Shopping for new home hardware can get
complicated, if you are looking for hardware that matches with
existing hardware, or if you're getting all new hardware and want it
to blend seamlessly across the board. This means you should find
brands with a wide selection of collections and finishes, so you can
find your style, and find all the types of hardware and accessories
you need – towel bars, tissue paper holders, cabinet knobs,
appliance pulls, etc. – and have them all match.
This specific instance would be if you
are remodeling or you've had your new house built, and now you need
to start adding the useful and decorative hardware and home accents.
Using the same style and/or finish across your home, from the
doorbell to the hinges, can make it look much more polished and
cohesive.
We've compiled some of the best brands
for just this purpose. The following brands have a big variety, and
don't specialize in just one style, like modern or vintage. The following are also examples of what to look for in other brands.
Note: It can be necessary match
finishes from the same brand, even though another brand has the same
type of finish. The shades and tones in the finish can vary greatly
from one brand to another. For example, brass from one brand might be
a little darker, or more yellow in tone from another brand's brass
finish.
Brand: Hickory Hardware
Why They Are Great
They have a huge variety of collections
with different styles and finishes. Let's say you just put the
vintage -looking cabinet hardware from the Queen Anne collection throughout your home. The finish is a bright gold-toned
brass with a little bit of a weathered texture. You can shop their
other home hardware, right down to the door stops,
and bathroom robe hooks in this finish.
Brand: Hawk Hill
Why They Are Great
You can do some one-stop shopping for
your door bell button backplates,
House numbers,
cabinet knobs and appliance pulls in collections that cover these things, or collections that go well
together. For example, you can grab house numbers in copper, a
rustic-looking door bell backplate in weathered copper, your cabinet
knobs, appliance pulls or cabinet pulls in the same rustic bronze
that is signature of that brand.
Brand: Alno
Why They Are Great
They have several different collections
for bathroom accessories , which are versatile enough to match with
any other cabinet hardware or home accent collections. They also
offer a wide variety of finishes, to make the job of matching even
easier. They have modern styles like the Contemporary 1, 2,
and 3 collections, as well as Eclectic and the rustic Hammered or Mission collections.
Some other brands with a big variety of
products: Top Knobs, Liberty Hardware, Laurey, Jeffery Alexander and
Amerock.
