| Cabinet knobs and pulls are now being used by | | | | and to use horizontally positioned pulls on |
| designers to add finer details to a home's | | | | slide out drawers. Pulls can be used |
| overall decorating theme. Manufacturers of | | | | throughout using pulls horizontally on slide |
| decorative hardware are making the designer's | | | | out drawers and vertically on cabinet doors. |
| job easier by offering more styles and design | | | | Cup pulls and bin pulls are also being used |
| options. Emtek Products is one of these | | | | more as they become more popular with |
| companies who manufacturers door, bath and | | | | designers. |
| cabinet hardware in various collection styles | | | | |
| so that homeowners can have hardware with | | | | When shopping for cabinet pulls, you should |
| consistent styles and finishes throughout | | | | know the center-to-center measurement that |
| their home. | | | | you need. |
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| For example, homeowners with smaller children | | | | Center to center (CTC) - Measurement from the |
| can choose cabinet knobs and pulls for their | | | | center of one hole to the center of another. |
| children's bedrooms in bright primary colors, | | | | This measurement is used to measure both |
| animal shapes or pictures of clothing items | | | | hardware and the surfaces to which hardware |
| such as sock knobs for the sock drawer and | | | | is applied. |
| shirt knobs for the shirt drawer. | | | | |
| | | | If holes have not yet been drilled in your |
| Cabinet knobs are also produced from a | | | | cabinets then you can start fresh and are not |
| variety of different materials venturing away | | | | limited in your choices. If holes are already |
| from the more standard solid brass. Hardware | | | | drilled in the cabinets for hardware, this |
| customers can now choose products made from | | | | can definitely limit your options of |
| sandcast bronze, wrought steel, copper and | | | | hardware. Common CTC sizes are 3", 3-1/2" and |
| chrome. | | | | 4". |
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| There are also many different combinations of | | | | Some popular manufacturers of cabinet |
| types of hardware that you can use throughout | | | | hardware are listed here: Alno, Ashley |
| your home. The more common selection is to | | | | Norton, Baldwin, Colonial Bronze, Emtek, |
| use cabinet knobs on doors that swing outward | | | | Fusion, Rocky Mountain, Top Knobs. |