the same room, then THAT would be creepy!
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