This is a recently completed entertainment center in a family room in Greensboro. This installation is 18-1/2 feet wide x 8 feet high. The base consists of two cabinets with deep drawers that move on full-extension ball-bearing slides featuring soft self-closing, plus a long center cabinet with three door compartments that have adjustable shelves and soft-close door hinges. The upper structure consists of two 5-1/2" wide cabinets with fixed shelves, a 90-inch long top bridge between them, back panels to conceal the old wall paneling, Shaker trim for the center section, floating crown molding across the entire top span, and programmable COB LED lighting above the crown that is controlled by either a wireless remote or a smartphone app.

The homeowners opted to re-use the drawer slides from the old drawers, but they also wanted the soft-close feature. This photo and the next two photos show a simple soft-close solution for this type of drawer slide. It is made by Titus, and I purchased from Richelieu Hardware.

This is a small kitchen project in Greensboro, NC, that was completed in September, 2021. For this project, I was working as a supplier to the homeowner's general contractor, Ricard Construction. My contributions were the new kitchen base cabinets and the pantry doors. The sink base cabinet is the only element that is a standard size. The other two cabinets and the pantry doors were custom-sized to fit the existing space. The drawers were fitted with self-closing drawer slides, and the doors were hung with concealed, soft-close hinges. The cabinet to the right of the sink is divided into two compartments, each with an adjustable shelf. The pantry cabinet was built on-site by the contractor to take advantage of available, but previously unused, space under the stairs to the upper level.

This is a recently completed entertainment center in a family room in Greensboro. This installation is 18-1/2 feet wide x 8 feet high. The base consists of two cabinets with deep drawers that move on full-extension ball-bearing slides featuring soft self-closing, plus a long center cabinet with three door compartments that have adjustable shelves and soft-close door hinges. The upper structure consists of two 5-1/2" wide cabinets with fixed shelves, a 90-inch long top bridge between them, back panels to conceal the old wall paneling, Shaker trim for the center section, floating crown molding across the entire top span, and programmable COB LED lighting above the crown that is controlled by either a wireless remote or a smartphone app.

The drawer-mounted component engages with a lever connected to a small piston in the cabinet-mounted component. Upon engagement, the piston generates the soft-close action, pulling the drawer gently to its closed position. It's very simple, effective, and easy to install.

This is a small kitchen project in Greensboro, NC, that was completed in September, 2021. For this project, I was working as a supplier to the homeowner's general contractor, Ricard Construction. My contributions were the new kitchen base cabinets and the pantry doors. The sink base cabinet is the only element that is a standard size. The other two cabinets and the pantry doors were custom-sized to fit the existing space. The drawers were fitted with self-closing drawer slides, and the doors were hung with concealed, soft-close hinges. The cabinet to the right of the sink is divided into two compartments, each with an adjustable shelf. The pantry cabinet was built on-site by the contractor to take advantage of available, but previously unused, space under the stairs to the upper level.

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