Tree Branch Drawer & Door Pulls

Do you want to see how I used them?!  Are you excited?  On the edge of your seat?  Well, I’m quite pleased with how my little project turned out, and even more pleased with the price.

You see, I could have used something like this, and paid $10.34 each…

via Knobs and Hardware

Or I could have used this one, and paid $10.89 each…

via Hardware and Tools

These must really be something special, because they’re over $40 each…

via Drawer Pull Universe

And then there’s this really, truly, extra-special one that’s $63 each…

via Drawer Pull Universe

And while it’s very possible that I’m a bit biased, I’m quite partial to my FREE drawer pulls, straight from nature…

So yesterday morning when I left you, I had a little pile of branches cut to about 3 1/2″ long, and sanded to remove all of the little pointy twiggy parts and rough spots, and to smooth the cut ends.

So to finish up the drawer/door pulls, I sprayed them with clear sealer.  I coated those suckers thoroughly.  I kid you not, I probably put about 10 coats on them, and even more on the ends.

As you can see in this comparison of a sealed section and an unsealed branch, the sealer really enhanced the colors.

To attach the drawer pulls, I used the screws that were on the original door/drawer knobs.

I put the screw through the hole in the drawer, and measured how much stuck out the front of the drawer.

Then I measured down on my drill bit that amount and placed a piece of painters tape.

I used that painters tape as a guide so I would know how far into the drawer pull to drill the hole.  The drill bit I used was just a tiny bit smaller in diameter than the machine screw that I was going to use.

Because the hole in the drawer pull was smaller than the diameter of the screw, I had to put a bit of muscle into it when attaching it, but it wasn’t difficult, and it held very securely.  After attaching a couple of them, I decided that on the rest, I would add just a couple of drops of wood glue in the hole before attaching them, just to be sure that they would be secure.

And that’s it!  Pretty simple!

This post is linked to Saturday Nite Special at Funky Junk Interiors

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