Archive for October, 2009

Before painting your house or kitchen various things are required to be kept in mind otherwise paint leave a long lasting impression on your mind which took years to be washed away. How you will feel if your antique bronze cabinet hardware’s or glass cabinet door pulls start looking ugly because of the spills of paint over them. That’s why I am here to solve this problem of your but just do one thing read the below paragraph very carefully.

Whenever you start painting, cover all the cabinet knobs, brass cabinet cup pulls, Iron hinges or any such cabinet hardware from drawers and glass cabinet door pulls with painting tape. If you plan to install new knobs and new iron pulls or cup pulls for cup board drawers and door in your cabinet then you may just unscrew all the decorative cabinet hardware before painting.

P2294-SS-Hickory Stainless Steel Bar Pull
P14444-SN-Hickory Conquest Pulls Satin Nickel (SN)

If you are painthing you rkitchen with different colors then a great amount of care is expected from you and it is also expected that you will cover up each and everything in a proper manner. People generally opt for painting the kitchen when they want to have a new look or want to give a fresh lease of life to their love ones.

The thing which you should do before paint.When you start doing painting you must also buy paint remover so that in case an paint fell on your knobs etc so that you can immediately wash them or clean them with the paint remover.

D8-06-Hickory Acanthus Pull Kensington Brass (06)
D8-15R-Hickory Acanthus Pull Wellington Bronze (15R)

Remodeling kitchen is one of the most common home improvement thing for most home owner. once in a while home owners are fed up or get bored with the old kitchen and decide to do kitchen remodeling. Now kitchen remodeling can be done in many ways but here I am concern only with kitchen furniture.Now you question will be that what are kitchen furniture and I am glad to tell you that things like the Kitchen Carts or ready made kitchen Islands. About kitchen furniture hardware I must say try one which suits your type.

P2293-SS-Hickory Stainless Steel Bar Pull Stainless Steel (SS)
M513-Hickory Ribbon & Reed Pull Antique Pewter (15A

I am sure about one thing that if you are living in rented apartment then your kitchen will be small moreover it will not have the beautiful kitchen tiles and a center kitchen island with Victorian copper knobs on drawers but that does not mean you cannot have it you way but it doesn’t mean that you cannot get all these facilities on your own.If you are interested in increasing your counter space then there are various ways of doing it moreover you will not need the help of any contractor or interior designer.

You can increase the counter space by buying kitchen furniture like pre made Kitchen Island then make sure they have adequate cabinet handles and knobs hinges. Some best suggestion from my side if you are going to buy furniture hardware are
1 Art Deco Furniture Hardware – Knobs and handles

2 Hardware from Amazon like copper pulls, pewter rustic knobs etc

P2292-SS-Hickory Stainless Steel Bar Pull
P3023-BMA-Hickory Spanish Gothic Pull Black Mist Antique (BMA)

The size of your kitchen does not matter, there is always a need for new and innovative ideas to renovate or decorate it. Whenever kitchen renovation is thought of the first thing which strikes in mind is replacing cabinet hardware’s like knobs, pulls, handles and hinges, back plates etc.For your convenience now you can design the kitchen with the help of kitchen designing software’s and all and if you want to see these software’s in action then you must go to a Home and garden show or when going to a home improvement or Interior design shows.

Well I have one more advice for you and that’s as you design your kitchen using software, you will want to keep in mind that you should minimum steps between the three major work areas, the sink, the range and the refrigerator.best cabinet hardware for your new kitchen are Animal, Fish etc shaped knobs in Pewter, satin and Matte finish from Novelty Knobs.

P3023-DAC-Hickory Spanish Gothic Pull Dark Antique Copper
P3262-2122-Hickory Verona Pull Oil-Rubbed Bronze

In this era where you need to be stylish in each and every aspect of your life ,even it may be kitchen designing , the decorative magazines, blogs and websites , software’s providing for the same are regarded to be of great utility .With the help of the decorative magazines ,blogs, one can know about the right kind of cabinet hardware’s that is needed to be shopped for.Software’s are very helpful in designing a kitchen.

You can also see other things with the help of this design software like height of counters which should be decided according to your height. Well leaving everything behind I have list of low cost cabinet hardware pulls for you those are Designer pulls from Notting hill knobs and Soapstone wire pulls.

P3264-2122-Hickory verona Pull Oil-Rubbed Bronze
P3022-BMA-Hickory Spanish Gothic Pull Black Mist Antique (BMA)

Really the amount which you have to pay for bringing cabinet hardwares home like acorn cabinet hardwares ,classic cabinet hardwares is too exbortinant .There is no need to shop for such expensive cabinet hardwares and that too for making your kitchen spacious ,there are other ways out as well like re-organizing your kitchen.Reorganization of kitchen can be done by hirin space planners ,interior designers,contractors etc and if you believe me you will enjoy it doing yourself as well.

You need to know few things first like how much you can spend ,how much time you have and the most important thing is the size of your kitchen ,this is because the methods of reorganization will vary according to the sizes.If your project is a low budgeted one you can give colors to it by shopping for iron and brass cabinet hardwares and new faucets will also be required .Some tips for better reorganization are ;

1,organizing pantry by using cans,jars etc.,

2.by cleaning the clutters and keeping the extra things in your garage.

3.kitchen storage with drawers base.These simple tips can help you organize your kitchen and that too without shopping for expensive cabinet hardwares .

P3023-07-Hickory Spanish Gothic Pull Sherwood Antique Brass
P3273-2122-Hickory Studio II Pull Oil-Rubbed Bronze

Space management is an art that should be known to everyone as kitchen is always full of jars,containers ,recipe books etc.Shopping for expensive cabinet hardwares is not an answer to space management in your kitchen .Acorn cabinet hardwares ,classic cabinet hardwares even if you purchase them at discounted rates they are not affordable.You need not worry now as there are some simple ways by which you can make your kitchen spacious .Few things you need to keep in mind and these are whether your kitchen will be categorised as small or big,the amount of money you can spend in your project.If it not high cost involving then you can go on purchasing iron decorative hardwares and new faucets.

You can also paint your cabinet hardwares for a new look of your kitchen .The next thing which needs concentration is how much time you can give to your project ,if you do not have sufficien ttime then you can fix some iiron decorative cabinet hardwares which will help you in giving a new and different look to your kitchen. For making your kitchen spacious you should clean the clutters and think what things are extra in your kitchen .Organization of pantry is a key to space management.There are products as well which you can put to use for the same and these are lazy Susan’s, pantry pull outs, copper/iron pot racks, waste containers .

M113-Hickory Ribbon & Reed Pull Sherwood Antique Brass
A113-Hickory Sechel Pull Sherwood Antique Brass

There are various people who come to complaining that they are living in a rented apartment and has the problem of space as the kitchen is very very small so they cannot just go and install any new cupboard etc moreover they say that their kitchen doesn’t have beautiful knobs and I always told them that what’s the problem with you people cant you afford a simple kitchen island for your kitchen and cant you afford beautiful pewter knob with this kitchen.The large drawers of the kitchen island can be used to store big pots and pans. for such drawers you will need big steel handles or pulls.

A knob or a ring pull or cup pulls may not suit well for such drawers.Then they ask me that which is the best suited knobs for such a kitchen island and I bluntly told them Liberty Victorian Glass Ridge Ball Knob which is a master piece and goes very well with victorian vintage hardware

M79-Hickory-Backplates Kingston Backplate Antique Satin Bronze
M679-Hickory-Backplates-Kingston Backplate Old English Pewter

You must be knowing that kitchen island or center cabinet island is a sort of a work area in the middle of a kitchen which serve the purpose of a big table or flat surface in the center which when permanently installed is a perfect place for your dishwasher or sink. You have to believe that when a kitchen island or center cabinet island is perfectly install then it can even lessen your steps which you took from fridge to the range. This kitchen island consist of drawer and doors which must be decorated with beautiful and attractive knobs to make it the best place of the kitchen.

In my opinion everything must be done in a different style so same is the case here so one should go for Crystal cabinet hardware and knobs because these Crystal and transparent looking knobs with solid brass base or shiny chrome plated base looks awesome and wonderful. The best example of such crystal cabinet knobs are Hafele Victorian Glass Ridge Ball Knob and Siro Design Sea Shell Knobs.

F510-Hickory-Backplates-Richelieu Backplate Antique Pewter
F110-Hickory-Backplates-Richelieu Backplate Sherwood Antique Brass