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Cabinet knobs and pulls are now being used by designers to add
finer details to a home’s overall decorating theme.
Manufacturers of decorative hardware are making the designer’s
job easier by offering more styles and design options. Emtek
Products is one of these companies who manufacturers door, bath
and cabinet hardware in various collection styles so that
homeowners can have hardware with consistent styles and finishes
throughout their home.

For example, homeowners with smaller children can choose cabinet
knobs and pulls for their children’s bedrooms in bright primary
colors, animal shapes or pictures of clothing items such as sock
knobs for the sock drawer and shirt knobs for the shirt drawer.

Cabinet knobs are also produced from a variety of different
materials venturing away from the more standard solid brass.
Hardware customers can now choose products made from sandcast
bronze, wrought steel, copper and chrome.

There are also many different combinations of types of hardware
that you can use throughout your home. The more common selection
is to use cabinet knobs on doors that swing outward and to use
horizontally positioned pulls on slide out drawers. Pulls can be
used throughout using pulls horizontally on slide out drawers
and vertically on cabinet doors. Cup pulls and bin pulls are
also being used more as they become more popular with designers.

When shopping for cabinet pulls, you should know the
center-to-center measurement that you need.

Center to center (CTC) - Measurement from the center of one hole
to the center of another. This measurement is used to measure
both hardware and the surfaces to which hardware is applied.

If holes have not yet been drilled in your cabinets then you can
start fresh and are not limited in your choices. If holes are
already drilled in the cabinets for hardware, this can
definitely limit your options of hardware. Common CTC sizes are
3″, 3-1/2″ and 4″.

Some popular manufacturers of cabinet hardware are listed here:
Alno, Ashley Norton, Baldwin, Colonial Bronze, Emtek, Fusion,
Rocky Mountain, Top Knobs.