This conversation actually happened:
Cole (as I was tucking him this past week during a sleepover) – “Why does your house siren go off?”
Me (as I thoughtfully wanted him to feel secure but not fill his head of grown-up thoughts) – “Um…because that’s our security alarm”
Cole – “What’s that for?”
Me – “Just in case we forget to lock up and a burglar opens a door or there is smoke…it’s to help keep us safe”
Cole – “But my house doesn’t have an alarm”
Me – “No, but you have a dog.”
Cole – “Nana doesn’t have a dog.”
Me – “No, but she has a neighborhood watch.”
Cole – “So there are four things – locks, alarm, dog and neighborhood watch”
Me – “Yup – all four things help keep us safe”
Cole – “I thought of one more thing that we will help too.”
Me – “What’s that?”
Cole – “Boobey-traps”
Yup – so simple a seven year old can understand…we need to be proactive in home safety. I am a huge fan of home safety – which is why I gladly accepted the offer from Kwikset to be part of their SmartSquad this past year. They sponsored posts here on Bower Power to help remind folks that little things make a big difference in home safety…and an easy way to beef up your own home safety is so simple – updating your locks can make your life easier and safer. Here are the posts that give some additional tips…you know…besides boobeytraps….
And in celebration of the end of our partnership, Kwikset wanted to give you a little sumpin-sumpin…more specifically a Signature Series Smartcode Lever. Here’s how to enter the giveaway…
- PRIZE : Kwikset Signature Series Smartcode Lever in winner’s choice of finish
- NUMBER OF WINNERS : One (1)
- TO ENTER : Leave a comment with the phrase ”BE SMART, BE SAFE” and then tell me the color of your door hardware…are you sleek with polished nickel, vintage with glass doorknobs, glowing with brass, classic with brushed nickel, rugged with oil-rubbed bronze or perhaps you have a trendy colored hardware home or some other unique finish!
- PRIZE SHIPS : The lower 48 states
- NITTY GRITTY : This giveaway ends on Tuesday, December 27th at 8am EDT. Only one contest entry per email address. The winners will be chosen using Random.org and announced on the bottom of this post.
GOOD LUCK!
p.s. Kwikset often posts about their other giveaways – so it’s a good idea to friend them on Facebook or follow on Twitter!
DISCLOSURE: I am a member of the Kwikset-sponsored SmartSquad and occasionally receive incentives to discuss issues related to home safety and security.
Be Smart Be Safe…we are slowly switching from brassy to oil rubbed bronze.
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I have a red door with oil rubbed broze hardware! I love kwikset!
Merry Christmas Bower Family 🙂
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I have brushed nickel hardware in my house. In my next house I think I would rather have oil-rubbed bronze.
Be smart, Be safe! We actually have very utilitarian hardware and it is a lover-ly silver-ish color…hard to call it brushed nickel…but close enough.
Be smart be safe!!
We have brushed nickel hardware but are going to switch to oil rubbed bronze sometime in the future!
Be smart, be safe…white porcelain knobs!
“Be Smart, Be Safe!” Our door hardware is brass. I would LOVE just about anything else!
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I love oil rubbed bronze. Love love love it. When I buy a house, all fixtures will be ORB.
Be Smart, Be Safe.
We’re switching to ORB. The previous owners had brass. Everywhere, the brass.
Be Smart, Be Safe – rugged with oil-rubbed bronze
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We have brass hardware, but I love the look of ORB!
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orb
Be smart, be safe…
Unfortunately, my lock set is GOLD. It’s terrible…the “gold” is all scratching off. But we just haven’t gotten around to replacing it. On the to do list for sure! Nice giveaway!
Be smart! Be safe! Brushed nickel (to replace the brass ones there right now).
Be smart, be safe! We have ORB on the outside doors, and hope to switch up things on the inside in the near future! 🙂
Be smart, be safe…….we are ORB lovers.
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Oil Rubbed Bronze here!
Be smart, be safe! All of our outside doors have a “gold” finish… I hope to be changing that up in the future!
BE SMART! BE SAFE! (Hah, I typed BE SAME! Hmmm?)
I have the classic brushed nickel but my hearts yearns for pretty vintage glass doorknobs and tarnished brass. This would be spectacular as our doorknob broke over a year ago. Yes, we aren’t smart and yes, we aren’t safe. Let’s win a new doorknob so we can BE SMART AND SAFE!
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All our door hardware is brushed nickel.
Is it wrong that I think this would be perfect for using on our pantry door… my 3 year old has figured out every baby proof tool we’ve used on it… but I hesitate to put a traditional lock on the door. 🙂
Merry Christmas Bower family!
Be Smart, Be Safe
We have brushed nickel. I also really like oil rubbed bronze.
Be smart, be safe!
I currently have the classic brushed nickel but would love a change!
BE SMART, BE SAFE
I think our doorknobs are brushed nickel. Basically non-ugly but nothing special.
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We currently have brushed nickel throughout!
Be smart, be safe! We’ve got the ol’ classic brass! Probably time to upgrade to brushed nickel like the rest of our hardware in the house 🙂
Be Smart Be Safe! We have a 1920’s bungalow that has glass and oil rubbed bronze knobs.
We could really use a lever handle on our original backdoor that we just restored and painted benjamin moore’s dill pickle. I love it and now all it needs is equally beautiful hardware!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We rent and our entire house is still builder grade. We’re slowly changing things over in hopes to help our landlady raise the value of her home. Because of that, every darn fixture is gold. Bright, shiny gold. It’s amazing.
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I am not sure yet. We are moving into our new home on January 7th! *Wahoo*. Not sure what we will go with…
Merry Christmas!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Our door hardware is the exact same venetian bronze finish as in the giveaway. I love the subtle copper undertones, and they don’t show nicks or scratches as I was afraid of.
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We’re going brushed nickel with our hardware.
Be Smart Be Safe! We have brushed nickel…..someday I’ll go fancier I hope!
Be Smart, Be Safe!
Ugh. Ours is currently a lovely (gag) eye-catching brass. :S But it blends right in w/ our crystal-infused windows on our front doors. Blech.
Be Smart Be Safe! We just bought a house (haven’t closed yet) so I don’t even know the door hardware finish….. Probably shiny gold ahhhhhh
Be smart, Be safe! We’re old gold around here…
Be smart, be safe… I’m totally on the ORB bandwagon.
Be Safe Be Smart!
We have brass door hardware around here which I would love to switch out for some oil rubbed bronze. But they aren’t that bad so I can live with them so a while.
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
Unfortunately we rent our house and the hardware is brassy gold. I love oil rubbed bronze though!
Be smart be safe. Our front door hardware is wrought iron, circa 1976. Awesome.
BE SMART, BE SAFE…orb!
BE SMART, BE SAFE…ORB, all the way, baby!
BE SMART, BE SAFE, we have brushed nickel hardware.
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I have a turquoise door with brushed nickel Kwikset hardware.
Love that story btw, sounded like a skit.
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We love brushed nickel!
”BE SMART, BE SAFE”
We have oil rubbed bronze.
Be smart, be safe….We are getting rid of all of our brass and exchanging it with nickel. Can’t wait!
”BE SMART, BE SAFE”
Brushed Nickel…or Satin Nickel.
Be smart, be safe!
Right now, we have vintage glass door knobs!
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We still live in an apartment with gold hardware, of course. But we just put an offer on a house, so we could use this prize!
Be smart, be safe. Gold.
Be Smart Be Safe!
polished nickel all the way, baby.
Be smart, be safe … we bought our house almost a year ago and I have been searching for new locks; I am really liking oil rubbed bronze, but I think brushed nickel would win out with all the remodeling we are doing.
Be Smart! Be Safe!
These are so high up on my husbands wish list! We currently have aged brass, But are looking for a more classic look with nickel or ( if I get my wish) black hardware. Although I will always have a place in my heart for glass knobbs.
Be smart, be safe…. brushed nickel – which reminds me – I need to call Kwikset again. The deadbolt on my front door has discolored. 🙁
Be Smart, Be Safe. ORB on my door : )
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Our fixtures are antique. I think the Venetian Bronze would be a great match – and a great upgrade!
Be smart, be safe. We have brushed nickel, but I like ORB too 🙂
Be smart, be safe! We’re currently sporting brass hardware but would LOVE to upgrade! Thank you and merry Christmas!
Be Smart, Be Safe! We have polished nickel but i’m thinking I may spray mine ORB like they did over at YHL… Merry Christmas!!!
Be Smart Be Safe!
We have brass everwhere from the previous owners. I definitely want to switch those out at some point though.
BE SMART, BE SAFE! we have brass door knobs
BE SMART, BE SAFE! we have brass
Be smart, be safe……our rental house has ugly gold ones….someday I’ll be able to do what I want
“Be Smart, Be Safe”. We have a 1900’s home with original vintage glass doorknobs in on every room and closet door. The exterior doors have your basic gold (although I ORB’d the back door knob and lock and plan to do the same to the rest) with the exception of the front door harware which is original and so old I dont know what it is. It looks almost ORB, but is dark brown rusted I suppose. It’s not our main use door.
BE SMART, BE SAFE!!! We have glass knobs (our house was built in the 1930’s–I think they’re original). They remind me of my Grandma’s house–I love them!
Be smart be safe! We have brushed nickel! :0]
Be smart, be safe! All of our door hardware is oil rubbed bronze – and it just so happens that we need a new front door handle!
Be Smart, Be Safe! Loving ORB 🙂
Be Smart, Be Safe!
ORB on soon to be red front door. Thanks Katie
Be Smart, Be Safe. I have a cheap ugly satin finished nasty ugly hardware. I need this new one.
Merry Christmas!
”BE SMART, BE SAFE” – I’ve always been a brushed nickel kinda gal, but I’m really liking the ORB look these days. All of our interior door knobs are vintage glass knobs. I think the ORB would go really well with those glass beauties.
BE SAFE, BE SMART!
I have vintage glass door knobs throughout my house. I love them but when one was broken (combined with clumsiness) I got 10 stitches and had to drive an hour and a half to get a replacemt. My deadbolts are oil rubbed bronze.
BE SMART, BE SAFE…polished nickel!
BE SAFE, BE SMART! Currently my home has ugly old golden door handles. Our doors are original to our old home (not safe at all!) And we have plans to replace them next spring. I’d love the satin nickel set!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Ours are brassy gold but in the New Year I am hoping to change them all to black (my friend did this recently and the look is very Pottery Barn-esque!)
Be smart, be safe!
Most of ours is yucky gold eww
Be smart, be safe.. brushed nickel here!
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I think you would call this color ORB, but we live in an old house in Thailand, so there’s no telling what color it was originally.
BE SMART, BE SAFE… brass
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I have a black front door with antique brass door knobs.
Be Smart Be Safe
Mostly gold with some chrome. Boring… But it works 🙂
BE SAFE BE SMART
Our doors have ORB finishes on them!
BE SMART, BE SAFE…I am actually hoping to win this for my mom and dad. Their neighborhood has had a string of robberies and I want to beef up their security. They are ORB all the way!
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I love the rugged, oil-rubbed bronze look – and maybe some vintage glass doorknobs on interior doors!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We have boring gold…needs improvement!
Be Smart, Be Safe…
Our door hardware is brushed nickel.
Be Safe! Be Smart!
Brushed nickel for us!
BE SMART BE SAFE…we have that lovely 80’s brass hardware and it’s all scratched up like little hamsters have been using it for the past 30 years. Much in need of replacement!
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
My front door handle set is ORB, but the rest of my house is brushed nickel….love them both 🙂
Merry Christmas Bowers!!!
BE SMART, BE SAFE…nickle.
Was just talking to my husband last night about how I’d like to beef up our security!
Wishing your family a very Merry Christmas!
Be smart, be safe…it’s kinda oil rubbed bronze. Weathered for 30+ years. Yeah, it could stand to be replaced!
BE SMART, BE SAFE – I’m ORB all the way! Old house had brushed nickel and I loved that too. But you know what they say, new house new hardware! (Do they say that, really?) 🙂
LOL, Katie Bower! If anyone can make a post about home security a total hoot, it is you! Your sweet nephew is blessed to have you for an aunt. Have a very happy Christmas, ya’ll.
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Polished Nickel please. 🙂
BE SMART, BE SAFE!!
I live in a condo so my outside lock is unfortunately shiny brass, but all of my inside handles are beautiful brushed nickel.
Have a wonderful holiday!!
Be Smart, Be Safe! We went brushed nickel when we built 4 years ago, and I’m already wishing I had gone ORB. Merry Christmas!
Be Smart Be Safe! Our new (old) house is all brassy brassy… but we are slowly changing that to brushed nickel. Thanks for the giveaway, and Merry Christmas!
Be smart, be safe!! Right now we just have the boring old gold colored knobs on our doors. This is such a great giveaway, I could lock up my office 😉
Be Smart, Be Safe!
I would so LOVE to win this! Thanks Katie!
Our front door is red with a brushed nickel knob, but I also love ORB, we even have a back door with a vintage glass knob.. it needs to be replaced since its so old, but its so pretty!
Be Smart, Be Safe!!
We went with brushed nickel….although I am totally on the ORB bandwagon!
Be Smart, be safe! Our locks are ORB!
We love to BE SMART and BE SAFE!! We’ve only recently moved into our new house and the knobs are brass and loose and terrible. A new oil rubbed bronze lever would be awesome!
BE SMART, BE SAFE
our exterior doors are antique brass, but the inside ones are brushed nickel
”BE SMART, BE SAFE”
Ours are oil rubbed bronze. That was the first thing my hubby did to our house when we moved in… changed all of the hardware from the shiny brass to the more sophisticated oil rubbed bronze (and egg shaped, too).
Be Smart, Be Safe!
We have oil rubbed bronze!
Be Smart! I guess you could say a dog is a good thing, but our dog can sleep through anything! I guess it is good we are all light sleepers? We also have the baseball bat under the bed!
Be Smart, Be Safe!
We have brushed Nickle. We used to have brass so in my mind it’s an upgrade.
Be smart, Be safe.
We have the shiny nickel. But something happened to the front doorknob. It could use to be replaced. How awesome would this be?
BE SMART, BE SAFE!!
All of my locks are a tarnished gold 🙂 not by choice, but because we haven’t had the time/money to change them yet. It’s on the LIST to go to ORB someday!!
BE SMART, BE SAFE” We haven’t updated our hardware (yet) so we have that awesome shiny gold generic hardware that they put on all newly built houses. It’s gorgeous! haha
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We are buying a house on the 30th with all gold (yuck), but i want to switch out to orb or bronze. fingers crossed!
BE SMART, BE SAFE – Right now we have brushed nickel but maybe a change is coming soon!
BE SMART, BE SAFE. Our hardware is a mixture of brushed nickel and ORB due to the fact we are just starting to DIY and decorate our new to us 1980s house!
BE SMART BE SAFE!
Right now we are living in a rental, but we are starting our house search next week (eek! so excited!). I definitely want oil rubbed bronze hardware…so chic!
Be Smart Be safe. We used to have orb…our house is over 100 years old, but last year we got broken into, and I made the mistake of letting hubs go to lowes to get new locks/hardware himself. He came back with shiny silver–not that I have anything against silver normally, but these look so industrial, and don’t look good on our old house at all. 🙁 And every time I look at it, I remember why they’re that color. 😛 Your pal Sherry’s tutorial on how to fix that is on my to do list though! 🙂
Be Smart, BE SAFE!
We have a very classic finish with brushed nickel! (& have been looking for a lever with keypad for our new garage door!)
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
Ours is a hideous gold color, but recently it’s getting harder and harder to unlock the door. So here’s to hoping it’s days are numbered and we’ll have to replace the thing. Crap 😉
Merry Christmas to your adorable family!
Be Smart!! Be Safe!!
We have brushed nickle but want to switch to bronze!!
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
We have brass in our house but I would love to update to ORB or brushed nickel.
”BE SMART, BE SAFE” ……… I am a Oil Rubbed Bronze or a Brushed Nickel kind of girl!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We have brushed nickel.
BE SMART BE SAFE……. We are slowly switching out our brassy hardware for oil rubbed bronze. I love the way that finish looks on a crisp white door!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Heinously glowing brass.
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We just recently moved to our first home and the knobs are all gold. I’m hoping to change that soon to ORB or brushed nickel, if the husband agrees, that is.
WE HAVE NICKLE FINISH HARDWARE, BUT I WOULD LOVE ORB.
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Right now my house is one big brass fest but I’d LOVE all ORB. It’s just a classic and would be perfect for our house.
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Brass. I hope to try to spray paint them someday.
Be smart, be safe! We just bought a house and it’s brass. All brass. Yuck. That will be changed soon.
Be Smart! Be Safe!
I have polished nickel and the kids would love this keyless entry in our garage!!
Merry Christmas!!
BE SMART, BE SAFE. We bought our house about a year and a half ago and said we were going to phase out the all brass hardware. But we have so many doors!! Not to mention all the yucky brass cabinet hardware in the kitchen and the bathrooms. I really need to get on it!
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Oil rubbed bronze please 🙂
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
We are stuck with an antique nickel that I’m not a huge fan of…hoping to go black or ORB someday!
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We have all black (antique bronze, i think) but they all look black. love it!
BE SMART BE SAFE!
Be Smart, Be Safe!
We recently changed our front door hardware from shiny brass to the oil rubbed bronze. We love it and have many door knobs to go!
Our new changes are all from kwikset, so I would LOVE to win!
Be SMART BE SAFE! I love brushed nickel myself 🙂
Be Smart Be Safe-our door hardware is a lovely brass (sarcasm)…..
BE SMART, BE SAFE- I’m a ORB fan….that’s what my new house is going to have at least :O) Short sales take FOR-EV-ER!
BE SMART, BE SAME! Our door hardware is brushed nickle. Thanks for an amazing giveaway!
be smart be safe… we SLOWLY slowly one door at a time going from brassy to oil rubbed bronze
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
White door with oil-rubbed bronze
Be Smart, Be Safe…ORB.
We have just begun looking at locks for our doors, and this is one of our possibilities!
”BE SMART, BE SAFE” Red door and a oil rubbed bronze handle 🙂
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
We are polished nickle around these parts, but I am comtemplating a new front door color and a switch the oil rubbed bronze in the new year 🙂
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
We have a bright blue door with a brushed nickel knob.
Be smart, Be safe….glowing in brass over at my house! It’s everywhere! Planning on switching to ORB one of these days..
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I have an oil rubbed bronze look that comes from the 1950’s
Be smart, be safe. I need a new door knob and lock.
Be safe, be smart in oil rubbed bronze 🙂
BE SMART, BE SAFE! My hardware is a dusty sort of ORB… from 1947. Charming, but doesnt exude a feeling of safety…
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Our door hardware is brushed nickel, but I plan on going the ORB route soon!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We are changing everything in the house over to oil rubbed bronze…kinda going for a more restoration hardware look. We been more of satin nickel people up until this point.
BE SMART, BE SAFE!!!
I’d love the polished nickel! We just painted our front door yellow & the nickel will look fabulous! THANKS!
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
Our exterior hardware is brushed nickel and we recently painted our front door a super awesome bright blue and I love it! Our interior hardware is mostly old-school gold door knobs that hardly work but we’re slowly switching them out one by one as we can afford it!
”BE SMART, BE SAFE” . All our door hardware is a bright, shiny silver.
be smart, be safe! ours is gold with lots of scratches around the key whole from where we missed ….oops!
be smart….be safe….
every door knob in the house is a different finish, its ridiculous!
but we are slowly but surely replacing them all to our new favorite thanks to you and Sherry….yep, you guessed it, ORB 🙂
Be smart, Be safe!!! We are renting a home now and looking to buy, I want my new home to have ORB I think! Still debating between that and polished nickel. Happy holidays!
”BE SMART, BE SAFE” I think ours is brushed nickel..but its gonna be changed sometime soon. Hope I win 🙂
Be smart be safe! rugged with oil-rubbed bronze
rugged with oil-rubbed bronze; be safe, be smart.
The majority appear to be oil rubbed bronze (although I think they are actually just aged bronze – our house was built in 1903 and most of the hardware is original)
Be smart. Be safe! I’m an ORB fan myself.
be smart be safe, we have BRASS (UGH!)and would love ORB.
Be Smart, Be Safe
brushed nickle!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Our current doors are in flaking scratched gold hardware. We’re renting now, so they’ll stay that way for a while.
BE SMART, BE SAFE!! My hardware is GOLD. bleh. one day i’m going to get motivated and do the oil rubbed bronze i think. 🙂
BE SMART, BE SAFE, bright brass
Be smart, be safe!
Our exterior doors are brushed nickel – someday the rest of them will be too but they’re ugly brass for now!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Brushed nickel on ours right now.
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we’re brushed nickle people!
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We just bought our house and it is half Gold half Silver – gross right? It needs to be replaced soon!
BE SMART, BE SAFE
We are all satin nickel around here, but I really like the ORB look!
BE SMART, BE SAFE
Oil rubbed bronze. I fancy oil rubbed bronze quite a bit, so I hope it never goes out of style!
Be smart, be safe!
We have mixed media doorknobs – brushed nickel for exterior doors, switching over to ORB for most interior doors , and in a couple of places I have decorative glass/iron knobs as well!
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I just love brushed nickel. I could stare at it all day.
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Mine are gold because that’s what we had when we moved in. I prefer brushed nickel!
BE SMART, BE SAFE!! We are builder basic brassy but would love to be rugged oil rubbed bronze….ahh a girl can dream =)
BE SMART, BE SAFE! OMG, ORB is my BFF
BE SMART, BE SAFE – Flat Black
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Love the oil rubbed bronze!
Be smart, be safe! Currently, the hardware is gold-ish, but desperately needs to be updated!!
Be smart Be safe. I have rental-provided knobs. They’re old and ugly.
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
Ours is yucky brass, we really need to change it out!
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
Hmm… my door hardware is colored 1941-used-to-be-bronze. I guess it’s a truly authentic aged/rubbed bronze.
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I don’t know what our finish would be called. It’s kind of like ORB, but it’s a few shades lighter than what I normally consider ORB.
”BE SMART, BE SAFE”
Katie, you pick the color.
BE SMART, BE SAFE…….We were a fan of brushed nickel a year ago for all of our hardware……now though we are getting into the sleek oil rubbed bronze look! We think it would look fab with our terra cotta colored front door!
BE SMART BE SAFE! Brushed nickel 🙂 Happy Holidays!
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Right now we havw super shiny gold. Looking forward to emerging from the dark ages soon.
BE SMART, BE SAFE… I have definitely found a new love in ORB. Getting ready to move into a new house, so I will be changing all the locks once I get there…never know who the old tenants gave keys to.
BE SMART, BE SAFE
Well our house has all gold nobs & hardware, but I’m not really a “gold person” I prefer the bronze or silver myself.
BE SMART, BE SAFE
I’ve got ORB door handles…love em’!
Be Smart, Be Safe.
I have oil rubbed bronze knobs. I love them cause they never look dirty.
BE SMART, BE SAFE!!
Just bought my first home and everything is brass but will be changing to oil rubbed bronze when I have more time after the holidays. Great giveaway!
BE SMART, BE SAFE.
Brushed nickel.
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Brushed nickel
Be Smart Be Safe.
I have brushed nickel!
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I’m diggin’ orb or black. Thanks for the opportunity! Merry Christmas!!
BE SMART! BE SAFE! I’m a brushed nickel kind of girl
BE SMART! BE SAFE!
Be Smart, Be Safe. We’re currently renting and its an older house, we’ve got some pretty ugly brass doorknobs! 😀
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I have ugly brass hardware now, but I’d love to switch it up for a new shiny satin nickel piece!
Be smart, be safe! We have classic brushed nickel. This would be just the motivation needed to finally paint that door 🙂
Be smart, Be safe! I am loving ORB right now!
Be Smart, Be Safe…we have brushed nickle! Hope yall have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
BE SMART, BE SAFE – Our door hardware is ORB (oil rubbed bronze) like so many other things in our house! One of our neighbors brought us Christmas candy and I wasn’t able to open the door…so this would be perfect for us…since it appears we need a new door handle and all 🙂
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
Personally, I love anything that is ORB’d.
BE SMART, BE SAFE. Brushed nickel on everything but one door that needs to be switched from the polished brass when we moved in. It drives me nuts every time I see it.
BE SMART, BE SAFE… right now we have ugly gold hardware, but I’d love to upgrade to oil-rubbed bronze!
BE SMART, BE SAFE… Right now we have shiny brass and I want it GONE!
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
We’ve got ugly old brassy hardware but we’re slowly making the switch to bronze!
be smart be safe, I would lobe brushed nickle in our home. we have the ugly brass!
Be smart be safe. I need that lock – I can not unlock my door!
Be smart, be safe! We have Orb, which I really like, but we haven’t changed it since we bought the house, so for safety, we could use a new lock!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We have brushed nickel but I’d prefer oil-rubbed bronze if we had to do it all over.
Merry Christmas!
BE SMART, BE SAFE
Currently we are updating all the brass handles to oil-rubbed bronze, one handle at a time because they aren’t cheap!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! I think ours are a brassy color, its kind of an odd finish.
Be Smart, Be Safe! We currently have a dark gold/bronze color for our exterior doors… still working on getting the deadbolts installed though!
Be Smart Be Safe. ORB or Brushed Nickel for me, but anything’s an improvement over the tarnished looking brass we have all over the house now!
BE SMART, BE SAFE. We have pretty antique bronze and glass door handles!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We have brushed nickel! 🙂
Be smart, be safe! Mine is this awful gold… came with the house… can’t wait to change it out!
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
we’re all brass, unfortunately. but we don’t own the house so it’s a slow process of replacing things! 🙂
BE SMART, BE SAFE… brushed nickel all the way!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We have brushed nickel… I wonder if we’ll ever feel the same way about it as many do about the brass nowadays?
Be smart Be Safe!
I have gold hardware 🙁
That’s why I need to win, so I can change them out to oil rubbed bronze1
Be smart, be safe! Slowly getting to oil rubbed bronze.
Be Smart, Be Safe!
Brushed Nickel all the way!
“BE SMART,BE SAFE”
We currently live in an apartment, but recently put an offer on a house (praying we get the house). I’ve already told my hubby that every single hardware will be changed to Brushed Nickel..so this will be a great way to start 🙂
Be smart. Be Safe! We currently have a not-so lovely brassy hardware that I am hoping to change asap!
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oil rubbed bronze hardware!
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Brushed nickel
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Our hardware is bronze. I would love to win this- my husband is a police officer and we can never be too safe!
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I share the ORB love-the Kwikset Venetian Bronze is quite lovely.
Be smart, be safe! Katie please pick me! we lost the keys to our house and haven’t locked our door for over a year! For real, it bad! we actually have this on our list of things to buy once income tax money comes in.
o and our current hardware is gold
BE SMART, BE SAFE. black door, brushed nickel hardware. Love the booby trap comment, makes me think of Home Alone 🙂
be smart,be safe. we have silver hardware.
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We currently have gold but would love to upgrade to Oil Rubbed Bronze.. since we aren’t exchanging gifts this year…. Who needs diamonds when I can win this!!! 🙂
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ORB all the way!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We have ORB hardware around here
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Silver 🙂
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Brushed Nickel!
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I love satin nickel.
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Yucky brass around here, re modeling our house currently so new hardware will be happening soon!
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Glowing with brass in our awesome rental!!!
“Be Smart, Be Safe!” Our door hardware is brass.
Be smart, be safe! We have brushed nickel on our exterior doors and ORB on the interior doors… Weird. We need to change that soon 🙂
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We are currently stuck with brass on some doors, polished nickel on others, and still on others we have brushed nickel. I hope to be remedying the mish-mash soon, though I am not sure what I will be choosing.
Be smart be safe! We are wanting to switch from brassy to oil rubbed bronze.
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Surrounded by brass but slowly changing stuff over to brushed nickel.
be smart, be safe. Im a classic brushed nickel kinda gal. I hope I win, we just settled on our very own dream home and are moving in this week. We could really use this!!
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I am oil rubbed bronze at heart, but currently have old gold/brass knobs and locks with most of the shiny stuff rubbed off – they’re awful!
Part of my job is safety planning with victims of crime who are in dangerous situations… I loved your conversation with Cole and you’re right on… Those 4 things are something we always ask about… Dogs who make noise and neighbors watching out for others are two very good plans to have… Cole and his Nana are in good hands. 🙂
BE SMART, BE SAFE my doors have brass but they look pretty worn out
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we have ORB, oil rubbed bronze!
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We’re suckers for satin nickel. We actually just replaced some of our door handles over the summer and we sure were dreaming over this styles of Kwikset!
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The hubby swapped out our house’s nickel knobs for ORB this last summer and I totally lurve it. 😉
Merry Christmas Bowers and {early} Happy Birthday Jesus!
Old & brass… Fixing that up is one of the many ‘to dos’ since we’ve just moved in
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I’m an ORB gal but my new abode is confused….and has mismatched finishes everywhere!
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mine are icky old brass but hoping to upgrade soon!
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We have polished nickel!
be smart be safe, switching from brass to orb
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Brushed Nickel, and side story, when we bought the house the previous owners took the door handle and lock with them, and just pushed a board up against the door. Now that’s safe!
Merry Christmas Katie 🙂
Be smart Be safe. Oil rubbed bronze.
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I love the ORB look. I tried to spray paint my lock set, but it is rubbing off and doesn’t look very good any more.
Be smart be safe! Oil rubbed bronze for sure!
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Rugged with oil rubbed bronze. Merry Christmas Bowers.
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We’ve got cheap-o brass doorknobs that are getting harder and harder to lock/unlock. Need to do something about that soon.
BE SMART, BE SAFE I currently have a white door with brushed nickel hardware. Happy Holidays!
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We have mismatched hardware because the seller of our house took half of the original set with him. Interesting….
BE SMART, BE SAFE … brushed nickel
BE SMART, BE SAFE! ….We currently have very dated very brassy hardware, but I’m definitely going to have to spray paint them in oil rubbed bronze this summer. 😉 Merry Christmas!
Be smart, be safe. Currently a horrible bronze that needs to be switched out.
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Oh please pick me! I live in a place that eats doorknobs. The sea air is death on exposed metal.
Be smart, be safe. Brushed nickel!
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We’re renting our townhouse, so we’re stuck with brass. Thankfully it’s in pretty good shape, I’d prefer ORB or a brushed nickel.
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We currently have shiny brass – but are planning on changing it all soon! But I can’t decide between brushed nickel or oil rubbed bronze…
be smart, be safe. thanks for the giveaway! merry christmas! our door hardware is gold. i want to change all of them but we have too many so i have to wait.
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Sadly it’s the ugly basic brass that I’ve been saying I was going to “update” since we moved in 2 years ago…
Be Smart. Be Safe. We have classic with brushed nickel and rugged with oil-rubbed bronze.
Merry Christmas Bower Clan!!!
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We have polished nickel, but are seriously thinking of changing it up to ORB 😀
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Oil Rubbed Bronze in our next house hopefully putting in a contract this week! This giveaway would be perfect when we move.. Merry Christmas!
be smart, be safe! our entry doors are antique bronze, but inside we are stylin’ with 1924 era glass knobs. on every door and closet.
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it’s just a plain ol’ brushed nickel…nothing too exciting. i’d love an oil rubbed bronze handle. 🙂
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Our hardware is antique brass, I think.
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Currently ugly brass, but I’m hoping to upgrade soon (spray paint? replace completely?) to ORB.
Be smart be safe. We’re slowly moving from brass to ORB. This would be a great addition!
”BE SMART, BE SAFE” I need to replace my front door handle. Most of our home has antique brass. Updating little by little to brushed nickel and ORB
Be smart be safe! We have brushed nickel.
Be smart be safe! We have brushed nickel throughout the house
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We have brass knobs currently. I might like to change that though.
I’m glad you took some time off for Christmas. My son turned 18 on the 14th of December, how time does fly! Enjoy your little guy because they’re grown before you know it.
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We have a bright red door with the ugly brass hardware that came with the house… and the front door only has a deadbolt, no knob/lock. Would love to upgrade to a ORB or brushed nickel set!
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We have bronze now, but hopefully not for long…
Be Smart Be Safe….we’re rocking’ the brushed bronze look on our doors!
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My older home has original glass hardware on all the doors. its like jewelry for the house! i love it.
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We’re lucky enough to have a combination of old “shiny” gold and new polished nickel…someday they’ll match. Someday…
🙂
Emily
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We have chrome (plaited?) hardware, hard to find, but it looks great our white doors…love it!
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When we moved in, everything was brass. 😛 We slowly changed it all to brushed nickel…which was before I discovered ORB. Darn it.
“BE SMART, BE SAFE” I am a brushed nickel kinda girl
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We got a whole lotta brass in my new house. Need to get that changed out sooner or later (you know how that is).
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Its a very old.. and dull silver. Ick.
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oil rubbed bronze – looks so good on a red door : )
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Be smart- be safe!! My 1981 home has all brass hardware…scratched, ugly hardware. I am sloooowly replacing them with ORB hardware.
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Right now our hardware is mostly gold (yuck!) with some a gold /silver combo (even more yuck!), so we are slowly swapping out to brushed nickel.
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I am changing everything to brushed nickel on the outside, slowly but surely!
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I think all of our hardware is gold. I am not a fan. I would loooove something more in the ORB family 🙂
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Slowly changing our old homes’s brass to nickel… But wishing we’d gone ORB instead!
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Oil Rubbed Bronze for the new house! (Vintage Bronze, to be exact. We bought Kwikset for a few locks already!)