The right jewelry feels like a second skin. It’s built to handle the rhythm of your day and made to say something about you. The hardware we touch most in our homes, the handles we reach for dozens of times a day, deserves the same level of craftsmanship and personalization. Whether it’s a statement feature or a timeless classic crafted to last, the hardware of our homes is, at its best, interior jewelry, adorning our most meaningful moments.
It’s rare for a home’s hardware to receive the same treatment as a custom piece of jewelry, but that’s the exact idea behind Emtek® SELECT. The Emtek SELECT Lever program lets a designer’s point of view extend to the smallest details of a space. Clients choose a textured lever grip, a stem design, and a rosette, then pair them in a combination of finishes and materials. The result is hundreds of custom configurations, much like layering a favorite chain, pendant, and setting until the piece feels like yours alone.
For Eveline Simard, Emtek’s Director of Industrial Design, that personalization was the starting point. “We designed SELECT as a program rather than a catalog. The grip, stem, and rosette are each their own design decision so they can be paired in any finish, texture, or material.”
Each SELECT design is assembled to order in Southern California by Emtek’s hardware “mixologists,” using a proprietary fixture for precise assembly. Like a bench jeweler setting a stone, they build each piece by hand to the specification. “With each piece assembled to order, consumers aren’t choosing from what widely exists; they’re creating something that feels unique to them,” says Simard.
As any designer knows, great pieces are only part of a lasting partnership. The brands they return to are the ones that are a pleasure to work with, and Emtek has built SELECT around the realities of designing a home, with predictable lead times and responsive customer service at every step.
With industry-wide recognition for the program’s finishes and customization services, designers can look forward to further customization opportunities coming soon. “We are expanding the program and carrying it further through the home, so a designer’s point of view can run from the entry door, to interior doors, to appliance and cabinetry. We’re excited to give consumers even more ways to make the home uniquely their own,” says Simard.
Like any collector, Simard has a favorite. She pairs the Rosso Levanto marble with the Wilshire rosette and the R-Bar. “It’s the most beautiful transitional pairing,” she shares. Like a favorite ring, a home’s hardware is something reached for daily. With Emtek SELECT, it can be chosen, piece by piece, to feel like yours.
Like what you see? Get it first with a subscription to aspire design and home magazine.