Architectural salvage is a business technique of finding old worn out buildings and retreiving their antique hardware and using them in current projects. This may include period hardware like bronze or brass door hardware, like knobs, hinges and hooks.

Finding and salvaging period hardware for doors and cabinets is more than just a hobby, for some it is a method of making serious money. These valuables pieces that have been recovered from these old buildings are then sold to builders and people who are trying to decorate their places with these items. Handmade period hardware produced during the early 1970s was primarily handmade. Decorating a home with these architectural brass handles, door knobs and victorian door knobs is a unique look to homes.

These salvaged antique hardware is used in hotels, victorian or colonial homes. Not only does this look good in old houses but also in modern homes. Finding antique hardware is hard but there are dealers who specialise in these otherwise there are companies like the Decodame and Cunningham lumber which have reproductions of these antique door knobs, hinges, door pulls and handles.

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