Recent Projects

ball bearing hinges

These hinges were re-finished in burnished nickel for a project.  The finish coordinates with the custom hardware being installed on the

custom appliance grill

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

custom appliance grills

Check these out! These brass grills are about to be finished in polished nickel and will be installed on custom door

custom backplates nickel

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

custom outlet plates

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

custom pull concepts

We are working on a large project that require entry pulls to coordinate with interior hardware.  These sketches were completed by

1937 – 75 years

Al Bar Wilmette has been around since 1937. We are in celebration mode around here in Wilmette.  Burt Allen and Walter

mod squad

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

embrasure doors

This is a great example of an pair of embrasure doors.  The harmon hinge is the only way to provide a

woodbine levers

These levers are currently in the finishing room and will be shipped off to Michigan soon.  The rosette is turned from

good design requires…

A good design requires great hardware – often we see clients wait until they ‘feel’ certain spaces prior to final hardware

drawer pulls polished nickel

These pulls have exposed fasteners (and are a lot of work to install), but have a new old look that is