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Show “ FEBRUARY 14, 2001 B7 WASATCH COUNTY COURIER x sp ASAP Seca AERP SEERA aes ec E Sores “HARDWARE IS EASY “Changing the hardware has become a way of turning a EDITION. manager of Hardware. piece of mass-market furni| Changing the hardware on furniture, cabinets, doors and windows is so simple, yet effective in changing mood of a piece or even entire room. Why didn’t so the the we Vintage hardware can be ture into something distinctive with little effort,” - Hartman says. Her book (written with Liz - Gordon, owner of Liz’s think of it before? True, there were pioneers decades Liz’s. Antique expensive, but to get the comparable quality today can be even more costly. Adding to the expense, however, is usually the need to restore the Antique Hardware in Los Angeles) provides a whirl- - Still, it pays to use the old — wind tour through about 350 stuff when doing period ~ restoration. Look for the old in specialty stores like Liz’s, salvage yards and on the Internet. “E-bay has a fast and furious section for vintage hardware,” Hartman says, items. commercial buildings,” Hartman says. Reproductions of 19th cen- ment hardware: | e Write down exactly what dimensions are required for tury the hardware. For example, styles are popular at Restoration Hardware stores, where about approximately 1,000 different items of builders’ hardware are stocked. Dave Glassman, marketing director for the 110-store chain, catalog and Web site, singles out old-fashioned bin ago, but the wideyears of American knobs, spread popularity of interestlevers, pulls, hinges and simi_ pulls in bronze or nickel plate, ing hardware seems to date lar items used on furniture, clear or green glass knobs back only about five years or doors and windows. — and zinc Arts and Crafts pull SO. | So e It also is a guide to what’s rings as among the most pop“Hardware was one of the ‘available and where to find it. ular styles. Also available are last things people started to Sources include hardware “but you'll be competing — knobs shaped like river rocks look at, perhaps because it is specialty stores, general against collectors who display and some that look like miniasuch a small detail,” says — home furnishings outlets and their treasures in Lucite cases ture screwdrivers (sometimes Terri Hartman. She is cohardware stores, as well-as in the living room.” used in home offices). Most author of “Decorative catalogs aad Internet sources. With the popularity of items run between $4 and $15 Hardware: Interior Designing - Antique and vintage hardantique hardware, good per item. with = Knobs, Handles, ware, reproductions and con- — reproductions are now availThose who prefer their Latches, Locks, Hinges, temporary designs are available. The advantages of using home to reflect the present Lighting Fixtures and Other able. Each has its advantages reproduction hardware are _ have plenty to choose from in Hardware.” (Harper-Collins and drawbacks. that you can get as much as contemporary hardware. “With antique and vintage $35). i you need,. the hardware Limited only by the imaginaRenewed interest in vinhardware, the quality is comes ina wide range of tion of designers and craftstage furnitttire _ which often insurpassed, since we can’t _ prices and requires no _ men, contemporary hardware | has interesting hardware _ is make hardware today of the restoration. Furthermore, it’s ‘designs include sleek «stainone of the main reasons why same quality,” Hartman says. easier to install than antique less pulls and novelties such the spotlight came to fall on “Finding something suitable hardware, which sometimes as a pull shaped like a knife, a decorative hardware, is usually not a problem — has to be laboriously fitted. fork or a spoon. Liz’s stocks Hartman says. People began thousands of patterns were _ “Reproduction hardware pulls shaped like small toys to realize that what works for. _made in the Victorian era and also conforms to current that are just the thing for chilvintage furniture also works if we can’t match something building codes relating to dren’s rooms. on kitchen cabinets and exactly, we can come close,” door latches for disabled Hartman offers these tips undistinguished furniture. says Hartman, who is also access, which is important for when shopping for replace- measure the distance between predrilled holes. e If you want an exact match, bring photos and/or a tracing of what you wish to match. e When replacing door hardware, it can save return trips to the store if you bring along specific information, or even the actual old hardware you want to replace. If it’s not available, measure the thick- ness of door and note whether it is solid or hollow, whether it — swings into or out of the room, needs e tional older and which side of door hinges. Pay attention to funcissues, especially for cabinets with hard-to- open drawers. The more substantial the knob, the easier it is to pull. In new cabinets, -easy-rolling glides and slides are generally installed so this issue isn’t so important. | e Unless you want historically correct hardware to restore a period room, you need not stick to a specific style. “You can’t really make a mistake, so just pick something you like,” says Hartman. To Anna, From Your Not-So-Secret Admirer THE LAST You were a chimera of beat er ligence, and compassion and I was drawn to you just as were all the oth- That is not Macicadencs for we both are sue. Years went by and you spurned all who declared their intentions, and I wandered back into the scene, and somehow, some way, negotiated your shoals and claimed your island. — That was years ago, and by the MATTHEW HEIMBURGER - clock of the world I am supposed to be getting tired of you and vice versa. But SPECIAL TO THE COURIER y the time | met you we were already ankle-deep in the I am not. I am as fascinated as ever. We risked all on one important decision to — have and to hold, and we are beating the odds beautifully.— _ The Arabs have a metaphor. describe process of becoming adults. true devotion to Allah, : to but _ they will forgive if I steal it for us: “two I missed recess and the exchange of cheesy valentines. While I was mastering the art of the monkey bars at the Old North School, you were col- bodies, one soul.” tribute, I cannot between the two you justice alone. Even in this intended differentiate enough of us anymore to do We have built—are » for bogus charity in. building—a home together that has Seattle. We both made the most of high school but your triumphs came nothing to do with putting up drywall because of you, mine often in spite of With each passing day we add to this lecting pennies (although that, too, was an adventure!) me. We ended up at the same universi- structure, ty for the same reasons: against our wills and with plans to strike out in other directions as soon as possible. Problem was: we also met each other improvement we move further and further away from anyone being able to appreciate its grandeur but us. I love my life with you. I have no life outside of that, nor do I desire one. _and fell in love against our wills. this nest, and with each seems sie But in truth, I don’t zealous for our own solitary moments. ers. And because of that I did not pur- | know anymore why I am so lucky and. It is preference. It is contentment. sO many are not; it doesn’t seem fair Now, no fool would dare utter such and so I don’t draw attention to it. But sweet words to the universe, without you need to know that I am forever knowing how quickly it can remind grateful for you, and for us, and I'll him of his ultimate puniness. Nor gladly give proof should you ever would I dare let anyone believe sacrirequire it (although secretly I hope fice and sorrow have no place in marithat, by now, it is obvious.) : tal bliss. I have misread you, and hurt - Of course, our marital building you, and let you carry burdens that pred. added a worker a few years -were rightfully mine. You (smile and ago. And he is the best and brightest all) have not always read my mind or proof that we belong together. He is granted my wishes. We are still very — light itself, and the spark in his eye is much two individuals, yoked together, the same one I had when I first saw struggling to find harmony in our life — you, and the same one we both had on efforts. (We can’t chuckle anymore at our wedding day. grandma’s wedding gift!) But I’ve In fact, I have a picture of you ‘ihe — come to prefer the challenges with you you were six or seven. Your mom gave to the personal triumphs. Struggling it to me in spite of your protests. In it by your side sure beats walking alone. you look at the world with the same We are neither fully old nor fully kind of fierce pride evident in ninewise. Many would scoff at the idea that teenth-century daguerreotypes of we know anything at all about longeviNative American warriors. A kind of ty or commitment. But before 1you can” “Tife-is-just-waiting-to-be-lived-by-those_ have a 50th, you’ve got to have a 10th. - ~brave-enough-to-live-it” look. I am in We’re on our way and I for one can’t love with that look. I am in love with wait to see what’s around the corner. that woman. I am in love with you. It’s strange, but, the longer we are together the less likely I am to. give Matthew Heimburger is a professor advice of love. In a world that demands of American civilization at Brigham proof for everything—including affairs Young University. He lives here in the of the see my reticence probably Heber Valley with his ee and son. Want ihe Last Word? The Courier isi looking for locals to submit their columns for this space every other week. If you like to write, send us your piece 800-900 words long and we might print it. WASATCH COUNTY COURIER PO Box 1030, Midway, UT 84049, (435) 654-2531 fax or email: editor@wasatchcountycourier.com gy FOR AP SPECIAL sli BARBARA MAYER |
