Windows, Doors & Fireplaces

1925Workbench

This charming maker-studio builds custom handcrafted wooden doors and furniture in white oak, walnut, poplar, fir and pine, all finished with brass, stainless steel or heavy metal hardware. Highlights include patented single-track bypass barn-door hardware, walnut slab doors with transom-like cut-outs and nearly five-metre-tall rolling or hook ladders. Here it’s a true love of craft: solid wood and traditional techniques.

198 THIRTIETH ST, ETOBICOKE 416 878 1869 BY APPT ONLY 1925WORKBENCH.COM

ADH Fine Hardware

ADH offers tried-and-true solutions – in traditional and contemporary styles – from Baldwin, Emtek and Rocky Mountain. Unlock your creative side with stylish jewelled knobs by Matthew Studios, leather loop straps by Scrim or custom forged bronze handles by Hamilton Sinkler. Or go the minimalist route: tiny knurled pulls by Vesta or barely there designs from Atlas. Next door, in ADH’S skylit design studio, custom hardware projects are resolved.

1750 AVENUE RD 416 785 8393 (ALSO: 1064 SOUTH SERVICE RD E, OAKVILLE 416 789 1213) ADHHARDWARE.CA

Alleen’s

Alleen’s offers window treatments for every need and budget. Choose from hundreds of custom coverings including curtain textiles by Robert Allen, Joanne Fabrics and Kravet; blinds by Altex; shutters by Shade-o-matic; and motorized skylight shades by Hunter Douglas. Adjust your blinds or shades with ease from your phone, tablet or remote by connecting them to smart home systems by Lutron or Crestron Home.

444 YONGE ST 416 847 0947 (ALSO: 74 ST. CLAIR AVE W 416 977 2551; 130 KONRAD CRES, UNIT #2, MARKHAM 905 475 0943; 2202B INDUSTRIAL ST, BURLINGTON 905 320 4811) ALLEEN.COM

Bauhaus

Bauhaus has been designing and manufacturing covetable contemporary windows and doors right here in Toronto since 1990. The detailed craftsmanship of its solid wood entrances and glass systems – featuring hardware from luxury Italian brands Colombo Design and AGB – is fitting for homes and cottages alike, even the illustrious Fogo Island Inn on Newfoundland’s rugged coastline. Its lift-and-slide doors glide with almost no friction; a child can operate a 300-pound sash effortlessly.

165 AVENUE RD 416 924 0996 BY APPT ONLY BAUHAUSDOORS.COM

Bigfoot Door

Bigfoot Door puts 30-plus years of experience into its European-engineered, Canadianmanufactured large and super-sized glazing. Windows and entrances boast such slender profiles, you’ll forget how super-insulated and heavily secured they are. Test easy operation: 3.5-metre-tall manual or motorized sliding door systems and motorized windows controlled from one spot using concealed actuator technology. BD’S aluminum swing doors are equipped with features like touch keypad, finger or Wi-fi scanner.

1677 AIMCO BLVD, UNIT A, MISSISSAUGA 905 238 9234 BIGFOOTDOOR.COM

Casson Hardware

Architects tool structures down to their nuts and bolts but often struggle to find distinctive hardware for their projects. No more. CH is a treasure trove of fasteners and doorknobs, mingling eclectic and minimalist styles with heirloom quality. Make a statement with Object/interface’s punchy Y-shaped wall hooks that can be rotated on their axis pre-installation – or the flush polished brass pull handles from century-old Belgian atelier Maison Vervloet.

CASSONHARDWARE.COM

Chateau Window & Door Systems

Peruse custom door and window styles at CW&DS’S Castlefield showroom with on-site consultants. Canada’s Lepage Millwork features solid wood, fibreglass and aluminum-clad wood options. Germany’s Unilux goes a step further, impressing with nearly three-metrehigh lift-and-slide doors that are a breeze to open. Its glazing systems can be flush with floors and stained to match for a seamless look, perfect for those overlooking a backyard or patio.

90 TYCOS DR, STE #1 416 783 3916 CHATEAUWINDOWS.COM

Custom Fireplace Design

Get up close and personal with innovative fireplaces by French manufacturer Focus – from classic suspended hearths to wallmounted and double-sided models. Specializing in unique units for indoors and out, CFD’S models include raw steel facades with direct venting, ideal for dividing minimalist spaces. For tight interiors without venting, there are artificial fireplaces with realistic faux flames, an effect achieved by lighting water vapour with brilliant halogen bulbs.

5490 HARVESTER RD, BURLINGTON 905 681 3070 BY APPT ONLY CUSTOMFIREPLACEDESIGN.COM

The Door Store

DS is home to Canada’s largest collection of vintage hardware and doors. Antique knobs, pulls and hinges are restored and adapted with modern mechanisms. You’ll also find an abundance of salvaged furniture and

architectural elements: antique lighting, iron grilles, fireplace mantels, stained-glass windows and such unique decor finds as old TTC benches and turn-of-the-century Egyptian chairs inlaid with mother of pearl. 1260 CASTLEFIELD AVE 416 863 1590 THEDOORSTORE.CA

Door Studio

DS collaborates with builders, homeowners and architects to enhance homes with all manner of manual and power-operated windows, front doors, garage doors and backyard enclosures. Its showroom boasts over 250 models, among them European openings framed in insulated aluminum with wood interiors and automated garage doors from Hörmann. The real standouts are DS’S custom swing, fold, lift-and-slide and tilt-and-turn windows.

7401 PACIFIC CIR, MISSISSAUGA 905 755 9448 BY APPT ONLY DOORSTUDIO.CA

Euro Vinyl Windows & Doors

Buying local for your whole home is possible – even European-designed window systems. Case in point: EVW&D’S steel-reinforced vinyl windows and doors are manufactured in Woodbridge. Two showrooms, one indoor, one exterior (a Glasshaus Container retrofitted with EVW&D’S 4.9-metre-long Evolution sliding doors) show off proprietary tilt-and-turn windows, oversized windows and doors and a wide variety of glass options to accommodate energy and sound requirements.

167 CASTER AVE, WOODBRIDGE 905 851 9711 EVW.CA

Igne Ferro

IF’S artisans design, fabricate and install custom fireplaces and surrounds in iron, marble, wood and stone, sculpting these materials on site. Marquis, Valor and Town & Country’s ready-made fireplaces come in electric and ethanol varieties for chimneyless condos, while gas models from Bell Fires, Ortal and Flare are stunners. The sleek pivoting drums of Stuv’s fireplaces allow the firelight to be enjoyed from all angles. 680 CALEDONIA RD 416 239 3556 IGNEFERRO.COM

Night & Day Window Decor

Specializing in custom-made energy-efficient blinds and window coverings, N&D’S plethora of Hunter Douglas shutters, louvres and shades makes it certain you’ll find treatments for every window. Personalize drapes with a fabric selected from Kravet or Maxwell; those with more traditional tastes can top it off with valances or cornices. Motorized coverings are also here, as are Greenguard-certified bamboo, grass and reed shades.

1075 YONGE ST 416 924 5062 (ALSO: 990 KINGSTON RD 416 755 1990) NIGHTANDDAYDECOR.COM

Paloform

Before opening shop in Toronto in 2011, then selling online-only, Khai Foo spent 15 years honing high-performance concrete into fireplaces, pits, mantels and surrounds. Hand-cast to spec, with multiple fuel and finish options, his sculptural fire features are adaptable to any contemporary space, indoors or out. Models range from thick concrete bowls to slim-profiled squares of Corten to rectilinear tables whose folded aluminum sides intrigue the eye with shadow play. PALOFORM.COM

The Sliding Door Company

Transform spaces with SDC’S diverse interior sliding-door solutions, including room dividers and partitioned or freestanding office enclosures, as well as customized closet, swing and barn doors. Walls disappear with a nudge, effortlessly adjusting the flow between spaces. SDC’S patented easy-gliding roller system is the smoothest and safest on the market; its aluminum frames in six finishes are combined with tempered glass in varying degrees of transparency.

75 INGRAM DR 416 637 4620 SLIDINGDOORCO.CA

Tiltco

Unobtrusive, made-to-order, European-style enclosures – like bi-fold, lift-and-slide glass windows and doors that transform any room into an open-air terrace in a snap – make this manufacturer a homeowner’s dream. Come for the products’ scale and strength, stay for the more than 200 colour finishes and options for European hardware, glass-to-glass corners, large-scale doors and windows with minimal framing.

1200 STELLAR DR, NEWMARKET 905 853 9955 TILTCO.NET

Torp

Torp’s inventory features the very best of Danish-made design, from classic and modern furniture (PP Møbler, Snedkergaarden) to lighting and accessories (Architectmade, Muuto) and even high-performance doors and windows (Hajom, Lacuna, UD). You’ll surely be dazzled by Poul Kjaerholm’s PK22 chair for Fritz Hansen – an elegant expression of leather and steel – and Bjarke Ingels’s Via57 chair, which is inspired by the architect’s first building in New York.

245 DAVENPORT RD, STE #200 416 968 2768 TORPINC.COM

Upper Canada Specialty Hardware

Knobs, hooks, hinges, pulls, doorbells, grates, knockers and mail slots: UCSH has every imaginable category of architectural hardware. Best bets include sleek handles from Italy’s Colombo Design (including lines from Jasper Morrison and Jean-marie Massaud); Gallery Specialty Hardware’s no-nonsense hinges and kickplates; invisible-track, soft-close barn door hardware from K.N. Crowder; and Baldwin’s app-controlled entry sets.

10 BRENTCLIFFE RD, UNIT #14 416 696 8358 UCSH.COM More windows & doors: Alleen’s, DOM Interiors, Habitat for Humanity Restore, Improve Canada, Komandor, Lee Valley Tools and Resource Furniture.