This morning, I awoke to pink cabinet pulls in my bathroom.
The same way I have for more than five years now.
Honestly, I didn’t think much about them, or about how much I didn’t like them, until I drove up to the building supply store and saw the ones I’ve been longing for . . . for five years.
They were in an outdoor display, and were marked 50% off. The ones I liked were also the cheapest ones. (What does that say about me?)
We were there to get new bed slats and a sheet of plywood to repair a certain eight-year-old’s once-jumped-upon bed. Or once-too-often-jumped-upon bed.
I looked at them, handled them, and probably sighed. I remarked about the great price, and shared how I’ve been wanting some just like them for a very long time.
But I didn’t buy them.
After we had the wood cut, and were ready to head home, my purposeful and logical 8yo said we needed to head back into the store and buy them.
I did.
And I’m so thankful. I knew he was right because they are a detail. A detail that I would normally let go for no good reason. Like so many other times when I have found something I needed and wanted for a very good price, but didn’t act upon the opportunity. Putting it off until a better time that I knew in my heart would never actually come.
And here they are. So much more modern. So much less pink.
And my very favorite part? The manly-man eight-year-old hands that worked hard to help me install them. What a perfect project for a future handyman.
I love that boy.
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LOVE this post! That’s pretty much how it works around here, too. Your helper did a great job, too! They would have sat around my house for many months first…
oh I need to do this! I have no knobs as we moved to this house in june and took off the hidous old ones when I repainted the white cabinets. I keep looking and cant justify the expense now.. so i live without lol. but it drives me batty some days.
Isn’t wonderful having little manly-men. They take such good care of their mommies, even when we don’t think in some way we deserve it.
I love the new knobs, enjoy.
That’s awesome. And it does look so much better!
It’s true! We “made over” our kitchen just by replacing the horrible 80s brass-and-“silver” handles with curvy brushed-nickle look ones. It makes such a difference!
The bathroom cabinet looks so…… much better with the new knobs. I have often let things I like go at a store only to have whatever it is be gone when I finally decide to go back to the store and buy it.
Life is short!! Indulge yourself in small pleasures!
A smart little boy and a worthwhile investment. Your cabs look fab! 🙂
I love handy little men… I love the new knobs Nony.
Oh, and I signed up under you 🙂
I recently did that to our kitchen cabinets. I’d been drooling over new pulls for almost 3 years. Happened to go to a local dollar store (called Real Deal) and they had brand name knobs there that the finish was slightly off. I got the knobs & a can of oiled-bronze spray paint… perfect!!! I hemmed & hawwed for quite awhile because I needed 30 knobs & they would have been over $100… I got all of them plus the can of paint for less than $40… Ka-ching!!
It might be just a ‘detail’ but it’s one that sure does make you smile whenever you look at them. Tell your ‘handy-man’ , Good call!!!
That was a small detail but what a huge difference it made! And so happy you let your son work on the project – that was my favorite detail of all. 🙂
Hooray! Good for you.
I like the new look-very updated & stylish. I think it is great that your little man not only told you to go back & get them,but helped you install them as well. What a great bonding moment as well as a great learning experience. Enjoy these moments now,because all to soon they are grown up & on their own .
I LOVE this post. I too often put off a detail because I don’t ‘act upon the opportunity.’
Lovely!
What a sweet boy. This is one of those situatins where both you and he will smile (on the inside anyway) every time you see them.
I’m reading some of your old posts…love this one, just for the fact that your child helped!