A good horse often needs a good spur, and exquisite, durable hardware accessories have become one of the key elements of the overall quality of home life. Many consumers lack sufficient understanding and recognition of hardware accessories and are prone to overlook them when customizing furniture for their entire home. To address this blind spot for consumers, here is a detailed introduction to the commonly used hardware accessories in whole-house customization.

 

 

 

Hinges

Hinges, also known as joint leaves, are mechanical devices used to connect two solids and allow relative rotation between them. Hinges can be made of movable components or foldable materials. Joint leaves are mainly installed on doors and windows, while hinges are more often installed on cabinets.

Based on how much the door panel covers the location, they can be divided into full coverage, half coverage, and concealed styles.

 

 

How to Choose Hinges?

Stainless steel: Offers an aesthetic surface and diverse usage possibilities, with good corrosion resistance, longer durability, and high strength compared to ordinary steel. Cold-rolled steel: Very high strength, but poor toughness, poor weldability, hard, and brittle, with a bright surface.

 

Cold-rolled steel is suitable for dry environments, while stainless steel is suitable for use in bathrooms and kitchens. Be sure to buy dampers, as they can cushion the impact, reduce noise, and achieve a silent effect. Dampened hinges are commonly used in whole-house customization.

 

Slides

Slides, also known as rails or guides, refer to the hardware connecting parts fixed on the furniture cabinet, which allow the drawers or cabinet doors to move in and out. Slides are suitable for connecting drawers in cabinets, furniture, file cabinets, bathroom cabinets, and other wooden and steel furniture. Whether the various doors and drawers in the furniture can be freely and smoothly pushed, pulled, and how much weight they can bear depends on the support of the slides.

 

Drawer slides generally come in three types: undermount, ball bearing, and wheeled.

Ball bearing slides: Smooth sliding, easy to install, and very durable.

 

Undermount slides: The rail is hidden under the drawer, durable, with frictionless and noiseless sliding, and can self-close.

 

Wheeled slides: Generally used for computer keyboard drawers or light drawers, without buffering and rebound functions, not recommended for purchase.

 

 

How to Choose Drawer Slides?

The common drawer slides are mainly two-section and three-section slides. Three-section slides can pull out the drawer completely, while two-section slides can only pull out 75%. From a practical standpoint, it is better to choose three-section slides.

In summary, the most recommended are undermount hidden dampened slides, which are durable, frictionless, and silent.

 

Handles

A handle is a tool for pulling or operating (opening, closing, lifting), such as round handles, ropes, or knobs. Handles are installed on furniture, not only playing a role in saving effort and facilitating home life but also serving as a good decoration when matched appropriately.

 

How to Choose Handles?

Handles can be classified into various types according to different standards.

First: by material. The materials for handles are basically single metals, alloys, plastics, ceramics, glass, crystal, resin, etc. Common handles include all-copper handles, zinc alloy handles, aluminum alloy handles, stainless steel, plastic, ceramic handles, etc.

 

Second: by style. They are divided into single-hole round, single-bar, double-head, concealed, etc. Different styles of handles have different decorative effects.

 

Third: by style. Mainly including modern minimalist style, Chinese antique style, European pastoral style, etc.

In summary, the handles commonly used in indoor areas are generally made of alloy, pure copper, or 304 stainless steel, which are durable and do not rust. For door handles, the lever handle is more common because it is more convenient to open the door. For example, when you have something in your hand, you can open the door with your elbow. As for cabinet doors, the style and material are mainly determined according to the decoration style.

 

Furniture Legs

Furniture legs are commonly installed at the bottom of cabinets, tables, sofas, etc., mainly to support the furniture. Of course, these supporting legs are also within the scope of furniture design. For example, when furniture brands release new sofa products each season, they are accompanied by sofa legs, sofa frames, and other hardware accessories that match the overall furniture design.

 

How to Choose Furniture Legs?

Furniture legs have a wide range of applications, including bed legs, dining table legs, sofa legs, coffee table legs, cabinet legs, etc.; the materials are also very diverse. According to different furniture designers' design materials, there will be stainless steel, iron, aluminum alloy, acrylic, wood, etc.; the advanced processing technology now allows the wood texture of furniture legs to be achieved by metal surface treatment processes, and metal is also lower in cost and more solid than wood.

 

Functional Hardware

Functional hardware: various pull-out racks in the cabinet, tatami lifting machines in the wardrobe, drop-down hangers, rotating hangers, rotating shoe racks, etc.