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Mixing Metals

While mixing knobs and pulls on your kitchen cabinets might seem unconventional, designers are encouraging homeowners to embrace the idea. By mixing kitchen hardware pieces, you can add a subtle but ...
Homeowners have been known to stay awake at night obsessing about the cabinet door styles, countertop materials and floor coverings for their new kitchens. Almost no one loses sleep over the drawer ...
Thanks to its durability and rich color, brass—an alloy of copper and zinc—has been used for centuries to make everything from kitchenware and hardware, to household objects and decor. But brass also ...
Welcome to Further Details, a series dedicated to ubiquitous but overlooked elements hidden on your favorite products. This week: the reason why so many doorknobs are made of brass. Few things are ...