Antique & Vintage Hardware

CORTE MADERA, Calif. (AP) – Gary Friedman is returning as chairman and co-CEO at Restoration Hardware, less than a year after stepping aside, as the home products chain buys his new venture, a company called Hierarchy. In August 2012 the New York Times had reported that Restoration Hardware’s board found that Friedman had an inappropriate […]

DETROIT (AP) – A lot of the old-timers know it’s still back there somewhere, hidden in darkness. Now and then, some of them work up the nerve to ask for a peek at it. And if the owner is around, they just might get the chance to see a piece of history in more ways […]

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – I almost wish I hadn’t known anything about the Crest Hardware Art Show and had instead dropped by my neighborhood store for a box of nails only to be surprised by a photograph tucked in behind rows of paintbrushes, or a sculpture hung from the ceiling. I wonder how long it would […]