it's the little things...

ever since we bought our new home last year, i haven't stopped decorating.  it seems like every week i buy something else for the house.  when we first were looking at homes to buy and model homes, i thought i'd be overwhelmed with the daunting task of decorating an entire house and trying to make the entire space flow.  i remember trying to explain my style ideas to my husband and the best ways i could describe it was in terms of what i DIDN'T want.  in the end, together we are continuing to make the house into our own personal home.

as this blog continues, i will show you bits and pieces of our home coming together in what i've started describing as "modern victorian/hollywood regency/shabby chic" style.

when we bought our house it came all standard by the builder.  before we moved in, we had our own team go in personalize it the way WE wanted it.  ever since then, we've been continuing to personalize the space even more.

one little thing we've been doing is changing up knobs.  for a while i've been looking at the Anthropologie knobs and been wanting to buy them, but when we lived in an apartment i didn't see the point in changing those cabinets up.  one of the first things we did in our home was pick and choose which knobs to change.  i didn't want to overdo it and change all of them, so i did a few in the kitchen and then a few on different furniture pieces.  (i am not implying that i'm done changing knobs in the house...just that i'm taking a break for now.  i am still thinking of changing some from our master bath cabinets).

when changing our kitchen knobs i wanted to do it in a way that made sense.  we have many cabinets and drawers at different heights. i decided to change all the drawers that are at one height (the ones that are at hip-height).

these are the knobs i used:

i got these knobs from Home Goods (my favorite home store.  i seriously go in there once a week.) in packs of 4 for about $5.  such a great deal! 

Next knob change came to this piece of furniture in our family room.  i purchased it from Home Goods and loved all the colors in it.  however, i wanted to accessorize the piece a little.  so i went to Anthro and bought one of my favorite knobs of all time ($12): 

...and last knob-change came when we got our office book shelves built in.  we waited about a year before we finally decorated our office and i must say, it's quickly coming along.  when it came out to find knobs i knew i wanted to use several different ones.  I went to Anthro and dug around for about 45 minutes - putting them together in different ways - seeing which go with each other, trying to envision the style of the room, etc. these are the knobs i used for the office: 

...and here is the finished product...

i love how these little objects can add so much personality and style to any piece and any room you put them in.  this is likely going to be the easiest DIY project you do!

here are a couple of more knobs i love and i'm still trying to find a place for:

Source: anthropologie.com via Manuela on Pinterest

Source: anthropologie.com via Manuela on Pinterest

...these ones are from Anthro's website. however, if you are looking to change a lot of knobs, check out your local Home Goods, TJ Maxx, and Marshalls to see if they have the little baggies of them.  Happy hobKNOBbing!