June 20th, 2010 by susanz
Nifty Nob would not be here if it were not for my Dad. No he did not finance this venture it is the voice in my head that I am talking about. My dear Dad passed from Alzheimers on Christmas Eve 2007. Even when he was the most remote he gave me great practial advice. When I was a young woman working for Macy’s New York in my early 20’s I was convinced I had hit a glass ceiling. I remember complaining to him on the phone 3000 miles away. He said quite firmly “Don’t you let the fact that you are a woman hold you back from anything!” And I have never forgotten it. When times are hardest I remember him believing in me…always being surprised when I did something he did not understand…let’s just say he was not an artist! He was a liberated man long before it was fashionable, he taught me to read the stock lisings in the Wall Street Journal when I was 14…For the younger set that is how we tracked our investments before the likes of online trading companies and the internet. There was just no grey area with my Dad, you were good or bad, successful or not and excuses were not tolerated. They were good lessons to learn. It makes the tough decisions in business easier when you were given such clear guidelines as a child paired with the absolute belief that anything is possible! I miss him!
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June 15th, 2010 by susanz
I had the opportunity to visit a Pottery Barn Kids while visiting North Carolina recently.
The cute bedding and room accessories were just so wonderful. I was struck by how every
motif for the room decor ideas directly paralleled our Nifty Nobs. For boys a sports theme. Our football
knob, baseball knob, soccer knob and basketball knob were perfect matches. And at $8.oo each our
handpainted pieces are the perfect quality compliment to Pottery Barn Kids fine bedding. For girls,
pinks and purples and flowers were everywhere. Nifty Nob has so many designs to choose from
in these colors it is almost hard to pick the best one! Our Pink Heart Knob, Flower Knobs and Purple
Primrose Knob are just a few. Kids cabinet hardware does not have to be made of plastic…afterall
when you are spending hundreds of dollars on unique bedding and room design why skimp when
you don’t have to? Nifty Nobs have been handmade and handpainted for over 17
years. We truly have a knob for every decor…at prices everyone can afford…
especially knobs and pulls for kids rooms!
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May 25th, 2010 by susanz
Read our most recent customer message and find out how satisified you will be
with our Nifty products!
“Love myu Nifty Nobs. I now have them in the kitchen and two bathrooms. I have taken pictures and will send them to you, you will be impressed. My kitchen is like an underwater paradise. Sheila”
Tags: Bathroom Cabinet Knobs, Kitchen Cabinet Knobs, Love my knobs, Underwater decorating theme
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May 20th, 2010 by susanz
I was enjoying the recent Garnet Hill Catalog and thinking how cute all the polka dot sheets would
look in a children’s or teen’s room design. Bright white background with jewel and primary toned
dots! How cute is that? Add basic white furniture pieces and replace the plain knobs with our
Mushroom Cabinet Knobs that look like dots and your room is already Nifty! Take it a step further
as many paint and wallpaper companies make covering your walls with dots a breeze. Check
out this link for fun ideas. http://www.unique-baby-gear-ideas.com/painting-polka-dots.html
Dots, dots and more dots. Dotted bedding, knobs for children that look like dots, and dots on your
walls! How Nifty is that?
Tags: Bright colored cabinet knobs, Childrens cabinet knobs, Designing with dots, Kids Cabinet Knobs
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May 15th, 2010 by susanz
Did you notice the kitchens in three of the movies receiving nominations for Oscars this year? Namely, Julie and Julia (Meryl Streep), It’s Complicated (Meryl Streep) and The Blind Side (Sandra Bullock) . All three kitchens were warm and homey. The kitchens looked used and they were beautiful. IMHO I prefer this style. I was druling over all three. Rooms like these make you want to sit down and eat or in the case of at least two of the movies cook! Perhaps we have finally, thanks to Hollywood, turned a corner and have returned to the kitchen as it was meant to be. In days past the kitchen was called the Hearth Room after the hearth of the fire pit where the cooking took place. Often in the middle of the home so the warmth from the hearth could also heat other rooms it was literally the warmest place in the home and in more ways than one it was truly the center of the home. To me an intensly modern kitchen is not a working kitchen and I so enjoyed watching these movies and the spirit of the kitchen in each. How do you view the home kitchen? Share with us ways you make your kitchen you!
Tags: Home kitchen design ideas, Homey kitchens, Kitchen design in the movies, Kitchen design trends, Professional kitchen styles, Working kitchen design
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April 23rd, 2010 by susanz
Earth day was yesterday and it got me thinking about our environment. We hear so much in our industry about recycling materials when remodeling and using products made from recycled products. But there is little talk about products that last a long time. In other words for the past many years we have become a throw away society. We own 5 sweaters when we can only wear one at a time. We use a product for a while, even if it is made of recycled materials, shortly tire of it and the item winds up in the dumpster when our tastes change.
When I designed our Convert>able Bath Accessory Collection I thought the idea of being able to change the towel bar to suit the tastes of individual customers was a good idea. Frankly the design had a great unintended consequence; you never need to tire of this patented collection. When your style changes, with the addition of a knob or two the bath accessories can change with you. The towel bar for the kid’s bathroom later can move to the laundry room, or pool house or even the kitchen.
Another unintended consequence is the ease of installation. Many towel bars wiggle and the cover plates fall off the wall. We call our handyman over and over again to fix them. But our patented design eliminates this problem all together. Your handyman need only visit your job one time. Once installed these bath accessories never move and your handyman does not need to return to the job over and over again.
So my conclusion, if we think of green also as efficiency namely our use of time gas and expense…a well designed product can be installed easily and efficiently, eliminating return trips and lasts through many changes in home decor.
Now that’s green and that’s Nifty!
Tags: easy to install towel bars, green towel bars, kids bathroom accessories
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April 14th, 2010 by susanz
It is amazing the things we take for granted these days, such as towel bars. You find them everywhere to hold your beautiful towels that descended from the highly prized Turkish towel. It often seems that where you want a towel bar is exactly where it is the most difficult to install. Finding the wall studs should be the least of your worries, but in most cases you end up tackling an array of issues just trying to attach the towel bar to the brackets. Only to end up with it coming off the wall and in some cases damaging your walls.
With the Convert>able bath accessories we give you the ability to value your towels and your walls by providing a revolutionary “Nifty mounting system” that makes towel bar installation a breeze. Once you have attached the bracket, it is two easy steps to a secure the towel bar. Then you are ready to put your decorating talents to work with our array of beautiful custom designed knobs. Match to towels, tiles or wall color.
The towel would still be a drab piece of fabric if the Ottomans of the 17th century had not intervened. They brought style, design and magnificent weaving to the development of the modern towels with the help of their well-honed carpet weaving skills in the 17th century. Don’t let your towel bar be just a towel bar. Visit Nifty Nob® today, watch our You Tube video about this exciting product and transform your home in same way the towel was transformed by the Ottomans.
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April 7th, 2010 by susanz
Obsidian is a unique and highly prized material with many attributes. These qualities are why we chose the name Obsidian Black for the black knobs and accessories in our Decorative Designer Series line. In the business of knobs and accessories, the term ‘Decorative Designer’ refers to pieces that like Obsidian are special, unique, and very high in quality. They are made artistically from the best materials; they are the “Over the top” special touch, the unique accent that magnify the beauty in your kitchen or bathroom. The knobs and accessories in this series, which come in a sparkling array of colors including Obsidian Black, simultaneously transcend and enhance the unique architecture of your home. In the same way that a beautiful stone set in an elegant ring enhances the stone, the ring and the hand that wears it, the presence of the knobs and accessories in the Decorative Designer series in your home enhance not just the item it adorns, but also the room and the house in which it lives.
Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass, which has been highly prized by people throughout the world for millennia. The importance of Obsidian in Mesoamerican societies has been compared to the value and importance of steel in modern civilization. The unique brilliancy of Obsidian is unmatched. Black is the most commonly known color of Obsidian though it can also be found in a variety of colors. All Obsidian is translucent in nature and possesses the property of changing color according to the manner in which it is cut. It can be cut to exquisite thinness and maintain its dynamic sharpness. The natural sharpness of an Obsidian blade is why it has been used to make arrowheads and tools for centuries and is used today to make modern tools including scalpels.
Just as Obsidian is known and sought after for its uncommon sharpness and utility, so are all Nifty Nob® products. Using only expert craftsmanship and high quality materials, Nifty Nob has been in the business of making uncommonly beautiful knobs and accessories for over seventeen years. Give your home the gift of uncommon sharpness and appeal; give your home Nifty Nobs. To give your home a high quality look and elegant feel without breaking your bank, look no further than Nifty Nob, online at www.Niftynob.com.
Tags: black, decorative, design, Knobs, obsidian
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March 12th, 2010 by susanz
There are times (historic moments) in every industry when a new twist (innovation) on a familiar product forever changes both the product and the industry. In case you haven’t heard, that time has arrived for towel bars. The industry is now seeking to regain its footing after the ingenious design produced by Nifty Nob. Thanks to Nifty Nob, towel bars have never been easier to install! With no clips or set screws, the Convert>able towel bars install in just three incredibly easy steps. First you mark the location on your wall through the pre-drilled holes, then you mount your flange and finally snuggly screw down the plate. That’s it! But that’s not all! The innovative Convert>able design holds your bar in place through heavy wet towel after towel. Once you install it, you will never have to touch your towel bar again. Move on over you straight and narrow, hard to install, easy to un-install just by pulling down on them, run-of-the-mill towel bars!
Make room for the styling bath accessory line from Nifty Nob . . . the Convert>ables. With one turn of a nob, the bath accessory industry has been turned on its head. Never before has such a sensible and economical design been available. Re-doing your bathroom YOUR way has never been easier or more affordable. Think a towel bar is a towel bar is a towel bar? It’s easy to do if you go to any major outlet store, where a small number of brand names produce slight variations on the same old theme. You can choose between polished chrome, satin nickel, oil rubbed bronze and brass, but customizing the bar to match your color scheme or kid’s favorite animal or hobby? It’s not even on the menu.
Well, you haven’t been visiting the right bath house. Check out www.niftynob.com and their new line of Convert>ables. The post hardware is designed so that the knobs can be swapped out with any Nifty Nob or standard threaded knob, allowing you endless variations in your bathroom décor without ever changing the actual towel bar.
With their keen eye for detail, utility and value, Nifty Nob’s Convert>ables Collection has made a unique and valuable contribution to the industry and erased many of the issues that have made towel bar installation an unpleasant chore. This patented, superior quality product line is only available online at www.niftynob.com. Nifty Nob is a privately owned company that’s been in the business of making nifty knobs, bars, hooks, rings and accessories for over seventeen years. Do yourself and your bathroom a favor, and check them out!
Tags: decor, hooks, Knobs, rings, towel bars
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January 25th, 2010 by susanz
Just saw this article and found it timely. The focus of the discussion is that personalization is a key component, which the consumer is not will to sacrifice. Nifty Nob has known this for a long time. From a simple personalized cabinet knob to a custom vanity as discussed in the article people view themselves as unique and special and want their surroundings to reflect their style. Our Convert>able Bath Accessory line was designed with this very thought in mind. Why do I want the same towel bar as my neighbor? Our Convert>able design allows one to add any cabinet knob to personalize the look of the towel bar! Enjoy the article and let us know about other great products that can be personalized for the consumer.
Personalized Design
Tags: Add new tag, Kitchen Design Trend, Towel Bars you can customize
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