Hardware Starry Night: David Goldberg Use Doorknobs To Revive Van Gogh's Masterpiece (PHOTOS)

A hardware store owner based in Bethesda, Maryland recently needed a creative use for his discontinued doorknobs and home accessories. Perhaps not surprisingly, he found inspiration in art history's favorite zen-brooder, Vincent van Gogh. Now, David Goldberg is known as David Van Go-berg .

Goldberg chose van Gogh's iconic painting, "Starry Night," as an alternate choice to a recycling bin, and we couldn't be happier. Using 1,250 doorknobs, lever, plates, and other odd materials , Goldberg beautifully recreated van Gogh's tribute to the night sky. You can catch the clever owner's artistic handywork on display outside his store, Union Hardware .

Do you think this brassy homage captures the spirit of the original? Let us know in the comments section.

h/t Inhabitat .