When I see corbels on a home or building, I just have to stop and have a look. My kids call me Corbel crazy! Corbels are the beautiful details added to a wall to carry a superincumbent weight. They can be made of stone, wood or metal and are 3-dimensional decorative brackets usually triangular but sometimes not. Whenever I see someone selling corbels that have been removed form a century home I just have to scoop them up. Below are some beautiful corbels I bought off a home that was demolished in downtown Detroit. I’ve been using them in various projects, as brackets for a kitchen island in downtown Hamilton, as details in an awning construction in the North End of Hamilton, and for adding character to a hallway in a project in a historic Durand home.

Before and After of a North End Hamilton home where we added 120 year old Corbels to dress up the front entrance:

We used 100 year old Corbels to dress up this Downtown Hamilton Kitchen island:

Incorporating these 120 year old Corbels to the hallway of a house in the historic Durand area of Hamilton really adds to the layers of trim dripping from this beautiful home: