Hardware for Your Cabinets
Don’t Forget to Add Up the Door and Drawer Pulls
Many new kitchens near completion before the designers and owners start considering hardware. However, choosing visible items like door and drawer pulls is an important part of the overall design process because these elements are touched and noticed by every person who uses the kitchen. Even […]
Cabinetry Drawers and Door Fronts
Doors and drawer-fronts can be overlay or inset depending on their relationship to the front cabinet edge. Inset doors require careful fitting and quality construction because there is little room for adjustment. Overlay doors fit on top of the cabinet front and are usually equipped with adjustable hinges that allow the installer to align all […]
Read More..>>Backsplashes with Tile, Glass, Metal
The walls behind work surfaces are particularly susceptible to splatters and water damage. They are often difficult areas to clean because of overhanging upper cabinetry. For these reasons a durable backsplash is usually installed where the counter meets the wall. These backsplashes may be integral parts of the counters or a surface applied to […]
Read More..>>Counters and Work Surfaces
Work surfaces or counters come in standard sizes or can be fabricated to fit your design. The standard height used in US kitchens is 36”. Standard depth from front edge to backsplash is 24”. These dimensions work well for range of people and unless you are designing a kitchen for persons with disabilities, you should […]
Read More..>>A Workstation Approach can Help You Plan Your Cabinet Needs
Plan your cabinetry needs based on the use and function of each area. Start with cabinets connecting the sink area with the refrigerator and range. These connections determine what functions and storage will be needed in those spaces. For instance, the area between a sink and a stove may hold cutting boards, knives, pots and […]
Read More..>>Unfitted or Furniture-style Cabinetry
The eighties saw a trend back towards the unfitted or furniture style kitchen, particularly in Great Britain. Unfitted kitchen cabinets are individual pieces of furniture, often freestanding and usually with their own integrated tops. The resulting kitchens feature high levels of craftsmanship but often function poorly due to uneven work surfaces, unconnected runs of counter […]
Read More..>>European-style Cabinetry
European or 32mm cabinetry (based on the standard hole spacing) came out of a peculiarly European tradition. In parts of Europe, cabinets were made to easily knock-down so they could be removed from the house during a move. You moved your cabinets along with your furniture. Special knock-down fittings and hinges that allowed the use […]
Read More..>>Cabinetry Basics
If you took everything out of your kitchen and piled it in another room you’d have an interesting mound of storage problems. First it would be a lot of stuff. Much of it would be perishable, delicate or odd shaped. Some would be heavy, some would be very small. There would be sharp, potentially dangerous […]
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