Thrift stores are troves for vintage home décor available cheaply. Give this former staple of the kitchen range or living room fireplace a new storage role.

The first step in the cleaning process is to check if your piece is fully brass or just brass-plated. The easiest way to figure o ...

Items made of old brass have a special gleam that catches and holds one’s attention. Sadly, inherited old lamps, candlesticks, teapots, trays and suchlike are too often unwanted by later generations ...

Brass, copper, silver and pewter have always been part of Scott Ciardi’s life. A master restorer, Ciardi uses his skills to refurbish everything metal, from old clocks to candlesticks, and from bells ...

THESE days, brass candlesticks offer very good value for money. There are masses of them around, as candle power was the main source of lighting in this country for centuries, and more of them were ...