Door Hardware

No matter how solid and sturdy your doors are, they are still only lumps of wood or metal if they are not fixed up with the proper hardware. This hardware includes such items as the hinges, the knob or lever, the latch, strike plate and most importantly the type of lock it is secured with.

The common entry door will usually be adorned with plain brass hardware or brushed aluminum. This "ho hum" approach to door hardware can be easily remedied by a trip to the local hardware or home improvement store. Hinges can be found that have decorative fluting or designs as well as varied shapes and colors. You can match a design motif with the doorknobs as well. You do not sacrifice functionality when you replace that dull knob with a patterned or faceted glass handle.

There are also the reproduction door hardware kits that give you a complete set of matching motif hardware pieces ready to install and liven up your home's look. Among the types of antique door hardware are Victorian patterned hardware sets which can give your entry door a touch of old world charm.

Inside your home the interior door hardware can be found in even more colors and styles.
With the decreased need for a strong security against vandals, the hardware can be formed of glass or hard plastics for an almost endless variety of decors. Matching the hardware you attach to a sliding closet door with the pull knobs is as easy as taking fifteen minutes and a screwdriver to the project.

The pocket door hardware on the market today is vastly superior to the clunky and occasionally faulty rails and rollers of the nineteenth century. Which is not to say that you can't get reproduction kits for pocket doors that match the antique designs. With the development of the hollow core door, you can even accessorize your pocket or sliding closet door with inset picture frames or mirror panels and trim that matches the new hinges and pulls for a stylish coordinated effect.

Outside, you can spiffy up the screen doors with hardware that will disguise the spring and the locking mechanisms no longer have to look like a simple hook and eyelet just to fasten the screen door shut. Even down on the farm, today's modern agriculturists are becoming more interested in attaching more aesthetically pleasing hinges and rollers on their barn doors. While simple steel rails may serve to slide the door out for the cows, a brass or silvery aluminum rail track gives the farm a classier more successful look.