Kitchen Cabinet Hardware

Today I’d like to write about kitchen cabinet hardware. It’s not all equal! In your kitchen cabinetry design you should look at all of the project or have a kitchen designer that tells you up front what is included! Let’s look at the cabinet door hinge. This is probably the most frustrating if it goes out of alignment. The most important question to ask is, “who makes it?”, “what type of adjustments does it have?” The best hinge will be, what is called in the industry “a six-way adjustable hinge”. By this I mean you can literally adjust the door in 6 different directions…up and down…side to side…and in and out. It a standard with me to feature these on all cabinet doors…

Drawer Slides

Now the next important piece of hardware is the drawer slides. Again what type? Who makes them? There are countless types out there and everyone claiming to be the best. I personally like the under-mount slide that has a soft close or self closing feature with, full extension for complete drawer access, smooth high quality ball bearing performance and 100 pound weight capacity. . I use this type in all my designs and all the drawers…including the all the roll-outs. Check with your designer and see if this is an extra or does it come standard. Allot of designers charge extra here! To find or just do some research on what is being supplied with your new kitchen cabinets check out the Rockler catalog…It is absolutely a look though, so you understand the different types of hardware before you say “yes” to that new dream kitchen…Enjoy!