Notes from the workshop
Guides and essays on luxury door handles, how to choose a designer lever, how the four finishes age, and how architects carry a single, coherent vision down to the hardware of villas, apartments and boutique hotels.
How to choose a luxury door handle
Weight, fall and finish, the three things a hand judges before the eye does.Discover
Why Willenhall still makes the best handles
A small town in the Black Country held the lock trade of the world, and still holds its hand skills.Discover
Black steel, dark grey, or leather?
How the four O DOORSEY finishes behave in daylight, in candlelight, and after ten years.Discover
Specifying handles for a villa
Door schedules, spindle lengths and lead times, what we ask for before a project drawing is fixed.Discover
Ready to hold one?