To update old furniture, sometimes the simplest thing to do is to update the handles. After looking at many different types of doorknobs (some escalating to up to £10 for one!) I decided that I would decorate my own. I bought plain unfinished 45mm doorknobs from Screwfix, and made my own beautifully unique and perfectly co-ordinated doorknobs for my room.
1. As with anything wooden, you have to prime before you can paint. I used two coats of primer and two coats of eggshell on my doorknobs to make them as hardwearing as possible.
2. I decided to use Cath Kidston floral designs as inspiration for my own decorations for my doorknobs, and carefully drew the image onto each knob so it would be easy to follow when painting.
3. When creating my designs, I used Designers Gouache paint, as this gives a beautifully flat and intense pigment that shows up against the flat finish of the eggshell. Other essentials are a very small brush and a steady hand!
4. After I had finished my designs in the gouache, I covered the doorknobs with a varnish to protect the paint and to make them more hard wearing. I was a little dubious about the varnish at first, but it made the paint more vibrant, and they now look fantastic against the wooden wardrobes, really giving them a lift without having to go to huge amounts of work and expense. The plain doorknob is on the left, the varnished one on the right.
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