Finishing touches for kitchen and bath cabinets | Armonk Real Estate
nce you’ve decided whether your cabinets will be painted or stain-grade, how the boxes and doors will be constructed, and what style of doors they’ll feature, there are still some final decisions that need to be made. The cabinets’ hardware and millwork will help determine how the units look and function — and will also have a big impact on the cost.
Hardware. Hardware has come a long way from the days of visible, face-mounted hinges and no drawer guides. (Drawers would just slide over internal wood supports.) Now consumers can choose from a panoply of beautifully engineered and inventive options.
Hinges. Most cabinets sold now don’t have visible door hinges. These concealed workhorses fit neatly into routered spaces inside the door, and some interesting upgrades are available.
The simplest concealed hardware is usually still adjustable, allowing up-and-down and side-to-side movement on the cabinet face, so that the doors can line up with no obvious gaps.Over time they may go out of adjustment, so having the ability to tune up your cabinets with just a screwdriver is a nice option.
Some hinges are soft-close, meaning that the hinge catches the door before it slams into the cabinet box, and slowly allows it to finish closing.This is useful not only for noise control, but also to prevent your doors from breaking from repeated banging over the years.
The simplest concealed hardware is usually still adjustable, allowing up-and-down and side-to-side movement on the cabinet face, so that the doors can line up with no obvious gaps.Over time they may go out of adjustment, so having the ability to tune up your cabinets with just a screwdriver is a nice option.
Some hinges are soft-close, meaning that the hinge catches the door before it slams into the cabinet box, and slowly allows it to finish closing.This is useful not only for noise control, but also to prevent your doors from breaking from repeated banging over the years.
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