no cabinet hardware

17 years ago

I've noticed that I don't really use the pulls in the kitchen. For upper cabinets I just sort of pull on the corner to open the cabinet. I do the same with the lower ones also. So my big question is why put hardware on anyway. What if I just have them bevel the corner edges of the cabinets that I normally pull on. Am I the only person who doesn't use their kitchen cabinet hardware.

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judydel
17 years ago
The concern is this. The corners that you pull on will look worn over time.
ccoombs1
17 years ago
If you don't like hardware and don't use it anyway, then you do not need to have it. But instead of just grabbing the edge of the cabinet (which in time will damage the finish), you can have notches cut into the back bottom edge of the doors to pull from. I forget what they call them though...I am sure someone here know what I am talking about.
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Fori
17 years ago
There is also a door edge that has the sides cut all the way around to make handles optional--you might have those in your old kitchen. If you go with this or with the ones with the notched bottoms, you can't do full overlay because your fingers won't fit between to grab. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it'll impact your design. See the door profiles at this link: the ones ending with "FP" are for fingerpull edges,, but I think any of the ones with the grabale lip have a grabable lip...

Nope, I don't know the terms either.

Here is a link that might be useful: some profiles
smoothtalker
Original Author
17 years ago
I looked at my corners and they don't look any more worn than the rest of the cabinets however they are dingy and dirty from 17 years of use. What they really need is for me to take them off the hinges, give them a good cleaning and reurathane them. Since I'm building new someone else can do that though. But as the project goes on you begin to wonder where you really need to spend the money and where you don't. I've been paying attention to my use of hardware in the bathrooms and kitchen and that has got me to thinking about why spend money on something I really don't use. However, I do use the pulls on the drawers.
I talked to my carpenter and he said that he could order the doors for the cabinets with the edge like you were talking about. He said he did that in his kitchen because he didn't use his hardware either. Thanks for y'alls response.
palimpsest
17 years ago
I don't have hardware on the upper cabinets, but there is a routed out finger pull on the bottom edge of the doors. If the finish is durable and you keep your hands clean you should be ok. I am a bit more careful with the no hardware doors than I am with the ones that have pulls