Woodsmiths Design & Manufacturing, a sister company to L.J. Smith, has been building circular and spiral staircases for the past 50 years. Their specialty is custom stairwork utilizing wood, metal, glass and even fiber optic components.

  They work directly with builders, architects and homeowners so the end user knows, up front, about all of the different handrail, balustrade and specie options available. A Woodsmiths sales technician works closely with the buyer or builder to create their dream stairway.

  Woodsmiths Design & Manufacturing removes the mystery from the process of attaining a dream stairway by providing assistance every step of the way—from design to delivery.

If you have an interest in the products or services provided by Woodsmiths, please call 800-874-2876, e-mail: woodsmiths@woodsmiths.net or visit their web site at: www.woodsmiths.net .

The preference “it had to be brass” is no longer. At one time the polished brass finish was the preferred finish for door and cabinetry hardware. However, over the past several years, homeowners have gravitated toward a warmer and aged décor, pressuring builders to offer a wider variety of hardware finishes for their homes. Nearly all builders purchase their lighting fixtures, faucets, cabinetry and door hardware from a variety of different manufacturers. Alliances are beginning to form between manufacturers to offer products that coordinate and the finishes are becoming more standardized. In order to match many of today’s popular hardware finishes, L.J. Smith’s wall rail bracket offering has been expanded to include the following popular finishes: antique nickel, oil rubbed bronze, satin nickel, black matte, polished chrome and polished brass. Our expanded offering includes 3 styles of brackets from which to choose........ 

In order to provide adequate support for attaching handrail to a rosette at a wall, bracing is needed behind the drywall, which oftentimes is overlooked by the rough carpenter. If the necessary bracing is missing, here’s a fairly simple method for unobtrusively adding support blocks: If getting behind the wall is an option, identify the location between the studs where the rosette will be attached, and cut out a section of the drywall, approximately 6" high, from the center of one stud to the center of the next stud. Be careful to keep the cut lines very clean so the drywall cut-out can be fit back into position when done. Nail both ends of the support block to the studs. Reposition the drywall piece using screws to secure it the studs. Mark it with an "X" so the touchup crew will patch the seams.