TradCo Home Stories: Beyond the Threshold
For more than four decades, TradCo has been quietly embedded within the fabric of Australia’s historic homes. Founded in Adelaide in the early 1980s, TradCo emerged from a simple but enduring idea: to create hardware that honours the integrity of period architecture.
Today, TradCo pieces, crafted predominantly from solid brass and designed with reference to original heritage forms, sit within walls, doors, and joinery across the country. They are often unseen at a glance, yet integral to the lived experience of these homes: the weight of a handle, the tactility of a latch, the patina that evolves over time.
Home Stories is a natural extension of this legacy.
Introducing TradCo Home Stories
With the launch of TradCo Home Stories, TradCo moves beyond supplying the details of restoration and into documenting the homes themselves. This new home tour series opens the door—literally and figuratively—into residences where TradCo hardware has been thoughtfully integrated, offering a rare glimpse beyond the threshold.
Each episode captures not only the finished restoration, but the layered narratives behind it: the decisions, the challenges, and the custodians who continue the life of these homes. It is a study in continuity, where architecture, materiality, and memory intersect.
Episode One: The Coach House, Adelaide Hills
The inaugural episode takes us to The Coach House, a refined restoration by photographer and restoration enthusiast, Danielle Symes, nestled within the landscape of the Adelaide Hills.
Original character is preserved and elevated through careful intervention, with hardware selections playing a quiet but deliberate role in reinforcing the home’s heritage language.
Behind the scenes, the filming process reveals another layer of the project—moments of stillness, styling gestures, and close-up studies of door hardware in situ. These details, often secondary in broader architectural narratives, are brought into focus: the junctions, the touchpoints, the elements that anchor the experience of the home.
Watch Episode One below.
Capturing the Unseen Details
What sets Home Stories apart is its attention to what is often overlooked. Hardware is rarely the headline, yet it is fundamental to how a space is used and understood.
By documenting these homes post-restoration, the series highlights how considered hardware selection contributes to authenticity—not as ornament, but as an extension of the architectural language. It reinforces TradCo’s long-standing philosophy: that restoration is not only about preservation, but about continuity of detail.
A Continuing Series
TradCo Home Stories is an evolving archive of Australian homes and the people who care for them. Each episode builds on the last, expanding a collective narrative of restoration across regions, styles, and histories.
Stay tuned for the next episode of Home Stories, coming soon.
