Pure Goldstick

Since we're creating hand made products, there's bound to be some bloopers that come out of our workshop now and then. This is when our mistakes become bargain hunter delights. There's always a better deal on irregular merchandise and there's a lot of hot picks in our seconds inventory. As you can appreciate, we exercise tight quality control when we're filling our orders and never would we let a flawed knob jump into a box. So what characterizes a flaw?  We put them in two categories; the invisible (only noticeable to us in our workplace) and the visible (a slight defect that doesn't take away form the beauty of the piece).  It's the lucky customer who nabs the irregular with the invisible flaw. This may be a knob, pull, finial or even a lamp, where the color is a shade off or the size is off by a hair. Sometimes these lovelies end up on our web specials.  But a singular piece without a match will more than likely go into our irregulars bin.

 Betcha can't see the mistake in this 2in. diameter mini knob? Although it wasn't made according to pattern, the finish, color and size all meet our quality standards.

The color is a little darker than the norm on this little square petit knob - but wow it sure is pretty!

Merchandise with a visible flaw will have a bigger mark down and offers the best value to the bargain shopper who knows how to overlook and overcome the imperfection. If you have to rotate a knob or finial to spot a fingernail knick or a miniscule bubble in the paint, just position  it so the flaw is hidden. Or if you need to pick up reading glasses to see an eyelash size scratch on a switch cover then you may not be bothered by the slight flaw. Even a lamp with a scratch on the paint finish can be placed so that the mark faces the wall.

This 2.5 in diameter Parfum knob (left) and 2 in. diameter Tudor knob (right)  have some minor flaws that hardly detract from their beauty.

Seeing our merchandise in person is a great advantage for local San Francisco bay area folks who can particpate in our biannual sales, Our discounted knobs and pulls are a magnet for the moms with a "mix em up" decorating scheme in mind. It's a creative and playful way to do children's furniture and bathrooms.

And of course, the shopper who spots a pair of finials with matching brackets at 50% off is getting a real deal on window treatments. But even if there's no event, we always have "seconds" inventory. Granted it's not a sizable stash. But you never know - there may be just the right item waiting for the perfect project. We do occasionally get a phone call from the customer who trusts us to make the selection and  we're always happy to help them find a bargain. For those who want to know what we have in our irregulars cache, give us a call at 888-566-2799. As a reminder, if you want to keep up to date on our sales and promotions, just subscribe.