Architectural Decor

Right handed, left handed, dual handed - what does it all mean?

Hopefully this article will help you work out exactly what kind of lock or latch you need.

Our most popular how to guide is fitting a front door bell and pull. We've finally updated the written blog with a video version, hopefully this will show the concept a little clearer. Our video and editing skills still need...

A good customer recently had an unfortunate accident and smashed the painted glass front on their much loved servants call box and asked us if we could find a way to replace it in a cost effective way. In the...

Thanks to Joanne Priest, a regular organiser of Repair Cafes for this Months blog post. You can read Jo's Wordpress Blog Question: What’s free, helps the environment, helps you to meet people and make new friends, skills you up, let’s you...

If you're refurbishing your property or just decided to put some originally back in, buying antique and original door furniture can be a little daunting. We might be a bit biased but it's really just as easy as buying new....

The First Impression Choosing the right front door furniture for your period home can be a little tricky, luckily in our experience there aren’t really any hard and fast rules. The vast majority of inquiries we have are about Victorian,...

Styles of Antique door handles A common inquiry we have here at Architectural Décor is which style of antique door handle is right for a home of a particular period. Most of our inquiries about 1860 into the 1930’s and...