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