Here are the finished appliance grills ready for installation.  These are going into an apartment right on lake michigan.

Check these out! These brass grills are about to be finished in polished nickel and will be installed on custom door fronts of a refrigerator and freezer.

These polished nickel plates were fabricated for the interior of Marvin french doors.  The project is in Quincy, Illinois.

Here is an outlet – receptacle plate that is ready for a polished nickel finish.

We are working on a large project that require entry pulls to coordinate with interior hardware.  These sketches were completed by our artist for review by our client.  From here we will be sculpting a positive to create a mold for production.  Watch for more photos – this is going to be fun…

Al Bar Wilmette has been around since 1937. We are in celebration mode around here in Wilmette.  Burt Allen and Walter Barron, Esq. started this little finishing shop with hopes of doing finishing work for a more local clientele — because of cheap shipping and the internet over 50% of our work is completed outside of Illinois.  Here’s to you Burt and Walt!

This is another great roll out of our mod cabinet hardware sweet (sp!).  We are doing another fab install on the lake in wilmette, illinois.

This is a great example of an pair of embrasure doors.  The harmon hinge is the only way to provide a clean appearance when the doors are both opened (pocketing inside the millwork and closed).

These levers are currently in the finishing room and will be shipped off to Michigan soon.  The rosette is turned from brass and the lever is a casting that is affixed to a turned shank.

A good design requires great hardware – often we see clients wait until they ‘feel’ certain spaces prior to final hardware selection.  If you need to wait on certain locations (and don’t mind blue tape) we are here to help!

These pulls have exposed fasteners (and are a lot of work to install), but have a new old look that is really fresh and new.  They were machined and finished by our folks in Wilmette.

This city kitchen features polished nickel plated hardware that is everything but off the shelf.  Come by our shop in Wilmette to see the difference finishing, quality metal manufacturing and design really make.