Handles for interior doors with their own hands
Empire (from the French empire - "imperial") -a style of late classicism in architecture and decorative and applied arts. It emerged during the reign of Emperor Napoleon I in France and was actively developed during the first decades of the 19th century. In modern apartment interiors, such a pretentious style is rarely used, but its individual elements can still look harmonious in a home setting. For example, such unusual handles for interior doors in the form of lion heads evoke thoughts of exquisite imperial balls in the richly decorated halls of the palace. It seems that now the footman will open the door - and you will plunge into the enchanting world of ladies, gentlemen and the Viennese waltz ... Magic? As well as the handles themselves, because they are very easy to make with your own hands from ... ordinary rubber toys!
Materials for door handles
To make handles for interior doors with your own hands, you will need:
- plastic or rubber toys,
- primer and acrylic paint,
- wooden or plastic rings,
- Wooden or other material disc-plates,
- glue, scissors, brush.
How to make handles for interior doors with your own hands
We cut off the toy heads of those animals thatdecorate the doors. It sounds and looks, of course, very bloodthirsty, but what can you do... In this case, they were roaring lions. Thanks to the fact that their mouths are slightly open, it became possible to imitate door handles with rings.
It is important to choose the size of the rings so that theywere placed in the lion's mouth. We glue the rings into the mouth, then glue the heads to the disks. We prime the resulting door handles and paint them in the chosen color. To achieve even greater similarity with the Empire style, you can cover the handles with white, and then shade them with gold paints or completely "gild".
Such handles for interior doors, madewith your own hands, are perfect for a living room with baroque elements or a children's room. For entrance doors, fittings and especially locks are best ordered from professional companies, because locks are an effective protection of property and the health of apartment residents. Source: http://www.slomanet.ru/ustanovka.html
