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.
Leah says
Be Smart Be Safe…we are slowly switching from brassy to oil rubbed bronze.
Alyssa Ann Photography says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I have a red door with oil rubbed broze hardware! I love kwikset!
Merry Christmas Bower Family 🙂
Kate K says
Be Smart, Be Safe
I have brushed nickel hardware in my house. In my next house I think I would rather have oil-rubbed bronze.
jennifer says
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.
Regan R @ RenovatingRothenbergers says
Be smart be safe!!
We have brushed nickel hardware but are going to switch to oil rubbed bronze sometime in the future!
Trish says
Be smart, be safe…white porcelain knobs!
MaryKate says
“Be Smart, Be Safe!” Our door hardware is brass. I would LOVE just about anything else!
Bridget says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I love oil rubbed bronze. Love love love it. When I buy a house, all fixtures will be ORB.
Emily says
Be Smart, Be Safe.
We’re switching to ORB. The previous owners had brass. Everywhere, the brass.
grace says
Be Smart, Be Safe – rugged with oil-rubbed bronze
Jen says
Be Smart, Be Safe!
We have brass hardware, but I love the look of ORB!
Jennifer says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
orb
AshleyM says
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!
Terri says
Be smart! Be safe! Brushed nickel (to replace the brass ones there right now).
Jennifer says
Be smart, be safe! We have ORB on the outside doors, and hope to switch up things on the inside in the near future! 🙂
Tank top says
Be smart, be safe…….we are ORB lovers.
Allison says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
Oil Rubbed Bronze here!
Kana says
Be smart, be safe! All of our outside doors have a “gold” finish… I hope to be changing that up in the future!
Megan says
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!
Kristen says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
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!
Debby says
Be Smart, Be Safe
We have brushed nickel. I also really like oil rubbed bronze.
Lizz says
Be smart, be safe!
I currently have the classic brushed nickel but would love a change!
Barb says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
I think our doorknobs are brushed nickel. Basically non-ugly but nothing special.
Emily D says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We currently have brushed nickel throughout!
Erika says
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 🙂
Brittany says
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!
leanne says
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.
Lindsay Butler says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
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!
Kindra Taylor says
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.
Whitney says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We’re going brushed nickel with our hardware.
Amanda C. says
Be Smart Be Safe! We have brushed nickel…..someday I’ll go fancier I hope!
Lisa R. says
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.
Pam b says
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
Heidi says
Be smart, Be safe! We’re old gold around here…
Whitney says
Be smart, be safe… I’m totally on the ORB bandwagon.
Debbie @ My Little Mess says
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.
Megan says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
Unfortunately we rent our house and the hardware is brassy gold. I love oil rubbed bronze though!
Missie says
Be smart be safe. Our front door hardware is wrought iron, circa 1976. Awesome.
Christa says
BE SMART, BE SAFE…orb!
Zanna says
BE SMART, BE SAFE…ORB, all the way, baby!
Kayla says
BE SMART, BE SAFE, we have brushed nickel hardware.
Laura says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
I have a turquoise door with brushed nickel Kwikset hardware.
Love that story btw, sounded like a skit.
Stacy says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
We love brushed nickel!
Alice H says
”BE SMART, BE SAFE”
We have oil rubbed bronze.
Ashley Harding says
Be smart, be safe….We are getting rid of all of our brass and exchanging it with nickel. Can’t wait!
Katie says
”BE SMART, BE SAFE”
Brushed Nickel…or Satin Nickel.
Dacia says
Be smart, be safe!
Right now, we have vintage glass door knobs!
Lorna C. says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
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!
Cameron says
Be smart, be safe. Gold.
sarah r. says
Be Smart Be Safe!
polished nickel all the way, baby.
Natasha says
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.
MistyK says
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.
Kristen H says
Be smart, be safe…. brushed nickel – which reminds me – I need to call Kwikset again. The deadbolt on my front door has discolored. 🙁
Lacey McDonald says
Be Smart, Be Safe. ORB on my door : )
Jen L says
BE SMART, BE SAFE !
Our fixtures are antique. I think the Venetian Bronze would be a great match – and a great upgrade!
Kate says
Be smart, be safe. We have brushed nickel, but I like ORB too 🙂
Kristen says
Be smart, be safe! We’re currently sporting brass hardware but would LOVE to upgrade! Thank you and merry Christmas!
Vikci B says
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!!!
Laura says
Be Smart Be Safe!
We have brass everwhere from the previous owners. I definitely want to switch those out at some point though.
lisa says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! we have brass door knobs
tiffany says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! we have brass
Lorraine says
Be smart, be safe……our rental house has ugly gold ones….someday I’ll be able to do what I want
Cordia says
“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.
Beth says
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!
Miranda says
Be smart be safe! We have brushed nickel! :0]
Samantha says
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!
Ann says
Be Smart, Be Safe! Loving ORB 🙂
Christine says
Be Smart, Be Safe!
ORB on soon to be red front door. Thanks Katie
Rosalie Wessels says
Be Smart, Be Safe. I have a cheap ugly satin finished nasty ugly hardware. I need this new one.
Merry Christmas!
Jennifer says
”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.
Emily says
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.
Cindy says
BE SMART, BE SAFE…polished nickel!
Kristen says
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!
mama says
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!)
Suzanne says
Be smart, be safe!
Most of ours is yucky gold eww
Beth says
Be smart, be safe.. brushed nickel here!
Courtney says
Be Smart Be Safe
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.
nicole says
BE SMART, BE SAFE… brass
Kim says
Be smart, Be safe
I have a black front door with antique brass door knobs.
Stacey says
Be Smart Be Safe
Mostly gold with some chrome. Boring… But it works 🙂
Nicole says
BE SAFE BE SMART
Our doors have ORB finishes on them!
Whitney says
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!
Lizzy says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I love the rugged, oil-rubbed bronze look – and maybe some vintage glass doorknobs on interior doors!
Kassy says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We have boring gold…needs improvement!
Christina says
Be Smart, Be Safe…
Our door hardware is brushed nickel.
Brandy @ Home Sweet Here says
Be Safe! Be Smart!
Brushed nickel for us!
Katie C. says
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!
andrea p says
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!!!
Jessica says
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!
Sandra says
Be smart, be safe…it’s kinda oil rubbed bronze. Weathered for 30+ years. Yeah, it could stand to be replaced!
Blythe says
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?) 🙂
mypatsyann says
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.
Kay says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Polished Nickel please. 🙂
WendyMI says
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!!
Dana K says
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!
Kristin Hardwick says
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!
Mandy S says
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 😉
Laura says
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!
Andrea says
Be Smart, Be Safe!!
We went with brushed nickel….although I am totally on the ORB bandwagon!
gia says
Be Smart, be safe! Our locks are ORB!
Andrea Atkins says
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!
m @ random musings says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
our exterior doors are antique brass, but the inside ones are brushed nickel
Hesper says
”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).
Juliann says
Be Smart, Be Safe!
We have oil rubbed bronze!
Tracy says
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!
Susie Parker says
Be Smart, Be Safe!
We have brushed Nickle. We used to have brass so in my mind it’s an upgrade.
Kristie says
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?
Amanda says
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!!
Ashley @ House on Pender says
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
Aimee says
be smart, be safe
We are buying a house on the 30th with all gold (yuck), but i want to switch out to orb or bronze. fingers crossed!
Amanda says
BE SMART, BE SAFE – Right now we have brushed nickel but maybe a change is coming soon!
Amy says
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!
Jamie says
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!
Angie says
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! 🙂
Alexandra says
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!)
Meg F. says
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!
Kimi says
Be Smart!! Be Safe!!
We have brushed nickle but want to switch to bronze!!
Michelle L says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
We have brass in our house but I would love to update to ORB or brushed nickel.
MrsLindseyM says
”BE SMART, BE SAFE” ……… I am a Oil Rubbed Bronze or a Brushed Nickel kind of girl!
Intisar says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We have brushed nickel.
Lindsey says
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!
Nicole says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Heinously glowing brass.
Jamie H says
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.
KRISTEN says
WE HAVE NICKLE FINISH HARDWARE, BUT I WOULD LOVE ORB.
Margaret says
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.
Carrie M says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
Brass. I hope to try to spray paint them someday.
Jenn says
Be smart, be safe! We just bought a house and it’s brass. All brass. Yuck. That will be changed soon.
Elizabeth Lee says
Be Smart! Be Safe!
I have polished nickel and the kids would love this keyless entry in our garage!!
Merry Christmas!!
Jen says
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!
Sabrina says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
Oil rubbed bronze please 🙂
David says
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!
Lana says
be smart, be safe
We have all black (antique bronze, i think) but they all look black. love it!
Ruthie Hart says
BE SMART BE SAFE!
Marci says
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!
Charlotte Anne says
Be SMART BE SAFE! I love brushed nickel myself 🙂
Emily says
Be Smart Be Safe-our door hardware is a lovely brass (sarcasm)…..
Sadie says
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!
Tara says
BE SMART, BE SAME! Our door hardware is brushed nickle. Thanks for an amazing giveaway!
chelseyadele says
be smart be safe… we SLOWLY slowly one door at a time going from brassy to oil rubbed bronze
Jessica says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
White door with oil-rubbed bronze
Sara B. says
Be Smart, Be Safe…ORB.
We have just begun looking at locks for our doors, and this is one of our possibilities!
Savannah C. says
”BE SMART, BE SAFE” Red door and a oil rubbed bronze handle 🙂
Ashley says
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 🙂
Victoria R says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
We have a bright blue door with a brushed nickel knob.
Melissa says
Be smart, Be safe….glowing in brass over at my house! It’s everywhere! Planning on switching to ORB one of these days..
Carlee W says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I have an oil rubbed bronze look that comes from the 1950’s
eboggs says
Be smart, be safe. I need a new door knob and lock.
Liz leybeck says
Be safe, be smart in oil rubbed bronze 🙂
Kari @ Human, MD says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! My hardware is a dusty sort of ORB… from 1947. Charming, but doesnt exude a feeling of safety…
Amanda says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
Our door hardware is brushed nickel, but I plan on going the ORB route soon!
Kelly says
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.
Erin S says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!!!
I’d love the polished nickel! We just painted our front door yellow & the nickel will look fabulous! THANKS!
Stephanie says
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!
Katie says
”BE SMART, BE SAFE” . All our door hardware is a bright, shiny silver.
Lauren Huddleston says
be smart, be safe! ours is gold with lots of scratches around the key whole from where we missed ….oops!
Bailey says
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 🙂
Rebecca says
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!
Jan says
”BE SMART, BE SAFE” I think ours is brushed nickel..but its gonna be changed sometime soon. Hope I win 🙂
Emily says
Be smart be safe! rugged with oil-rubbed bronze
eboggs says
rugged with oil-rubbed bronze; be safe, be smart.
Sara C. says
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)
Kaitlin says
Be smart. Be safe! I’m an ORB fan myself.
Kate says
be smart be safe, we have BRASS (UGH!)and would love ORB.
Michelle says
Be Smart, Be Safe
brushed nickle!
Amy says
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.
Megan says
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. 🙂
Jessica Wichman says
BE SMART, BE SAFE, bright brass
Amanda says
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!
Michelle M says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Brushed nickel on ours right now.
Darcie says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
we’re brushed nickle people!
Linda says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
We just bought our house and it is half Gold half Silver – gross right? It needs to be replaced soon!
Andy says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
We are all satin nickel around here, but I really like the ORB look!
Greta says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
Oil rubbed bronze. I fancy oil rubbed bronze quite a bit, so I hope it never goes out of style!
Erin says
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!
Sarah says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
I just love brushed nickel. I could stare at it all day.
Ruthie says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
Mine are gold because that’s what we had when we moved in. I prefer brushed nickel!
Molly says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!! We are builder basic brassy but would love to be rugged oil rubbed bronze….ahh a girl can dream =)
Amy F. says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! OMG, ORB is my BFF
Tyler says
BE SMART, BE SAFE – Flat Black
CJ says
BE SMART, BE SAFE
Love the oil rubbed bronze!
Nicole says
Be smart, be safe! Currently, the hardware is gold-ish, but desperately needs to be updated!!
Clare M says
Be smart Be safe. I have rental-provided knobs. They’re old and ugly.
Jamie M says
BE SMART, BE SAFE!
Ours is yucky brass, we really need to change it out!
Sarah says
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.
joyjoy says
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.
Autin says
”BE SMART, BE SAFE”
Katie, you pick the color.
Michelle says
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!
GRACE P says
BE SMART BE SAFE! Brushed nickel 🙂 Happy Holidays!
Gen says
Be smart, be safe
Right now we havw super shiny gold. Looking forward to emerging from the dark ages soon.
Brittany says
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.
Kyley at Painting Pony says
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.
Nicole says
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I’ve got ORB door handles…love em’!
Lisa says
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I have oil rubbed bronze knobs. I love them cause they never look dirty.
Rachel says
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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!
Tim says
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Brushed nickel.
Trish says
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Brushed nickel
Ashley says
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I have brushed nickel!
Kelly says
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I’m diggin’ orb or black. Thanks for the opportunity! Merry Christmas!!
Cherie says
BE SMART! BE SAFE! I’m a brushed nickel kind of girl
Sue says
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Melinda T says
Be Smart, Be Safe. We’re currently renting and its an older house, we’ve got some pretty ugly brass doorknobs! 😀
Lori B. says
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I have ugly brass hardware now, but I’d love to switch it up for a new shiny satin nickel piece!
kristy says
Be smart, be safe! We have classic brushed nickel. This would be just the motivation needed to finally paint that door 🙂
CHELSEY says
Be smart, Be safe! I am loving ORB right now!
Morgan says
Be Smart, Be Safe…we have brushed nickle! Hope yall have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Amy @ this DIY life says
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 🙂
Urban Wife says
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Personally, I love anything that is ORB’d.
Megan C. says
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.
Nicole says
BE SMART, BE SAFE… right now we have ugly gold hardware, but I’d love to upgrade to oil-rubbed bronze!
Courtney says
BE SMART, BE SAFE… Right now we have shiny brass and I want it GONE!
Sara says
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We’ve got ugly old brassy hardware but we’re slowly making the switch to bronze!
Jody says
be smart be safe, I would lobe brushed nickle in our home. we have the ugly brass!
rachel says
Be smart be safe. I need that lock – I can not unlock my door!
Kat says
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!
Mandi says
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!
ErinBrown says
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Currently we are updating all the brass handles to oil-rubbed bronze, one handle at a time because they aren’t cheap!
Amber says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! I think ours are a brassy color, its kind of an odd finish.
Kelly says
Be Smart, Be Safe! We currently have a dark gold/bronze color for our exterior doors… still working on getting the deadbolts installed though!
Megan says
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!
Robin E. Amato says
BE SMART, BE SAFE. We have pretty antique bronze and glass door handles!
Kimberly says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We have brushed nickel! 🙂
Caitlin @ Hardly Housewives says
Be smart, be safe! Mine is this awful gold… came with the house… can’t wait to change it out!
Jessica G says
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we’re all brass, unfortunately. but we don’t own the house so it’s a slow process of replacing things! 🙂
Amy says
BE SMART, BE SAFE… brushed nickel all the way!
Amy says
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?
Brianne says
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I have gold hardware 🙁
That’s why I need to win, so I can change them out to oil rubbed bronze1
Julie p says
Be smart, be safe! Slowly getting to oil rubbed bronze.
Melanie @ MailboxJourney.Com says
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Brushed Nickel all the way!
ElaineMicheline says
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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 🙂
Ashley says
Be smart. Be Safe! We currently have a not-so lovely brassy hardware that I am hoping to change asap!
Cari says
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oil rubbed bronze hardware!
Susan says
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Brushed nickel
Jessica Mumford says
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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!
Laura says
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I share the ORB love-the Kwikset Venetian Bronze is quite lovely.
T.M. says
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.
t.m. says
o and our current hardware is gold
Mary says
BE SMART, BE SAFE. black door, brushed nickel hardware. Love the booby trap comment, makes me think of Home Alone 🙂
heeten says
be smart,be safe. we have silver hardware.
Amy Wolff says
Be SMART… Be SAFE!!!!
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!!! 🙂
Katie Bradley says
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ORB all the way!
Lindsay Hutchins says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! We have ORB hardware around here
Amanda S. says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Silver 🙂
Cindy Reynolds says
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Brushed Nickel!
Robin says
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I love satin nickel.
Jessica says
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Yucky brass around here, re modeling our house currently so new hardware will be happening soon!
Rebecca says
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Glowing with brass in our awesome rental!!!
Tammy says
“Be Smart, Be Safe!” Our door hardware is brass.
dani vanryn says
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 🙂
Whitney says
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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.
Katie says
Be smart be safe! We are wanting to switch from brassy to oil rubbed bronze.
Brianna says
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Surrounded by brass but slowly changing stuff over to brushed nickel.
Heidi P says
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!!
Janet says
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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. 🙂
Jamie S says
BE SMART, BE SAFE my doors have brass but they look pretty worn out
Lindsay says
be smat, be safe!
we have ORB, oil rubbed bronze!
Erin @ The Great Indoors says
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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!
Brittney says
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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!
Emily says
Old & brass… Fixing that up is one of the many ‘to dos’ since we’ve just moved in
melrose V says
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I’m an ORB gal but my new abode is confused….and has mismatched finishes everywhere!
kate says
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mine are icky old brass but hoping to upgrade soon!
Anne Loyd says
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We have polished nickel!
Mh toth says
be smart be safe, switching from brass to orb
Liz says
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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 🙂
Kim@todayismysome-day says
Be smart Be safe. Oil rubbed bronze.
heather f says
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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.
Corina P says
Be smart be safe! Oil rubbed bronze for sure!
Jerri C. From TN. says
BE SMART, BE SAFE! Rugged with oil rubbed bronze. Merry Christmas Bowers.
Caanan says
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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.
Michele P. says
BE SMART, BE SAFE I currently have a white door with brushed nickel hardware. Happy Holidays!
Crystal G. says
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We have mismatched hardware because the seller of our house took half of the original set with him. Interesting….
BornInaZoo says
BE SMART, BE SAFE … brushed nickel
Margie Lou says
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!
Randa says
Be smart, be safe. Currently a horrible bronze that needs to be switched out.
Laura Smith says
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Oh please pick me! I live in a place that eats doorknobs. The sea air is death on exposed metal.
Genie says
Be smart, be safe. Brushed nickel!
Kelli says
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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.
Diane says
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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…
tricia says
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.
Cassie says
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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…
Kim says
Be Smart. Be Safe. We have classic with brushed nickel and rugged with oil-rubbed bronze.
Merry Christmas Bower Clan!!!
Heather says
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We have polished nickel, but are seriously thinking of changing it up to ORB 😀
Beth says
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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!
Kat says
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.
sara @ it's good to be queen says
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it’s just a plain ol’ brushed nickel…nothing too exciting. i’d love an oil rubbed bronze handle. 🙂
Stephanie says
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Our hardware is antique brass, I think.
Denise says
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Currently ugly brass, but I’m hoping to upgrade soon (spray paint? replace completely?) to ORB.
Vanessa L says
Be smart be safe. We’re slowly moving from brass to ORB. This would be a great addition!
Karen says
”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
Joan says
Be smart be safe! We have brushed nickel.
Lorelle says
Be smart be safe! We have brushed nickel throughout the house
Sandra says
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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.
Ann Marie says
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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!
Lauren White says
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We have bronze now, but hopefully not for long…
Clarissa says
Be Smart Be Safe….we’re rocking’ the brushed bronze look on our doors!
Nina says
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My older home has original glass hardware on all the doors. its like jewelry for the house! i love it.
Emily says
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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
erika m says
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We have chrome (plaited?) hardware, hard to find, but it looks great our white doors…love it!
Ann Marie says
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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.
jessica w. says
“BE SMART, BE SAFE” I am a brushed nickel kinda girl
Rebecca says
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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).
Jessica says
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Its a very old.. and dull silver. Ick.
Bethany says
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oil rubbed bronze – looks so good on a red door : )
Jenn says
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stacy says
Be smart- be safe!! My 1981 home has all brass hardware…scratched, ugly hardware. I am sloooowly replacing them with ORB hardware.
Nichole says
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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.
Jason says
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I am changing everything to brushed nickel on the outside, slowly but surely!
Nicole says
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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 🙂
Erin {Loverly Family} says
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Slowly changing our old homes’s brass to nickel… But wishing we’d gone ORB instead!
Natalie Derrickson says
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Oil Rubbed Bronze for the new house! (Vintage Bronze, to be exact. We bought Kwikset for a few locks already!)