How to Add Spice to Your Kitchen Inexpensively | You may not think much about cabinet hardware when considering new kitchen cabinets. You mainly dream of restoring your kitchen with exciting new finishes that can give it the luster that it currently lacks. You should actually carefully consider your hardware choices, as they can make cabinets look brilliant or lackluster, and the quality of hardware can determine the life of your cabinets.
There are almost unlimited choices for hardware for kitchen cabinets. You have thousands of options when it comes to knobs, pulls and handles. You also have options for drawer slides, latches, and catches. Many are stainless steel or crafted from brass.
There's no shortage of available styles, and each style can have many different finishes. Powder coating is available for every possible finish and color. Of course, you��ll also have to decide what shape you wish these to take. Any shape you can think of is probably an option, from rectangles and squares to round and hexagonal designs!
It's important to pay close attention to sizes when refinishing kitchen cabinets. To ensure that your hardware fits, measure the holes carefully, and be sure to measure twice.
Materials for pulls vary, as do finishes, and you can even find some satin nickel pulls. Actually, these use die-cast metal, usually nickel plated zinc. The metal will then be hand sanded to give it the excellent brushed look, and finally it will be given a wear resistant lacquer finish. Antique pewter pulls and knobs are a beautiful emphasis to give kitchen cabinetry, and some of them even feature an oil-rubbed bronze highlight.
Many homeowners like the feel and look of copper for their hinges, and die-cast metals can accurately replicate this effect with a good finish of copper or a mix of copper and bronze! Other materials might be used in the hardware. This includes glass, ceramics, and other materials. Getting back to the copper hinges, you may choose to use actual copper hinges and other hardware.
Some can be made from oak, ceramic material, or high quality plastic. You might replace your cabinet hardware with crafted imagery, which can make the pulls and handles look like plants, seashells, and more. The limit is your imagination, as there are a variety of image-based hardware available. Others create an interesting effect with an aged, often-used look that can appear almost antiqued. Alternately, some pulls and handles incorporate granite into their design, which can lead to a modern look.
You might choose cabinet hardware that needs to be pushed in order to open. You might choose push plates for these cabinets, which can be great ornamental additions to your kitchen and can be very inexpensive.
By:Jordon Browning
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