Links to Recommended
Resources
Here are some
related local businesses I sometimes work with and can
recommend. They offer top quality products, are honest
and easy to deal with:
Decorum
Hardware was an icon of Portland, Maine's
Old Port for over 30 years. In June of 2010 they moved to a
new more convenient location in Falmouth, Maine. Decorum's
offerings include an extensive array of resources for door and
cabinet, kitchen and bath specialty hardware and
accessories. Located at 234 Middle Road, Falmouth, Maine
04105 - (207) 772-1096
Nostalgia
Lighting is located within Decorum's
showroom (see above). Here you'll find friendly staff
who offer handcrafted interior
and exterior lighting fixtures, made-to-order. They also
repair most lighting fixtures that need rewiring, a new socket
or switch.
Permanon
Finishes is a revolutionary new
nano-engineered surface and finish protection product
developed in Germany. Never wax, buff or polish again! Now available in the United States
it is incredibly easy to
apply to any hard surface (including varnished wood), protecting it better and
longer than any wax or wax-like product. Permanon takes
"spray and wipe" to a whole new level for cars,
trucks, boats/yachts, RV's, buses, and motorcycles...even
interior surfaces including vinyl, rubber, plastic, metal
fixtures, tile, granite, soapstone and coated wood...ANY hard,
non-porous surface.
Horton
Brasses - Offers a wide range of historic,
period hardware. Most everything from William & Mary
period to Art Nouveau.
Places of
Interest
To see some of
the finest furniture ever made along with other handmade
articles and artwork to be found in New England, consider the
following:
Museums
of Old York (York, ME)
Strawbery
Banke Museum (Portsmouth, NH)
The
Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA)
Maine
Maritime Museum (Bath, ME)
Portland
Museum of Art (Portland, ME)
Museum
of Fine Arts (Boston, MA)
The
Brick Store Museum (Kennebunk, ME)
Saco
Historical Society (Saco, ME)
Bowdoin
College Museum of Art (Brunswick, ME)
NOTE: I
am in no way connected with any of these institutions, I
merely thought some of you looking at my web site might find
them interesting.
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