Antique Hardware for your arts and crafts projects...

Antique hardware can be a goldmine for arts and crafts projects!.

If you yard off hardware from old antiques that have to be recycled .. then you should keep a container just for these older pieces... hinges, door knobs, handles.. everything..

When you are making something to look shabby chic, or rustic, and you want to add that extra bit, then this hardware comes in handy..

You can also buy it at, re-use stores, especially the home building type re-use stores.. or garage sales, or second hand stores.. or of course online.

If you are lucky enough to have a friend or relative that can build things from wood etc, then why not get him to use these old hinges on a shadow box?.. or the old cupboard knobs on a picture frame for added dimension.. there are all kinds of places to use antique hardware.. if you are in a older house, and you are looking for "period hardware", then you will have to research what was used when your place was built.

There is a market growing now for these old bits and pieces, and they are great to add to arts and crafts projects, especially ones that are created to look old or vintage.. go ahead, collect antique hardware, and use it, or even sell it for extra cash for your craft supplies!