Sorry to plant that song in your head for the day! If you don’t know it, consider yourself lucky. I’ve been singing it since Friday afternoon when I discovered these porcelain wire insulators that are sold as “rustic knobs.” The package suggests they can be used decoratively on cabinets, furniture, coat racks or anything else you might come up with in your creative space.
We have an old honey-colored, hand-me-down media cabinet that I use as an armoir in our guest room. The style and color are not my preference, but it’s a nice piece of furniture that provides some very functional storage.
When I came across these “rustic knobs” with the same honey color veining, I decided they would be the perfect industrial upgrade to my more traditional cabinet.
I’ll admit, I had no idea what a “wire insulator” was, but here’s what I found online:
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What a clever use of old materials — not me, the clever guy or girl behind packaging these old insulators for decorative use! I’m really pleased with the way they look in my guest room. I will take better photos of the entire piece as I complete some of the other projects piling up in that space!
What a fun idea! Growing up on a farm we always had a variety of these things and I remember having to string wire on them when the cows would break the fence down. I’ll have to show my dad your site, he’d get a chuckle out of it!
.-= Emily´s last blog ..playing with the new butterfly embossilit =-.
at home, we use those wooden coat racks and also the newer stainless steel coat racks~”*