thrifty handles for furniture

Furniture hardware can be pricey. Sometimes they can be more expensive than the second hand furniture itself. Lauren’s nightstand and desk were missing some handles, so I pulled an old trick out: ribbon for handles!

I went to our jumble of extra screws and hardware and dug around until I came up with some things that might work:

You can use a plain old knot to hold your handle in place or a flat washer will do the trick as well:

or a hex nut will also keep it from going through the hole:

I adore these ripped fabric handles that Heather Chadduck used: 

Here is a striped beauty from Wendy at the Shabby Nest:

Layla at the Lettered Cottage used rope handles for a dresser makeover:

A fabulous rope handle tutorial from Today’s Fabulous Finds:

And my black ribbon ones from the same desk that used to be in our laundry room back at our home in Texas:

Have you used ribbon or rope furniture hardware? Or any other thrifty ideas for this? We would love to hear in the comments~feel free to put a link in if you have one…