Your home interior in perfect harmony
Interior designers draw on a chest full of tricks and jiggery pokery to decorate homes so they ooze harmony. For instance, in separate spaces, they will usually stick to one basic colour and no more than two accent colours. They will use the same skirting boards, floor tiles or parquet flooring in different rooms, and – you will not be surprised to learn – they have a marked predilection for door and window handles made from the same material.
Choosing stylish door and window handles …
This obviously leaves you wondering which door and window handles will lend your home that little extra je ne sais quoi. Let’s start with the beginning: would you qualify the style of your home as classic or modern? A modern home interior will stand out to even better effect with sleek handles adorning your doors and windows, whereas a country-style home interior is begging for romantic retro handles with gentle lines and even the odd curlicue here and there.
… in the right material
As to the material of your door and window handles, seeing the wood for the trees is not quite as straightforward in this day and age. Aficionados of classic home interiors will be quick to go for bronze handles, but one look at a bronze Brian Sironi creation proves that these kinds of handles will also work a treat in a modern home interior. Apollo (the window handle, not the Greek god or the space rocket) in turn demonstrates that a modern material such as chrome also has its charms when used in a country-style home interior.
Handles in warm or cold colours
So what do you go by to decide which material to go for? The secret is in the colours of your home interior. If your interior is largely decked in warm colours, door and window handles made from warm materials such as bronze, russet epoxy, relic’d iron, … will work wonders. If it is cold colours that rule supreme in your home interior, then there is nothing like the appeal of cool materials such as white bronze, chrome, britannium, …
Explore your options
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