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Architectural Classics BlogArchitectural Classics BlogAt the Architectural Classics blog, we combine traditionally comprehensive information on caring for your antiques, with the offbeat Art Deco style fun and trivia from the world of old homes, lighting and door hardware. Articles
We?d Be Out With the Screwdriver?
2007-12-07 10:31:00 They are gorgeous, gorgeous door handles, aren?t they?! They are Italian, and tagged with both brass and bronze, so we are not sure if they are an alloy of these metals, or perhaps different metals were used to make different parts. Love how they seem to be the same woman, at different times. Love the ...
The Laws of Doors, part 1
2007-12-05 10:09:00 Doors are imagined to have a strange sort of energy that is all their own ? we have talked before about how doors have entered our subconscious as a metaphor for all sorts of things ? they have their own special meaning in dreams, we make up all sorts of sayings, phrases and aphorisms about ... More About: Laws , Part , Doors
Peeling Paint for a Pragmatic
2007-12-03 11:06:00 You know, the paint on this door has peeled so artistically, I am not surprised that it obviously hasn?t been repainted recently. However, I think there may also be an ulterior motive for it ? I can imagine the poor owner coming out, morning after morning, to find a whole bunch of dead birds on ... More About: Paint
Take It Where You Find It
2007-12-01 10:19:00 This beautiful, flowing door handle is in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Interesting how a lot of effort has obviously been put into the handle itself ? either in making it, or simply in choosing it ? yet the door seems fairly neglected, being chipped, scratched and generally looking like someone has gone to work on it ... More About: Find
Skimp on the dollars to save on the germs
2007-11-29 10:27:00 Well, the world sure is a disgusting, disgusting place! You may have received the email that has been going around for a while detailing how many litres of other people anal gases you inhale in a day ? how many litres of urine you ingest in an hour of swimming in a public pool ? ... More About: Save , Dollars , Germs , The G
A Knock Too Many
2007-11-27 11:17:00 This is what can happen when you have a door with a knocker, but no backplate? but only if you have many centuries of knocking to wait around for! This knocker is another one from France ? it resides in Lyon. You wouldn?t guess it from the photo though, would you? The dust, the grain of ... More About: Knock
Dragon knockers for a bit of danger
2007-11-25 10:31:00 Many of our genuine antiques date from a time that your grandparents, or their grandparents may have seen. However, if you have a penchant for the times of swords and scabbards, damsels in distress, mead, quests and adventures ? when men were men, and all women were ladies, princesses or fishwives, then you should love ... More About: Other , Danger , Dragon , Drago , Knockers
Crazy Eyes
2007-11-23 10:20:00 This crazy knocker is in France, and not in general keeping with the usual charm and traditionalism of French architecture! It is in Grenoble, where there is apparently a ?magic square?, and much of the surrounding architecture is themed around the occult and magic. As an interesting side note, his hair looks very similar to ... More About: Eyes , Crazy
?Book ?im, Kowalski?
2007-11-21 10:34:00 Now, if you don?t like door knobs, you have no reason to be reading this blog ? but perhaps you have just run out of inspiration for new knob themes in your house, or you now have an extra door, but can?t source a matching handle to go with your other antique ones. Well, this ... More About: Do It Yourself , Book
Barbie?s Church Door
2007-11-19 10:22:00 This door belongs to the Christ Episcopal church, in Greenwich, South Carolina. I?m not positive what sort of look the painters were going for when they chose the royal purple for the door, but I love that unexpected inclusion of colour and energy into religious life. For something which is essentially meant to be so ... More About: Church , Barbie , Door
Door knobs ? also useful in natural disasters!
2007-11-17 10:42:00 We had a look recently at some gorgeous, kitsch and quite funny Victorian door knob notes that were a modern twist on traditional style ? The door knob notes that Sacramento officials have recently come up with are a lot more serious, and more important in many ways. The city of Sacramento in America is quite ... More About: Disasters , Natural , Other , Natural Disasters , Door
Brass Razoos now worth a lot more!
2007-11-13 10:13:00 Well, we have said it before, that you only know that something has real value when somebody else in the world thinks it is worth stealing! It has been reported that gangs across Britain have been stealing brass and other items ? tens of millions of pounds worth ? in order to feed a growing ... More About: Worth , Brass , Wort
My, What a Large Door Knob You Have!
2007-11-09 10:24:00 You have probably heard the well-documented fact that one in seven door handles contains traces of semen ? and it is all the more believable if this is one of those door handles! This unique piece has found its way into our collection through sheer good humour, and willingness to try something a little out of ... More About: Door , Knob , Large
Door County Fish Boil
2007-11-06 10:45:00 We do realise, this post has only the most tenuous of links to door and door hardware ? but we couldn?t resist writing about anything with so fascinating a name as ?The Door County Fish Boil?! Some of you may feel differently ? but for me personally, not being a fish eater, it conjures up an ... More About: Other
Where is the door handle?!
2007-11-04 10:55:00 The photographer says this is the back door to the church at St Edwards in Stow-on-the-Wold in England (and only the international will appreciate the unique quirky Englishness of that name!). They say it looks more like an artist?s rendering than a photograph, and I agree. Some details you wouldn?t dare to even put in ... More About: Door , Handle
Now available in rim, mortise or knock-operated lock!
2007-11-02 10:22:00 Do you ever get confused when we talk about rim versus mortise locks? Are you just as likely to let the entire conversation slide over your head, and call a locksmith? Well, you don?t need to be familiar with drills or routers to install this door lock ? nor do you have to worry about ... More About: Do It Yourself , Knock , Lock , Available , Mort
How to make your doors and windows more energy efficient
2007-10-29 11:26:00 You know, at Architectural Classics we all love old things ? but we aren?t biased! There are plenty of new things we love too, and some of those are the advances in science and technology that mean we can do things faster and more efficiently. Efficiency is so important when it comes to your energy ... More About: Windows , Energy , Do It Yourself , Make , Doors
Front Door-less Folly
2007-10-27 11:25:00 It often seems that time and technology are moving faster than we can keep up with ? and this phenomenon seems to accelerate more every year, to eventually be constantly bemoaned by our grandparents and other elderly people who stop to talk to you while you are waiting for a bus! But it seems that some ... More About: Front , Door , Olly
Dinsdalepetch.co.uk ? where bronzed skin is allowed to be beautiful
2007-10-24 14:28:00 One of the stand out features of antique and reproduction pieces is the fact that they use materials that aren?t often seen any more ? how often do you see objects made of pewter, copper brass, or even patinated brass in people?s homes? One of the others which has generally been lost to the passage ... More About: Skin , Beautiful , Dale , Etch , Allo
Mad ramblings on push door handles?
2007-10-20 12:48:00 Door handles are one of those things that have not changed very much in hundreds of years ? our genuine antiques still look, and more importantly still function pretty much like door handles that are made today. This also makes it possible to easily and fairly economically create reproductions of antique door knobs also. They ... More About: Door , Handle , Push
More ArchitecturalClassics.com products in magazines
2007-10-17 11:20:00 Thank you to BBC Homes and Antiques for featuring our Vintage Lantern and Real Homes for featuring our Crystal Door Knobs in their October issues. More About: News , Products , Magazines , Architect , Ural
The Doors - Doors in Pop and Modern Culture, part 4
2007-10-13 11:29:00 A series of posts on doors in popular culture would be woefully inadequate without a post on the doors ? yes, The Doors ! The Doors were a rock/pop/pschychedelia supergroup in the 60s and 70s, headed by Jim Morrison of LSD fame, and also including John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, and Robby Krieger. Jim Morrison famously struggled ... More About: Culture , Part , Modern
How to Clean Brass - Ultimate Guide
2007-10-08 12:29:00 Brass was once the predominant material for creating home hardware ? it was cheap, readily available, and looked just a little bit like gold, for a touch of class. It has now mostly been replaced by steel or other alloys which technology has made more prevalent, but for those of us who love the mystery, ... More About: Clean , Guide , Ultimate , Brass , Guid
Door knob abuse!
2007-10-07 12:01:00 A terrible tale of door knob abuse from the heart of Missisippi (when will they learn?!!), published here. Charlotte Wolff had a bit of a security habit ? a near obsession with having locks and deadbolts on all of her doors, something that can be attributed to the horror movie industry! If they were smart, ... More About: News , Abuse , Other , Door , Knob
The Love Story of Gilbert and Moreen
2007-10-05 11:44:00 Since the internet doesn?t allow the luxury of conveying tone of voice (yet!), can I just warn everybody that this blog post has a sarcasm level of 4.5 stars! So it seems that one of our contemporaries (another door furniture expert ? in this instance a specialist in knockers), has hit the jackpot! He has managed ... More About: Love , Story , Other , Love story , Gilbert
Knocking on Heaven?s Door ? Doors in Pop and Modern Culture, part 3
2007-09-30 10:48:00 Yes, I know, we?ve already used this blog title! But this time, we really, really had to. That is because we are talking about the actual song, Knockin? On Heaven ?s Door, first written by The Freewheelin? (Bob Dylan), and later, covered, by many, many people. I have had several arguments during my lifetime over who ... More About: Culture , Part , Modern , Part 3
Door Knob Deities
2007-09-24 12:09:00 If door knobs had a god, Architectural Classics would be at church every Sunday? there is, however, the next best thing. Janus is the Roman god of doors and doorways, as well as beginnings and ends. He is easily recognisable, as he is always depicted with more than one face ? usually two, looking in ... More About: History , Door , Knob
Cast iron door knobs ? reviving traditional security systems!
2007-09-21 11:07:00 Although probably the most common material for our hardware to be made of is brass, iron is definitely the most individual, the most romantic, and the oldest and most generally used metal of olden days. The iron, and ironing have been the bane of many a mum and housewife. Iron horseshoes are said to bring ... More About: Security , Cast , Systems , Door
An Open Door Policy - Doors in Pop and Modern Culture, part 2
2007-09-15 11:55:00 Now, we are sure that if you have Architectural Classics handles on your door, you?ll be standing there holding it open for people who haven?t even entered the room yet (!), just for the pleasure of touching the gorgeous antiques a little longer. A different proposition entirely though, are shop and public doors. In many things ... More About: Culture , Open , Policy , Part , Modern
Why we don?t have an ?Antique Foot Pull? section!
More articles from this author:2007-09-12 12:28:00 Before we go any further into this post, can we just say that every single one of our door knobs is meticulously cleaned before it goes anywhere near a postage box! Something you?d take for granted, I know, but you?ll be glad of it before you finish reading about this? Earlier this year NBC?s Dallas office ... More About: Section , Antique , Foot , Pull 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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