House plants die. Fresh flowers get expensive. Trickling water fountains eventually drive you nuts. If you crave nature in the city and wish for something more primordial than plastic, how about drawer pulls made from glacial stone?
Skipping Stones Studios in Sandpoint, Idaho, harvests (with permits) river-tumbled rocks from the shores of the Purcell Trench, where a giant Ice Age flood from glacial Lake Missoula formed an abundance of streams, rivers and lakes thousands of years ago.
The stones are chosen for size, shape and feel. They're transformed into hardware with elegantly minimal mountings of brushed nickel or oxidized titanium.
But for a quick fix for a nature-starved home, we like the simplest option: river rock drawer pulls. At $12.60 apiece, a set of six would allow you to transform a wooden dresser or your kitchen cabinets into something earthy and zen in a matter of minutes.
Gorgeous and eco-friendly - rock on!
They're lovely, but I don't think they'd be my first choice as knobs or pulls. Despite whatever zen vibe they may connote, as hardware they scream "look at me" far too much for my taste.
I love these! I don't think they scream so much as they sort of quietly broadcast a point; the river rock drawer pulls would be an interesting choice in a bathroom or on a desk when you're trying to bring more of the outdoors indoor. (I see a big plant in a simple ceramic, zinc or aluminum container in the same space.)