How to choose the door handles for the house? Here's what our tips for interior and exterior doors, windows and furniture.
The handles must be chosen based on their function but also on the design that must harmonize with the style of the furniture. They are an important piece of furniture in your home, that detail that determines its character and personality. When choosing, it is useful to consider a number of factors such as: functionality, material and design.
Too often in the choice of handles these aspects are taken for granted and we tend to choose based on a purely aesthetic or economic aspect. But these two criteria do not consider a whole series of factors that may turn out to be fundamental in the choice that must also be based on an optimal quality / price ratio.
When choosing, you will have to take into account aspects such as:
- the frequency of use and by whom it will be used : only adults or even children, the elderly or even the disabled?
- the material in relation to cleanliness, wear, resistance and how much it harmonizes with the decor of the house.
- the manufacturer, supplier : does it guarantee you to find spare parts?
- assembly : are you preparing to DIY the new handles or do you rely on a technician?
I don't want to complicate your life, on the contrary I want to help you simplify it, but as with everything, even in the choice of handles it is better to be safe than sorry.
So let's go step by step and start distinguishing the handles for the different windows.
If you go to a hardware store to buy door handles, it will immediately ask you a series of questions . Since we at Windowo, your online hardware store, we give you a whole series of information on the basis of which you can choose from our catalog or go to the prepared hardware store. Even in the choice and assembly of the handles you are followed by a technician or a carpenter and knowing some information will be useful for you. Which door are you choosing your handles for?
If the handles are for interior doors in the house, you will need to consider usability, functionality and design. If you have children or disabled people in the house and the handles are mounted at their height, you should be careful how dangerous their shape could become if you bump into them with your face. Even if you have elderly people at home you should consider the natural progressive loss of dexterity and therefore the difficulty for them to grasp a handle that is too thin.
Satin handles
They are suitable for a home with modern, pragmatic and minimalist furnishings . You can choose handles that have square lines with an anatomical handle or round lines with an L handle, flat and geometric or with minimalist lines. You can find them with a round or oval rosette and also without a rosette. They are easy to clean and do not require special attention in maintenance. They can be cleaned with kitchen detergents and a sponge. If you have children at home, pay attention to the end of the handle which could be a treacherous edge.
Luminous handles : in stainless steel with LEDs of various colors inside. For original and colorful, modern and very youthful environments.
Colored handles : parts in stainless steel and colored handles like the
Plus Up Corian Mandarin with a very particular shape, squared and with an upturned handle. This handle could be mounted on a white, black or same color door as the handle and is a very decorative handle. It fits very well in a minimalist and modern environment that uses colored elements as furnishing elements.
Brass handles
First of all I assure you that they are treated brasses that do not need, as in the past, special detergents for cleaning. They remain shiny over time without rubbing with smelly wadding. It is thought that the brass handle is more suitable for a classic, vintage or antique furniture. You can actually find brass handles in both modern and classic furnishings. It depends a lot on their shape, if they are linear and modern or decorated, amber and with styles that reproduce modern or liberty style handles.
Handles with plate : you can find them in both stainless steel and brass, with modern shapes or with vintage lines. Choosing the handle with the plate is really a subjective matter of taste. The choice of the internal mechanism could be binding and for this reason I suggest you read our "
Guide to buying handles online ".
The Legislative Decree 81/2008 requires that they be mounted in work environments with a capacity of 9 people upwards. They are mandatory for the fire doors of rooms open to the public and for rooms with danger of explosion. They are required in bathrooms for the disabled. There are different types also with a more refined design and aesthetics than the classic red or black handles that we are used to seeing. They match the type of door and the handle placed on the outside as the handle must be installed in the exodus part.
Antique door handles
The handles, for external antique doors , are usually in knob or hinged format. It can be a fixed knob that has the function of the swing or a knob that activates the mechanical part of the opening. Inside the door there can be a handle or a knob, the swing instead must be placed only on the outside. The material used depends a lot on the type of door. If it is antique in solid wood, the suitable handles are in brass, polished or amber, knob or knocker.
If the door is modern in an ancient building, hybrids that are often seen in new renovations, you can opt for a modern knob, brass or stainless steel depending on the material and shape of the door.
In our catalog you will find a wide choice of both types.
When choosing window handles, what we have just written about doors applies. You can find thousands of models, sizes and finishes even at a discounted and advantageous price, but also for the choice of these handles as well as listening to the beating of your heart you should reflect on some aspects:
- type of window : vasistas or classic window material: pvc, wood, aluminum, wood and aluminum.
- aesthetics : coordinated with the doors in harmony with the environment and with what you like.
The window handles can be classic and linear, or modern in steel but also in brass. They can be particularly sophisticated and luxurious, with the addition of components such as crystals. Or wrought iron for a house in the mountains or country style. They can be romantic and shabby chic in porcelain and iron or porcelain and brass. In the windowo catalog you will find a wide choice of handles from the most classic to the most original.
Windowo has a selection of fantastic Design handles , the ones you would want to buy even if you don't need them and place them on a shelf on display (like a design object).
We chose them because they are aesthetically really beautiful, but we also considered these aspects: modernity, style, design, shape and functionality.
The brands are all Italian and are also among the best known brands of design components such as:
As a design object, the handles that we have included in our catalog also have character and personality. They have the typical style of Italian excellence of the most famous
designers such as Michele De Lucchi and Zaha Hadid and some of these handles have won
awards such as the Red Dot Design, the Compasso d'Oro, the Green Good Design Award and the Good Design Award. .
What makes us proud of this selection is the beauty of these handles that decorate the house in a unique way. Beauty is also within the reach of all financial resources. It is enough to know how to choose well and in harmony, to make your home the best place to feel good.
