How to choose handles for your front door? Here are our tips for interior and exterior doors, windows and furniture.
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 furnishing element of your home , that detail that determines its character and personality.
When choosing, it is useful to consider a series of factors such as:
functionality, material and design .
Too often when choosing
designer door 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 can instead prove 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:
- how often it will be used and by whom : only adults or also children, the elderly or even disabled people?
- the material in relation to cleanliness, wear, resistance and how much it harmonizes with the home furnishings.
- the manufacturer, supplier : can they guarantee you will find spare parts?
- assembly : are you going to assemble the new handles yourself or will 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 when choosing handles, it is better to prevent than to cure.
So let's go step by step and start to distinguish the handles for the different windows.
If you go to a hardware store to buy door handles, they will immediately ask you a series of questions .
We at Windowo
hardware store give you a whole series of information based on 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 could be useful to you. For which door are you choosing your handles?
If the handles are for interior doors of the house, you will have to consider usability, functionality and design.
If you have children or disabled people at home and the handles are mounted at their height, you should be aware of how dangerous their shape could become if someone hits them with their face. Even if you have elderly people at home, you should consider the natural progressive loss of manual dexterity and therefore the difficulty for them to grasp a handle that is too thin.
Satin handles
They are suitable for a house with modern, pragmatic and minimalist furnishings . You can choose handles that have square lines with an anatomical grip or round lines with an L-shaped grip, 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 particular attention in maintenance. They can be cleaned with kitchen detergents and a sponge. If you have children at home, pay attention to the final part of the handle which could be a dangerous edge.
Luminous handles : in stainless steel with LEDs of various colors inside. For original and colorful, modern and very youthful environments.
Colored handles : stainless steel parts and colored grip like the
Plus Up Corian Mandarin with a very particular shape, square and with an upward grip. This handle could be mounted on a white, black or the same color door as the grip and is a handle that decorates a lot. It adapts very well to a minimalist and modern environment that uses colored elements as furnishing elements.
First of all, I assure you that they are treated brasses that do not need, as they once did, special detergents for cleaning. They remain shiny over time without rubbing with smelly cotton wool. It is thought that the brass handle is more suited to classic, vintage or antique furniture. In reality, you can find brass handles both in modern environments and in classic furnishings. It depends a lot on their shape, whether 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 question of taste. The choice of the internal mechanism could be binding and for this reason I recommend you read our "
Guide to buying handles online ".
Legislative Decree 81/2008 requires that they be mounted in work environments with a capacity of 9 people or more. They are mandatory for fire doors in places open to the public and for places with explosion hazards. 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 since the handle must be installed in the escape area.
Antique door handles
The handles, for external antique doors , are usually in the form of a knob or a knocker. It can be a fixed knob that has the function of the knocker or a knob that activates the mechanical part of the opening. Inside the door there can be a handle or a knob, while the knocker should only be placed on the outside. The material used depends a lot on the type of door. If it is an antique door in solid wood, the suitable handles are in brass, polished or amber, a knob or a knocker.
If the door is modern in an old 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 selection of both types.
When choosing window handles, what we have just written for doors is valid. You can find thousands of models, sizes and finishes even at a discounted and advantageous price, but also for the choice of these handles, in addition to listening to the beat of your heart, you should reflect on some aspects:
- Window type : vasistas or classic Window material: PVC, wood, aluminium, wood and aluminium.
- aesthetics : coordinated with the doors in harmony with the environment and with what you like.
Window handles can be classic and linear, or modern in steel or brass. They can be particularly refined and luxurious, with the addition of components such as crystals. Or in wrought iron for a mountain home 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 kind that you would want to buy even if you don't need them and place them on a shelf in full view (like a design object).
We chose them because they are truly aesthetically 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 design objects, 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 furnish the house in a unique way. Beauty is also within the reach of all economic availability. You just need to know how to choose well and in harmony, to make your home the best place to feel good.
