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How to Handpaint Knobs for Your Nursery or Kid's Room
HOW TO 
Tags: Decorating Childrens Rooms, Handpainting Knobs, Handpainting
Handpainted decorative hardware is everywhere - and it's not cheap! Follow these simple instructions to get the designer look yourself.
| 1. | Prep the knobs (see specific notes in Tips section below). |
| 2. | Base the knobs with 2 - 3 coats of paint. It's best to keep paint off the bottom of the knob (the part that will go against the drawer or cabinet face) as this can cause a ridge that makes it hard to get the knob to screw in tightly. Let each coat dry thoroughly before recoating. |
| 3. | Design your knob. It's best to figure this out before you start painting. Keep it simple or go wild. Look to fabrics or wallpaper in the room for inspiration. In the beginning, keep it simple! A couple lines for a stripe, a few more for a plaid. You can base your designs on the fabrics & wallpaper in the room. Just take the original material to your local copy shop, (along with the knob for scale) and reduce or enlarge them to fit the knob. |
| 4. | Make a pattern. Trace the knob shape onto paper - then transfer your design to the traced shape. You can transfer this design to the knob after you've basecoated it by using graphite paper - or you can do it freehand. |
| 5. | Decorate your knob. Here's the fun part. If you transferred your design with the graphite paper it'll be just like those paint-by-number projects you did when you were a kid. Keep a damp sponge handy - if you don't like what you've painted, and you've let your earlier coats dry completely - you can wipe off anything you don't like. Just do it quickly. If it's dried and you're not happy, just grab some sandpaper and take it down to what you do like! |
| 6. | Varnish your knobs when you've got them just the way you like them. Use 4 - 5 coats for a kid's room. And be sure to use water-based varnish. It dries quickly, is really durable and safer for kids to be around. |
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