With some rehabs you want to strip away all the years and start over with clean, modern space. With others, you want stay true to the home's original design period. For those times, there are stores out there that offer antique and reproduction hardware and lighting. These are a few of our favorites.
- House of Antique Hardware This Portland, Oregon-based company stocks everything from door and window hardware to lighting and electrical supplies ranging from Colonial to Mid-Century.
- B&B Hardware Based in Long Beach, California, this company offers historically correct doors and windows, as well as entry sets, lighting and cabinet hardware.
- Adkins Architectural Antiques This Houston based architectural salvage dealer has a vast inventory of antique hardware.
- Rejuvenation Hardware Based in Portland, Rejuvenation is part of the West Elm family. They're a great resource for reproduction lighting and hardware, as well as furniture and other household accessories.
- Ball and Ball This source for hardware reproductions and restoration has been around since the 1930s. Based in Exton, Pennsylvania, it's a family-run business going on its third generation.
- Whitechapel Ltd Based in Jackson, Wyoming, Whitechapel stocks brass and iron antique reproduction hardware, including knobs, locks, hinges and more.
- Liz's Antique Hardware This Los Angeles-based shop offers an impressive selection of door, window and furniture hardware, lighting and accessories circa 1860 to 1970.
- Bauerware Cabinet Hardware Based in San Francisco, this shop focuses on cabinet hardware, both new and vintage.
- Vintage Hardware & Lighting This Port Townsend, Washington shop not only stocks a wide selection of vintage hardware, they also have an onsite Art Deco light museum.
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Cool list, but wow, I tried to go look at cabinet pulls at Bauerware's website and my eyes need a rest now. That's the most painful color scheme I've seen since Geocities went down.
I think a lot of companies do themselves a disservice by not updating their websites or at least maintaining a well-designed website. When I see a site that just looks terrible and is disorganized, I am less inclined to give the company business or even call. How great is your company's service if the most basic methods of communication are lacking?
I completely agree, Pi. In this case, just trying to look at the inventory is actively painful, so I couldn't give them my business even if I wanted to.
What is it about human nature that, upon hearing that a website is painful to look at, I feel compelled to go and LOOK at it??
Ha, now I feel bad for spreading the pain around. I guess it's the same part of human nature that results in sharing anything negative (like "Ew, this tastes gross. Here, try it!").
Wow that is one ugly color scheme, but at the mention of geocities, I was dissappointed by the lack of flashing or animated text headers.
Woo, do they ever need a website overhaul! Made my head hurt.
Wow, that kitchen/dining area is an exact replica of the one I had in a 1930's spanish style apartment in downtown San Jose. Except mine was 'renovated' with faux wood-grain laminate countertops. Yeesh. This one is much nicer. :)
My eyes, my eyes! Yes, some websites need to stop being fancy/edgy/hipster and be, well, pleasant to look at and navigate.
Most cities have renovation stores and I'd be remiss to not mention Hippo Hardware in Portland. OR. A whole lot messier and cluttered than the neighboring Rejuvenation Store, but also WAY more fun to poke around.
Lee Valley Tools is based in Ottawa & has a US store in Ogdensburg, NY; they stock a huge range of hardware,most of it made in Canada or the US. Great quality & good value. They also stock wonderful garden & home items as well woodworking items. I've been doing business with them for yrs & have never been disappointed.
I totally recommend Horton Brasses. Used them for both my kitchen remodels and the customer service was amazing. They even custom finished hardware I bought elsewhere so it would match the hardware I purchased from them. LOVE HORTON BRASSES!
for all sorts of cool stuff try Van Dykes restoreres. http://www.vandykes.com/ used them for years for all sort of stuff from the house to fixing furniture.