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Custom Door Knockers Give The Perfect Finishing Touch

By Kendra Hood


After years of dreaming of building a house that expresses your unique personality, there's no reason to compromise on the final details. All the time spent with architects, interior and landscape designers, and your own sketch book will be pulled together in the final project, down to the last bathroom mirror or welcome mat. So, check out custom door knockers for the perfect finishing touch for your very own front entrance.

There are so many standard or stock designs available that the chances are that one can be found that no one else in the neighborhood will have. To increase the options, many materials are used, including brass, bronze, and iron. Finishes can differ, too, ranging from highly polished brass for formal entries to rustic iron for doors made of old barn wood.

Adding a monogram to one of these designs makes it even more your very own. However, for those that won't settle for anything less than one-of-a-kind, there are artisans who will hand cast or hand forge a unique design for a special order. They can also work from a design you have created. There won't be another one like it anywhere.

It's amazing that where there is a demand for a product, even one as recherche as a customized knocker, there will be someone to fill the need. An online search shows many companies with designs that range from simply elegant to ornate, that come in a variety of finishes, and that can be personalized with your initials or a succinct message.

Forges generally do hand work, which makes every item unique. The designs that iron workers can achieve range from rustic simplicity, equally simple elegance, or ornate floral or geometric shapes. Blacksmiths can work almost any design in hot metal, so they can make your vision a reality. Think about it: nothing is more rustic than a beautifully-detailed hinge or more elegant than a wrought-iron balcony.

Part of the fun of building a home from the ground up is taking the time to achieve just the right effect. The internet makes learning about available options easy. You can see what others have done - for inspiration only, of course. It's fun to see traditional designs like lion's heads for town houses, anchors for waterfront properties, fox heads for hunt boxes, and griffins if your home will be your castle. More fanciful things like fairies, butterflies, and abstract shapes can be used as well.

Almost any thing or shape can be used to tap or rap for admittance. Many that you see online will look familiar, but many will be new to you. Perhaps you will change your first choice when you see how others have done it, either wanting something similar or vastly more unusual.

As gifts, these customized ornaments are outstanding. Any portal that opens on a private space - a man cave, an in-law apartment, a den or office, or your own front door - will be enhanced with the perfect knocker to request entrance. Even if you have lived in your home for decades, a new knocker might be the perfect gift for the next big occasion.




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