finishes
living finishes
Designer Doorware products are offered in a glorious range of nine living finishes that add depth and warmth to every room. Created in multiple layers over natural brass, each finish acquires a beautiful tarnish that ages with grace.
Antique Brass Medium (ABM)
A darkened, handmade living finish showing golden brass undertones when new. Antique Brass Medium ages gracefully over time to enhance its provincial, unrefined character. Striking when featured in authentic, classic designs and applied to Bella, Cilla or Giulietta door handles and brings a rustic touch to contemporary designs with Cubo, Quad or Kali door handles.
Florentine Bronze Medium (FBM)
A darkened, handmade living finish showing copper bronze undertones when new. Florentine Bronze Medium ages gracefully over time to enhance its provincial, unrefined character. Striking when featured in authentic, classic designs and applied to Bella, Cilla or Giulietta door handles, it brings a rustic touch to contemporary designs on Catalina, Novanta or Zola door handles.
Florentine Bronze Dark (FBD)
A blackened, handmade living finish with a rawer appearance compared to Florentine Bronze Medium and minimal blackened bronze highlights when new. Florentine Bronze Dark ages gracefully over time to give a raw, unpolished appearance. Striking when featured in authentic, classic designs and applied to Bella, Cilla or Giulietta door handles for a traditional look, this finish brings harmony to naturally textured, modern interiors on Catalina, Novanta or Zola.
Satin Brass Unlacquered (SBU)
An elegant finish that displays a raw brass colour and brushed satin, monotone appearance. Our Satin Brass Unlacquered finish will give a subtle, background effect in modern, contemporary and minimalist design themes where rich colour is desired. Looks particularly striking on streamlined door handles like Ema, Gabriella or Milla.
Polished Brass Unlacquered (PBU)
A timeless finish giving a rich, glossy, honey coloured appearance. The Polished Brass Unlacquered finish gives a gilded, statement look and is especially suited to traditional and heritage homes. Works particularly well with door handles such as oval Umbo and round Kimberley knobs, or Cilla and Bella levers.
Weathered Brass medium (WBM)
Rich and handmade - a living finish that embraces the natural aging of brass. It’s dark and organic appearance is particularly striking when paired with American Black Walnut on Monte TimberCollection lever designs. This versatile finish is also able to compliment authentic, classic door handles such as the Bella, Cilla or Gabriella
Oil Rubbed Bronze (ORB)
A dark, handmade living finish offering a rich, old-world look with tones varying from deep, chocolate brown to dark grey which may change depending on differing climatic exposure. Oil Rubbed Bronze gives a truly ornamental look to traditional or contemporary Neo classic design themes and is a popular, versatile finish that can be applied to brass-based architectural hardware in any design environment.
Black Chrome (BC)
An opulent, dark, mirror finish with a black lustre and highly reflective properties that give a sleek, signature statement when incorporated into contemporary designs. Applied to door handles with bold, flat surfaces like the round G2010 pull handle or our sliding door blade pulls, Black Chrome provides a stunning, stand-out effect.
Polished Nickel (PN)
A rich mirror finish reflecting warm hues that is ideal for all contemporary designs. Substantial in depth of colour and gleaming in finish,Polished Nickel works beautifully to bring a touch of warmth to cool environments and looks impressive on all our sliding door hardware, such as blade pulls, flush pulls and edge pulls, as well as a wide range of door handles and matching accessories.
Satin Nickel (SN)
A popular European finish that offers a rich effect with visible satin lines and warm hues that beautifully complement other architectural hardware finished in Satin Stainless Steel. Satin Nickel is especially suited to modern, contemporary environments with a sharp emphasis on the design aesthetic, and looks stunning on our chic Duo or the Bauhaus-inspired Lanex door handles.
powder coated finishes
Powder Coated Colour (PCC) Hard-wearing and ideally suited to commercial and residential applications. Powder Coated Colour comprises a special finishing paint that is electrostatically applied for a durable, seamless finish. Two of our most popular options in this range are the Black ACE and Flat White coatings (shown). Choose from a virtually limitless palette provided by quality paint brands Dulux, Interpon, or Jotun. (When requesting a quote, add a comment to let us know your colour selection).
Satin White (SW)
For a simple, mono-tone statement effect,Satin White Powder Coated Colour accentuates your application with bright, clean lines.
Black Ace (BKA)
A dark, smooth and textured matte black finish that gives an impressive design statement to any door. A durable and UV-resistant finish, it is suitable for commercial and residential projects. Applied to popular styles such as Kali, Lanex, Lodden and Quad, it adds elements of style to your project.
pvd finishes
PVD finishes are highly resistant to corrosion and abrasion, making door hardware surfaces especially durable.Designer Doorware offers a Limited Lifetime Warranty on all PVD finished items against tarnishing, flaking, pitting and discolouration for the lifetime of the product. Currently, PVD finishes are available in three design collections – Quad, Lanex and Kali lever handles.
Black Satin (VBS)
Dark and strong with a satin-smooth texture, PVD Black Satin fuses slate and graphite undertones in a contemporary hard-wearing finish. Modern, bold and understated, this finish lends itself well to projects ranging from mid-century to the ultra-modern. Clean, smooth and suggestive of satin, PVD Black Satin is a tactile, highly touchable surface that is very hard-wearing.
Brushed Brass (VBB)
Our brushed brass PVD finish exudes timeless allure, showcasing the raw elegance of brass while safeguarding against tarnishing through its durable PVD coating.
Weathered Bronze (VWB)
Elegantly and warm, our weathered bronze PVD finish envelops the surfaces with a luxurious deep bronze, infusing richness and depth, ensuring lasting beauty.
Gunmetal (VGM)
Dark and strong with a satin- smooth texture, gunmetal fuses slate and graphite undertones in a contemporary, hard-wearing PVD finish.
timber species
Select the right timber species for your project to achieve the best possible result. We have introduced American White Oak and American Black Walnut to increase the quality of our timber products, offering a timeless appeal and long-lasting result. These are available on the new Monte Timber Collection of levers and are now also available on all our existing timber entrance handles.
American White Oak – Raw
Popular for its versatility, distinguishing grain light sapwood with pale to dark brown heartwood. Also known as Northern White Oak/Southern White Oak.
American White Oak – Oiled
Popular for its versatility, distinguishing grain light sapwood with pale to dark brown heartwood. Also known as Northern White Oak/Southern White Oak. Scandinavian oil is applied over the natural sanded timber which enhances and protects the grain of the timber. It is ideal for use on all our timber hardware products to preserve the condition of the timber, giving a rich sheen, semi-transparent timber colour and applied to achieve the most natural appearance possible.
American Black Walnut – Raw
Popular for its rich colour, wavy grain and creamy white sapwood with light to dark brown heartwood. Also known as Black Walnut or American Walnut.
American Black Walnut – Oiled
Popular for its rich colour, wavy grain and creamy white sapwood with light to dark brown heartwood. Also known as Black Walnut or American Walnut. The oil finish is formulated to retain the natural appearance of the timber and can create a feeling of being timeless and beautiful. The stain can be applied to all our timber hardware products.
concrete material
Raw, primal and polarising. Pairing concrete with our metal finish so when you touch the lever, part of your hands feeling that raw urban of the concrete and another portion of your hand will also feel that soft cold metal feel so it’s that nice blend feel of rough and sumptuous.
Concrete Luna Gray (CLG)
The finished concrete’s appearance will always have aesthetic variations of shade, colour, pattern and overall size. One standard finish is available at present, which we call Luna Grey. Custom finishes are also available upon request.