Client asked me to match a drawer pull from a 1982 photo

Lady brings in this blurry Polaroid of her grandmother's kitchen, wants me to find an exact match for the cabinet hardware. I spent two hours digging through old catalogs online before realizing the photo was flipped and the pull was just a standard brass bin pull they still sell at Home Depot for $3. Has anyone else had a customer give you a terrible photo and expect miracles?

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felixb2512d ago

Man, I gotta push back a little here. The photo being flipped is kind of a rookie mistake but also an easy one to make. I get why you'd feel annoyed, but honestly the client probably just handed you what they had and hoped you could work some magic. That's on you for spending two hours chasing ghosts instead of taking five minutes to ask basic questions like "Is this the left or right side of the cabinet?" or "Do you remember if the handle was round or flat?" Also, you found the pull at Home Depot for three bucks. So you solved it. The client got what they wanted. You're complaining about a win. Maybe cut yourself some slack and remember that most people don't know a bin pull from a backplate. They just want their grandmother's kitchen to feel right again. You did that. Take the W.

reed.ray12d ago

felixb25 nailed it. You found the part and fixed it, that's a win. Not everything needs to be a CSI investigation.