Finding Kitchen Cabinets – Often the Drawer Knobs make the difference
When you are shopping for kitchen cabinets, you should take a close look at the all the details of the construction of the items, down to the drawer knobs. If you are going to make this purchase you need to know it is going to be money well spent and that they will last through years of use. Grab a hold of the drawer knobs and open and close them a number of times. How do they feel? Are they smooth rolling? Are the drawer knobs wiggly? These are all things you need to know before buying. If they have problems on the showroom floor, those problems are only to get worse in your home. Unless you want to spend a good portion of your time making repairs to these cabinets, you need to move on.
In addition to the structure of the pieces, look at the quality of the materials that went into the furniture piece. Are the drawer knobs a cheap plastic where you can feel the seam from the mold pour? Or are they higher quality metal or glass pieces? What about the wood of the cabinets? Is it simple particle board that is going to fall apart if water touches it, or is it a higher quality wood that will hold up to some wear and tear. If the cabinets seem to have sturdy construction, but the drawer knobs are cheaper than you would like, you can always replace those drawer knobs once you get the piece home.
Now check the mechanics of the piece. When you pull on the drawer knobs you should feel no bumps or catches in the mechanism. It should be a smooth gliding drawer. Also open any cabinet doors and make sure they open smoothly and seem to be firmly held in place on the frame.
You also may have some options with the cabinets you are looking at. Ask what's available. Sometimes, cabinets have different hardware depending on the parts of the unit that you are using - drawers have drawer knobs while some cabinets have pulls. Which ones are more comfortable for you? If you have thinner fingers, you may like pulls, but for those with thick hands, they often can’t get their fingers between the pull and the cabinet, and drawer knobs are a better choice. Will the retailer allow you all of one type or another? Or is this a change you will have to make on your own.
Before you get too excited over the possibility of some new cabinetry, you need to make sure the piece you are looking at will fit in your home. They look much smaller on the showroom floor than they will in your house, so take measurements with you, of the space you will need the cabinet to fill. Don’t just take the wall length measurement, but also make sure to measure how far the cabinet can come out from the wall. If you forget this measurement you may find you have restricted your walking space in the kitchen with new furniture pieces.
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