French Door Handles

We finally got around to changing out the gold door knobs on our French doors downstairs. We choose to go with something a little different then our other doors. For one, these doors are different then the rest, and also because they still have gold in the metal work we thought the chrome knobs wouldn't match. We decided to go with handles instead of actual door knobs, since we don't need the whole door mechanism. The handles were a little cheaper as well, and make for a unique look. 

Since we decided to use unconventional knobs we needed to figure out a way to have them on both sides of the door. As these handles have two holes we needed to drill straight through the door to screw them in. And offset the holes on the opposite side to drill in the other handle (see above photo). After the handles were attached you could still see the screw holes on either side. To cover them up we decided to glue in plastic covers instead of completely filling the holes. They pretty well disappear, and you don't notice them unless you are looking closely. We did this so that if we decide to change the handles down the road they will be easier to remove, plus if they become loose we can easily tighten them. These new handles are definitely better on the eye then the original gold.  

Before

After