Choosing the Right Door Handles For Your Artisan Iron Doors

Door hardware is a vastly neglected aspect of shopping for doors. Take door handles, for example. They're simple pieces of equipment used to get in and out of your home. Yet they can dramatically impact the styling of your door. A handle can interfere with access to the door in some instances or might be a distracting color. 

This can make choosing door handles a challenge, particularly if you've invested a lot of time and effort in picking out a beautiful door. It feels like such a shame to let your door hardware impact the style you've spent so long working toward.

There is a simple solution. At PINKYS, doors and handles are both crafted with the style and elegance of your home in mind. With that in mind, we offer multiple types of handles, each with their own advantages and benefits. Take a look.

Different Types of Door Handles

When choosing a door handle, you need to consider price, function, and style. You might need to think about whether an ornate handle will go with a minimalist door, or whether you need to look at something more streamlined. Consider whether a lever handle will protrude too far over ornate scrollwork. Or perhaps this is a good thing as it might add to the overall aesthetic.

There are many aspects to this choice and most of them depend on your personal sense of style. To help you out, here are a few of the door handles available from PINKYS.

Lever Handles

Levers are one of the simplest yet most effective aspects of engineering ever. Archimedes once said that with a long lever and a firm enough place to stand, he could move the world. Well, we're not expecting your door handles to move the Earth, but they can certainly move your home’s aesthetic to another level. 

Investing in levers as door handles means you have a single, horizontal bar to grasp and pull down that activates the catch and opens the door. Lever door handles are accessible and easy to use. They may already be in use in many rooms in your home. Many of PINKYS bespoke doors are available with high-quality lever handles.

However, if you've chosen a particularly ornate door, you may want something more subtle that doesn't intrude on the artisanal design.

Round Knobs

The answer to this could be a round doorknob. These handles are smaller but still easy to grip. They require a twisting motion to open them which can be trickier for some, so always consider any accessibility needs within your family. Door knobs take up very little space on the door compared to levers, so the primary advantage is that they're subtle. You can add round handles to pretty much any door and it will look good.

You can find both modern and rustic-style doorknobs. Traditional styles tend to come in bronze or brass tones and have decorative layers for a classic look. More modern looks are often black or highlight the tones of the door's material. They're also usually sleek and without ornamentation. When shopping for doors, non-locking doorknobs are often called passage doorknobs, because they allow for easy passage throughout your home.

Pull Handles

Pull handles come in many styles. For exterior doors, they're often combined with a small switch or thumb-press lever that activates the catch. you then pull the handle to swing the door open. Pull handles are often vertical as this makes it simple to hide the handle in front of solid parts of the door. However, some handles are stunning and ornamental, and you may wish to draw attention to them instead of tucking them away.

Take a look at Juno door handles, for example. This twisted wrought iron look is so pleasing to the eye. Plus, it provides a comfortable textured feel that's easy to grip when opening the door. It's possible to combine pull handles and other PINKYS door handles with deadbolts for additional security. 

Privacy Door Handles

For interior doors, you won't always need to invest in locks or bolts. However, there are times when you don't want someone coming into certain rooms. That's where privacy door handles come in. These simple handles have a built-in switch that stops the door latch from activating. Someone can twist the handle and the door won't swing open until the person in the room unlocks the door. Privacy door handles are ideal for bathrooms, bedrooms, and dressing rooms.

All our exterior iron and steel doors come with locks pre-installed in the handles. When your door arrives, you may notice that the handles and locks are packaged separately. Don't worry, that's part of our expert packing process. We know that it's best to package door handles and locks separately to ensure they're not damaged in transit.

You can easily install the locks and handles into the doors or get your chosen contractor to complete this task for you. We provide detailed installation videos to help homeowners and professionals with these jobs.

As standard, PINKYS exterior doors come with cylindrical locks which are secure and safe. Many also have deadbolts for added peace of mind.

Buy Iron and Stainless-Steel Doors and Handles from PINKYS

Browse our online shop for the right door handles for your new, artisan, modern or rustic iron or stainless steel doors. We don't stock other brands here. Everything is crafted by hand to your exact specifications. You'll find plenty of variety in our existing collections and something to match the style of your home.

If you don't see what you want in stock, please get in touch on our "Contact" page. We're on hand to help you choose the right style or pick door hardware that's compatible with your existing doors. People choose PINKYS because of our exceptional customer service and dedication to expert craftsmanship.

Every design we create is imbued with the spirit of California, and you can bring that into your own home. See our entire collection here for more options or view our inspiration page for ideas for your home.