Brandino Brass helps homeowners and designers elevate every detail with high-quality hardware and personalized service
Brandino Brass in Homewood offers a huge selection of top-quality decorative and architectural hardware, as well as interior and exterior lighting.
A respected, family-owned business founded in 1948, Brandino Brass also designs such items as custom brass shelving, gate hardware, mailboxes and fireballs.
Brandino Brass offers quality unmatched by chain stores, and the friendly sales team possesses tremendous taste and product knowledge. They enjoy helping customers navigate their many options and find the perfect items for their homes.
Well-known throughout the Southeast, the store is the go-to place for homeowners, architects and designers who are renovating or building a house.
Among the local designers who trust Brandino Brass is Sarah Butler of Sarah Butler Interiors.
“Brandino always has great choices and is easy to work with,” Sarah said. “I love seeing all the options in the showroom. The salespeople are great at suggesting items and showing me what will work well.”
Sarah used Brandino when she worked with Jaclyn and Brandon Gardner, a couple who built a new house in Cahaba Heights in 2021. She and the Gardners turned to Brandino Brass for all their cabinet hardware.
“Sarah said Brandino has a great reputation and offers lots of unique options,” Jaclyn said. “I was excited to see what these options were gonna be.”
The company carries many unique, high-end hardware makers and vendors. “Some of the hardware brands we used can only be ordered with Brandino,” Sarah said.
Sarah enjoyed working with the Gardners. “It was a fun project, because the clients had great taste and were more adventurous in some of the choices they made,” she said.
Choosing the right hardware is critical for a home. “Hardware choices can elevate the design and in some cases actually make the design,” Sarah said.
Sarah also educated Jaclyn on the importance of hardware in a home’s interior.
“You don’t always think about those little details on cabinets, but Sarah told me, ‘Your hardware is kind of like jewelry or accessories. When you get your cabinets, that’s your opportunity to make things look unique.’”
For example, Jaclyn had an upstairs bathroom and said she wanted it to be “a little fun and kind of different.”
The team at Brandino Brass “really took into consideration what the vibe of the room was,” she said. “They showed me hardware that was a little less traditional.”
Jaclyn was “very happy” with the result. “The bathroom was really pretty. To this day, people go into my bathroom and say, ‘This is so cute.’ I’m so glad we went that route and didn’t buy basic boring items that you see everywhere.”
Working with Brandino Brass “was a wonderful experience,” Jaclyn said.
The Brandino Brass staff was “very patient” as Jaclyn and Sarah asked to see different options, Jaclyn said. “The open dialogue and communication really helped.”
“It was a good experience,” Sarah said, adding that she still uses Brandino Brass and usually works with Brandon, who has since gone to work for the store.
Jaclyn was happy with the final results in the house. “I loved it,” she said. “It’s one thing when you are in the store, but when you see it installed, oh my gosh, it looks even better.”
