The Backplate is an Often Overlooked Much Needed Kitchen Hardware Decor Accessory

The purpose of a backplate was and is two-fold: to reinforce the drawer or door front and to add some decorative flair to an otherwise boring knob or pull. But with offerings like perforated brass, elegant nickel and sculpted bronze, today’s back plates can also completely transform a piece of furniture or even a room. Plus they are an easy upgrade that doesn’t require more than removing your old hardware.

Simple backplate styles are DIY-friendly and with the various motifs from sleek and simple to elegant and elaborate that are available it has never been easier to breathe new life into tired cabinets or drawers. Available in two basic configurations, a back plate has either a single center screw hole to accommodate knobs or two screw holes to be used with pulls. All you have to do is determine which ones you need.

Start with the chest of drawers or the cabinets that you are going to revamp. If the wood is worn around the knob or pull they are a good candidate for a new hardware backplate to increase their lifespan. Simply remove a knob or pull from the door or drawer and use it to match the finish. If you are replacing the existing hardware as well as adding new knob backplates you can choose whatever appeals to you.

Try a nickel backplate for a sleek, modern look or a shiny, polished brass back plate for an old-fashioned feel. Once you have found the medium to make your cabinets or drawers masterpieces you can begin installing them. Simply remove the existing knob or pull and place the cabinet backplate on the front and line up the hole or holes. Next hold the hardware in place while you replace the screws and tighten them. Voila! You have just given a new look to your door or drawer. Your hardware plate will sit behind the knob or pull giving it some finished flair.

While some may think that adding or changing something as small as a knob backplates will not have much of an effect on a room, they would be wrong. By accenting areas with defined details – a sleek lacquered box, a white milk glass knob – a room can be transformed from simple to sensual. From adding pop with bright colors to inviting sensuality with the caress of different textures, detail is the exclamation point in interior decorating. For even the most minute of things helps to make a room’s design cohesive and simply seductive.

So tomorrow morning when you open that same cupboard to get the coffee imagine the difference the addition of a hardware knob plate would make to the look of that cabinet door. Or if you happen across a fabulous chest that someone is getting rid of, you can easily take years off of its appearance with a fresh coat of paint and a bright new set of pulls each embellished with its own amerock backplate to complete its art deco appeal. You see if you focus on the details, the idea of decorating does not seem as daunting and you’ll discover that it truly does not take much to transform a room from dull to simply luscious.

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