Finishes

hinges waiting for the final finishing

These custom cast bronze hinges are sitting in our corn cobs bin after being antiqued.  The natural corn cob is used

cremone hardware

Some of our standard levers can be used with our cremone bolts.  Often we do a dark iron finish on the

custom rim lock

One of the fun things about using Wilmette is the ability to customize and finish.  Working with a bespoke shop that

window hardware restoration | burnished nickel

The captioned window hardware here is finished in burnished nickel.  We provide all new slotted fasteners (finished to match).  This hardware

polished nickel medicine cabinets

These medicine cabinets were fabricated by our shop for a project in Chicago.  The design conceals all screws, seems and exposed

bower-barf historic finish

Bower-Barf is a black rust-resisting finish applied to steel and iron only and is not applicable to non-ferrous metals. It is

historic finishes introduction

This hardware is for a historic building in Chicago we are restoring all the hardware on. The finish is Bower-Barf —

old brass | active privacy

These knobs are installed as an active privacy on a pair of doors using our automatic transom bolt in a previous

pocket door flush pulls

This is a great example of using the new with the old. These mirrored pocket doors are a part of a

silver corona hinge finials

Here are some finials for our 4″ butt hinges that we have finished in silver. These are then waxed prior to

art deco front entry | nickel plated

This art deco entry set is part of a project we just finished for a local Chicago home. The finish is

cremone bolt | polished nickel finish

Here are a couple photos of our cremone bolts with the westmoreland knob in polished nickel. These were installed as a