Hardware: Faded White and a Touch of Rust

Hardware: faded white with a touch of rust.
A set of shabby chic hardware details. Handles are round knobs of glass or white porcelain, with subtle signs of use on the surface; hinges and door locks are old iron pieces, most of the black paint is still present but the edges reveal metal with a hint of fine rust; hooks are cast iron painted white and then distressed at the edges; cabinet latches are old-fashioned slide bolts. All hardware is neither brand new polished pieces nor deliberately antiqued bronze-colored replicas, but rather items that look like they have been there for a long time, opened and closed thousands of times. The image shows these types of hardware installed on white-painted woodwork in a close-up. Avoid: using polished chrome and bright metals, using deliberately antiqued bronze-colored hardware, making the hardware look completely brand new, allowing rust to spread into a large patch.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組破舊復古風的五金細節。把手是玻璃或白瓷的圓鈕,表面有細微的使用痕跡;鉸鏈與門鎖是舊鐵件,黑色的漆面大部分還在但邊緣露出金屬並帶著一點細細的鏽色;掛勾是鑄鐵漆白後磨出邊的;櫥櫃的插銷是老式的滑扣。所有的五金都不是全新的拋光件,也不是刻意做成古銅色的仿古件,而是看起來已經在那裡很久、被開關過幾千次的東西。畫面以近景呈現這幾種五金裝在漆白木作上的樣子。避免:使用拋光的鍍鉻與亮金屬、使用刻意做成古銅色的仿古五金、讓五金完全嶄新、讓鏽色擴大成一片。