‘House of Horns’ Balances Tranquility with Unorthodoxy
Sun Valley Bronze architectural hardware, including a custom designed solid bronze flush pull, is featured throughout this unique home.
Architect // WOJR
Photography // Nick Dearden
Sun Valley Bronze Luxury Door and Cabinet Hardware
Sun Valley Bronze Luxury Door and Cabinet Hardware
Sun Valley Bronze Architectural Hardware and Plumbing
Sun Valley Bronze Architectural Hardware and Plumbing
Sun Valley Bronze Luxury Door and Cabinet Hardware
Sun Valley Bronze Luxury Door and Cabinet Hardware
Sun Valley Bronze Architectural Hardware and Plumbing
Sun Valley Bronze Architectural Hardware and Plumbing
Sun Valley Bronze Architectural Hardware and Plumbing
Sun Valley Bronze Architectural Hardware and Plumbing
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Any knob, lever or ring pull can be paired with any escutcheon, in any finish.
Arrow Bay Featured in Luxe Magazine
“When creating a new home for an idyllic Bainbridge Island site, the design team tapped into the location’s wild side.” Project features hardware from Sun Valley Bronze.
Architecture by Hoedemaker Pfeiffer
Photography by Kevin Scott
New! Appliance Pulls Configurator
NEW!! Customize solid bronze Appliance Pulls — in our full range of Finishes — using our new Appliance Pulls Configurator. Get a 3D preview and find the best combination for your project.
Curated Collection from Hoedemaker Pfeiffer
NEW! CURATED COLLECTIONS
Favorite hardware selections from leading designers & architects. Industry leading designers and architects love to incorporate Sun Valley Bronze hardware into their residential, commercial and hospitality projects. Take a peek at some of our most popular selections in these collections curated by Sun Valley Bronze, key design partners, and pivotal clients.
Our first collection is curated by the Seattle based design studio Hoedemaker Pfeiffer.
When asked about specifying hardware, Justin Oldenhuis, Hoedemaker Pfeiffer Project Manager, shared, 'It’s always a careful consideration of how the object feels in the hand, its haptic experience. This is a part of the architecture that the inhabitant physically touches on a daily basis.'
For years, our team has utilized Sun Valley Bronze hardware in projects for its timeless designs and top-tier craftsmanship. Given our alignment in values, we curated a collection of our favorite hardware pieces to share with our clients, followers, and the design community.
Visit Sun Valley: What We're Made Of
When it comes to locally made hardware in the Wood River Valley, Sun Valley Bronze has you covered. This long-standing institution in the valley is an inspiration. “We love living and working in the Wood River Valley,” says Aimee. “This is our home, and we are lucky to have our company located in this beautiful part of Idaho. Sun Valley attracts great talent. Our employees are aligned with us in our efforts to create the highest quality products and maintain a sustainable workplace committed to protecting the environment. We feel so grateful to operate our business just a few miles from our home, surrounded by our gorgeous mountains and clear skies.”
““This is our home, and we are lucky to have our company located in this beautiful part of Idaho — surrounded by our gorgeous mountains and clear skies.””
Celebrating 30 Years!
This year, Sun Valley Bronze is celebrating 30 years of casting and craftsmanship.
Since our humble beginnings in 1992, we have been deeply committed to creating the finest handmade bronze hardware on the market. Throughout the years, we have held innovation, sustainability, honest customer service and timeless design as the core values of our business.
Today, Sun Valley Bronze is still family owned and operated. Our founder, Bob Commons, continues to operate a lathe in our machine shop alongside an outstanding team of machinists. Debbie Commons, our CEO, runs the business with the support of an excellent administrative group. From our dedicated sales team to our foundry technicians, our patina artists to our engineers, Sun Valley Bronze has grown into a special place full of action, capability, problem solving and creativity. Our facilities have expanded from a small garage to a state-of-the-art manufacturing campus. This year we are building a new foundry and an additional machine shop to support increased demand for our products across the globe.
It has been quite a journey so far… and we couldn’t have done any of this without our incredible clients and our supportive community. Thank you. We are looking forward to what the future holds, and we are excited about the possibilities ahead.
The Antimicrobial Properties of Bronze
Not only aesthetically beautiful, our bronze hardware has the additional benefit of natural anti-microbial and self-decontaminating properties due to the high copper content in the alloys. Research has shown that copper and its alloys inhibit the growth and spread of harmful bacteria and viruses.
Uncoated copper-alloy hardware can prevent frequently touched surfaces such as door knobs, railings and cabinet hardware, from serving as reservoirs for the spread of pathogenic microbes. At Sun Valley Bronze, we do not use lacquers or coatings over our finishes, so the copper element is exposed, enabling the antimicrobial properties of the copper.
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ASSEMBLAGE // Interior Design 2020 BEST of YEAR Finalist!
ASSEMBLAGE // A new collection of hardware from Sun Valley Bronze that gathers a group of objects to create a whole. A sense of rhythm is achieved by uniformity in scale and proportion, although the individual products are asymmetric in design. Informed by process and the inherent beauty of bronze, ASSEMBLAGE utilizes the practices of casting to create a collection that is eclectic, artful and entirely its own. The collection includes door hardware, cabinet knobs and pulls, and grip handles.
We are honored to announce that ASSEMBLAGE is an Interior Design 2020 BEST OF YEAR Finalist! Winners will be announced on December 8, 2020.
2019 INTERIOR DESIGN - BEST OF YEAR Honoree!
The Sun Valley Bronze Saddle Collection was named a 2019 Interior Design Magazine BEST OF YEAR Honoree in the hardware category. We are thrilled to receive this recognition.
The collection was designed in collaboration with our friends at Shawback Design and Field Architecture and we share the honor with them. The Saddle Collection offers unique, integrated hardware that installs flush with the surface of the door. The collection includes Entry Sets, Passage & Privacy Sets, and Pocket Door Hardware.
The Best of Year Awards included an astonishing 2,638 entries and finalists in 136 design categories.
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Good Design Meets Good Business at Hudson Woods in New York
Manhattan-based architect Drew Lang’s diversified business model turns up new opportunities.
“Interacting with design clients, Lang sensed both a hunger for custom weekend homes and a worry that commissioning one would take too much time. In 2011, when the architect discovered 131 forested acres for sale about two hours north of New York by car, he realized he could unlock that latent demand with an alternative to the traditional subdivision.”
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Hudson Woods Wins 'Good Design is Good Business' 2019 Award from Architectural Record Magazine
Congratulations to our friends @langarchitecture for winning the Good Design Is Good Business 2019 award from @archrecordmag for Hudson Woods. We were thrilled to be included in this thoughtful and beautifully designed project.
www.langarchitecture.com
Architectural Record / Good Design is Good Business Awards 2019
Sun Valley Bronze Product Insight by Interior Design Magazine
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“The Sun Valley Bronze brand is synonymous with thoughtful and innovative design made to the highest of standards.””
“Blending time-honored, handcrafted practices with cutting-edge technology, Sun Valley Bronze offers an exquisite collection of solid bronze and brass architectural door hardware, plumbing fixtures, lighting, and accessories. The Sun Valley Bronze brand is synonymous with thoughtful and innovative design made to the highest of standards. Sun Valley Bronze presented a number of new products at ICFF 2019, including the Saddle Collection, which was named an NYCxDesign Awards Honoree.” — Interior Design Magazine
SVB Saddle Set is 2019 NYCxDESIGN Awards Honoree
Sun Valley Bronze was thrilled to work with Shawback Design and Field Architecture to produce this Custom Bronze Interior Saddle Set for a recent project in St. Helena, California. This integrated hardware is flush with the face of the door creating a seamless and contemporary look.
This saddle set was named a 2019 NYCxDESIGN Awards Honoree in the Hardware category.
Inside a Marc Jacobs VP's Stylish Brooklyn Apartment
When Jennifer Sagum embarked on a gut renovation of her family’s Williamsburg home, she need not look far for inspiration. Having spent the past eighteen years immersed in the world of Marc Jacobs, she drew upon her keen eye and fashion sensibility to inform the creative process. "I’ve been vintage shopping since I was in 7th grade…I wear a lot of Marc and mix it with vintage. That’s how I wanted my home to be," the VP of Global Advertising & Media shares. To curate the perfect mix of old and new, Sagum turned to interior designer and vintage dealer Jennifer Chused of Chused & Co. Like Sagum, Chused began her career in fashion—first at Donna Karan and later at publications like Italian Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Elle. "The house is very fashion," remarks Chused, who referenced Sagum’s own style of dressing as a source of inspiration. The pair hit it off and worked together to create a space that celebrates pattern and whimsy in a sophisticated way.
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Adare Manor Named 2019 Winner of Winners!
The most prestigious prize of the AI Specification Awards, the Winner of Winner Awards.
This honour is bestowed upon the best project selected from the winners of all the categories in the awards. Congratulations to Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort, Ireland by ReardonSmith Architects / Carrson International (a division of Harbrine Limited) and Mooney Architectural for receiving the Winner of Winners award for their work on this project.
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New Plumbing Certifications
We are proud to announce that the Sun Valley Bronze Plumbing Collection is now officially third party certified by IAPMO R and T Labs, one of the most widely accepted and trusted listing agencies, to be marked with the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) for the United States and the national plumbing code of Canada. All Sun Valley Bronze Faucets and Shower Heads are designed to meet stringent 1.2 gpm and 1.75 gpm performance guide lines, tested to ASME A112.18. 1-2012/CSA B125.1-12, is CEC listed (California energy commission) for sale in California, across the USA, Canada and Massachusetts.
Sun Valley Bronze is also certified Lead Free NSF/ANSI61 for fixtures intended to convey or dispense water for human consumption through drinking or cooking through IAPMO R & T. This allows Sun Valley Bronze Plumbing that shows the marks of conformity to be sold in the US, California, and Canada.
Where ever the UPC symbols are shown, you can be sure the Sun Valley Bronze plumbing fixture you are buying has gone through rigorous testing and is designed to perform for a lifetime while providing safe water saving performance. All certified plumbing products can be found on the CEC’s (California Energy Commission) website. Certificates can be found at http://pld.iapmo.org/ .
Our new shop is up and running!
Our new 9000 square foot addition to our manufacturing facility is now fully operational! This significant expansion provides us the opportunity to handle our ever growing production demand. We greatly appreciate your support and patience during construction and reorganization.
We are proud to have built a new shop that follows LEAN Manufacturing Standards to increase efficiency and productivity.
We are also proud to announce that "Sun Valley Bronze has been recognized as a Pollution Prevention Champion by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for its successful efforts to use less hazardous chemicals, reuse waste heat from its foundry, and recycle manufacturing scrap at its Bellevue facility." Please read the full announcement here.
We hope our new state-of-the-art facility will help reduce lead times and increase efficiency as we continue to build the highest quality hardware on the market. Thank for your continued support of Sun Valley Bronze. Please contact our production department with any questions regarding products and/or lead times.
A Perfected Kona Coast Compound
“Principal Greg Warner of Walker Warner Architects and Philpotts Interiors partner Marion Philpotts-Miller approached the project in a thoughtful and methodical manner. “We call it the 'Village,'” Warner says of the unusual arrangement, a grouping of four separate structures linked by a lush courtyard and a series of walkways and patios….”
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Modern Georgian in Seattle
This modern Georgian-style Seattle home celebrates its gorgeous setting with Sun Valley Bronze. Seattle-based design firm Hoedemaker Pfeiffer worked with interior decorator Amy Baker and contractor Doug Johnston Construction to reimagine a 6,300-square-foot Georgian home with views of Lake Washington, Mount Rainier, and the Cascade Range.
Interior Design's ICFF Product Insight
"Barn Door Tracks that are clean, durable, classic." Learn more about Sun Valley Bronze's Barn Door Tracks featured at this year's ICFF in this Product Insight from @InteriorDesignMagazine.
5 Hand-Crafted Lighting Fixtures by Sun Valley Bronze
Interior Design / May 2017 - Founded in 1992, Sun Valley Bronze has become a leading purveyor of luxury bronze door hardware, home accessories, furniture, and plumbing fixtures. The family-owned brand’s products achieve a weathered appearance through hand-applied non-toxic patinas that oxidize copper and other alloys. This touch gives the art-grade bronze consistent and high-quality castings. In 2015, the company's state-of-the-art Solid Barn Door Hardware received Interior Design’s prestigious Best in 10 accolade in the architectural and building product category.
Now in Brass.
Sun Valley Bronze is now casting brass! The entire collection is available in either B1 Brushed Brass or BP Polished Brass.
Introducing The LIFT Series
A collaboration with
CARNEY LOGAN BURKE ARCHITECTS
A contemporary collection that includes door hardware, cabinet pulls and bath accessories.
The Lift Series was designed in collaboration with Carney Logan Burke Architects in Jackson, Wyoming. CLB Architects designed the collection with an emphasis on a clean, modern aesthetic paired with the natural texture of cast bronze. The Lift Series includes door hardware, kitchen & bath accessories, and cabinet hardware. View the Collection
Kaunaoa Bay Residence & de Reus Architects
Sun Valley Bronze collaborated with de Reus Architects on this private Hawaiian residence perched above Kaunaoa Bay.
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Sun Valley Bronze Sponsors Maison de Luxe 2015
Sun Valley Bronze recently sponsored Maison de Luxe 2015 at Greystone Mansion in Los Angeles. Sun Valley Bronze was thrilled to partner with Luxe and Interior Designer Lauren Liess, of Lauren Liess & Co on this monumental event.
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Ritz Carlton, Puerto Rico
Sun Valley Bronze is excited to show some of our custom work at the Ritz Carlton in Puerto Rico.
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Martha Tours the Sun Valley Bronze Foundry
[VIDEO] Martha Stewart takes us to Sun Valley Bronze in Idaho for a tour of the foundry. Watch the video at www.marthastewart.com
A Profile of Founder Bob Commons
When asked about his background in metalwork, Bob Commons, founder and owner of Sun Valley Bronze, simply shrugged and said, “I had eighth-grade metal shop.”
What began in a friend’s basement in 1992, with homemade casting and foundry equipment, has now expanded into a multi-functional, family-run hardware factory with 47 employees and six dogs, right on the quiet Main Street of Bellevue.
Read the full piece at www.sunvalleymag.com