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On Sun 06 Jul 2008 01:20:04p, Michael "Dog3" told us...

> Goomba > :
> in rec.food.cooking
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>> I was actually looking for this burnished copper I recently saw on
>> appliances in a magazine, but no one has it (yet!?) around here. I
>> just wanted something different. Every color has its pros and cons.
>> Sadly stainless steel jacks up the price. Is it because it is
>> currently fashionable or is it the actual material cost itself?
>> We went with Stainless because hubby wanted it. Oddly I find I
>> acquiesce a lot to him on his preferences in this re-do because he's
>> being so cheerful about this whole expensive project. Our cabinet
>> pulls are also stainless "cup" style because it reminds me of the old
>> butler's pantry functional look which I love.

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> I was so ticked off about our drawer pulls. We bought the brushed
> nickle "cup" style to offset the contemporary look of the kitchen.
> Damned things were too big. We settled for a slightly different pull
> than the look of the cabinet pulls. Neither of us wanted knobs.
>
> Michael


I prefer knobs over pulls on both drawers and cabinets. Pewter colored
knobs came with our cabinets in the new house. I hate the color with the
bleached birch wood. I want to replace them with dark rubbed bronze
finished knobs.


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