Alno Cabinet Hardware

Alno cabinet hardware in solid brass, bronze and crystal

Creations by Alno makes decorative hardware, mirrors and bath accessories from solid brass, bronze and Swarovski crystal. Alno, Inc. is an independent, family-run business headquartered in Sylmar, California, north of Los Angeles, and has been supplying the category for over fifty years; Janice Fase has been president and chief executive since 2015. Its oxidised finishes are produced by Premier Finishing. The construction is the point of difference: solid brass and bronze rather than cast pot metal, with finishes applied to a substrate that holds them, which is why a small Alno knob has noticeably more mass than a plated zinc equivalent.

Explore Alno by series

Alno runs cabinet families and bath families in parallel, and several of the bath groups are designed to coordinate with a cabinet line so one room can be outfitted end to end.

• Swarovski Crystal — crystal pulls and knobs on brass, bronze, chrome, gold and nickel bases.
• Contemporary I Bath — towel bars, tissue holders, robe hooks and glass shelves in a plain modern profile.
• Ornate — the most decorated cabinet family, pulls and knobs in brass and nickel.
• Embassy Bath — a full bath set including grab bars and 24 inch glass shelves with brackets.
• Sierra — a bronze-only family: pulls, a cup pull, knobs and backplates.
• Euro Bath — robe hooks in three sizes, tissue holders and shelf hardware.
• Classic Traditional — rosettes and backplates with a 3-1/2 inch cup pull, for hardware that reads as trim.
• Vita Bella — the largest cabinet family here: knurled and smooth bar pulls plus T-knobs.
• Contemporary II Bath — the second modern bath vocabulary, heavier on mirrors and shelving.
• Millennium — cup pulls, long pulls and a back-to-back glass door pull.
• Cube — squared contemporary pulls from 1 inch knobs up to 8 inch pulls.
• Ring Pull — flat round and square rings sold with separate posts, plus matching towel rings.

Most popular Alno pieces at Knobs.co

By units over the past six months: the A1032 1 inch brass knob leads by a wide margin, followed by the A615 brass backplate, the A726 Charlie’s 3-1/2 inch pull, the A1476 Fiore 3-1/2 inch pull and the A1298 128 mm pull. The A-number is how this catalogue is navigated, and it is worth writing down: the same design in a different size or finish keeps the base number.

Finishes Alno makes

The Alno pieces stocked here sort into nickel, brass, chrome and bronze tones, with a smaller black group and scattered silver, pewter, gold, white and coloured pieces. Brass is the dominant material by a wide margin, then aluminium, acrylic, brass-and-acrylic combinations and bronze. Two things follow from that. First, the finish sits on solid metal, so a scratch does not expose a different-coloured substrate underneath. Second, the oxidised finishes are living rather than plated, so they deepen with handling; if you want a finish that looks identical in year ten, choose one of the polished or satin plated options instead.

Knobs vs pulls

Pulls outnumber knobs here roughly two to one. Vita Bella, Cube and Millennium lead with pulls; Swarovski Crystal and Classic Traditional carry the knobs, rosettes and backplates. Explore more cabinet pulls and cabinet knobs across every brand on the site.

Where Alno fits a project

Alno suits buyers who want visibly substantial hardware, crystal accents, or one brand that can carry a bathroom as well as the cabinetry. Because the bath lines include mirrors, medicine cabinets, grab bars and shelving in the same vocabulary as the cabinet pulls, a coordinated bath is straightforward here in a way it is not with a cabinet-only brand. Ring Pull is a sensible entry point at a less-ornamented profile, and Cube covers contemporary geometric forms.

What to check before ordering

• Cabinet pull spacings here run 3 inch (77 mm), 3-1/2 inch (89 mm), 4 inch (102 mm) and 6 inch (153 mm), with 12 inch, 18 inch, 24 inch and 30 inch on the longer bath and appliance pieces.
• Ring pulls are sold as components. The ring and the post are separate part numbers, so order both.
• Quote the A-number when reordering, because a family can span several sizes under one base design.

Why buy Alno from Knobs.co

Knobs.co is family-owned and has been selling cabinet hardware since 2004. Solid-brass hardware is a larger commitment per piece than plated zinc, so pick a time on Kayla’s calendar for a free design consultation before a whole room goes on order; two decades in cabinet hardware means she can check that a bath set and a cabinet family actually coordinate. Order a sample first and the cost is refunded with your full order, and every Alno order carries the 110% price match.