Yes. We can match a railing to existing brass or bronze door hardware, light fixtures, and fittings, and tune the finish to sit alongside them. Because we fabricate and finish in-house, we can also combine brass or bronze with steel, wood, or glass in one railing, which works well in a Renton remodel that mixes old and new.

Yes, and bronze is ideal. Outdoors it weathers to a protective patina instead of corroding. For exterior railings, especially near the lake at Kennydale, we use silicon bronze, the marine-grade alloy, so the moisture poses no risk. Polished brass can go outside but patinas faster in the damp, so we usually steer exterior work toward bronze or a living finish.

Brass develops a patina as it reacts with air. To keep a railing bright, we lacquer it, and upkeep is just occasional dusting. To let it age, we leave it unlacquered and you control the patina with an occasional polish. A living-finish bronze is meant to age and needs essentially no maintenance. We will recommend the approach that fits your railing and how the home is used.

Both are warm copper alloys with different character. Brass, copper and zinc, is brighter and golden and takes a high polish, ideal for interior railings. Bronze, copper and tin, is warmer and browner and weathers to a stable patina, the traditional outdoor choice. In Renton we often use brass for interior feature stairs and bronze for exterior work, and we will recommend the right one for your project.