Recommended Resource Links

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:

Nostalgia Lighting & Specialty Hardware also known as DECORUM Hardware, was an icon of Portland's Old Port for over 30 years. Under their new name, Nostalgia Lighting & Specialty Hardware relocated to Falmouth, Maine offering the same unique and handcrafted  interior and exterior lighting fixtures and unique hardware of all sorts.  Nostalgia's offerings include an extensive array of resources for upscale kitchen, bath, door and cabinet hardware and accessories.  Located at: 234 Middle Road, Falmouth, Maine 04105 - (207) 772-1096

Horton Brasses - Offers a wide range of historic, period hardware.  Most everything from William & Mary period to Art Nouveau.

Maine Woods and Millwork - (no website) - Custom moldings and millwork at reasonable prices.  Located at: 27 Landry Street, Biddeford, ME 04005 - (207) 282-8604

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.