"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 7/21/2014 6:45 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I did have to clean it first to remove a few spots and the icky places
>> where our fingers touch because there is no hardware on there. Hmmm...
>> That could be a project.
>
> When I first moved here my mother got interested in watching HGTV. She
> noticed on shows about kitchens they were always installing hardware on
> plain cabinets. So Mom decided she wanted handles on all her cabinets and
> kitchen drawers.
>
> When she saw the price of some of the *really* stylish handles she said
> "What?!" She selected a very simple style. We bought them at a local
> hardware store. But truly, the cabinets and drawers didn't need extra
> hardware. They're very fine hardwood cabinets. Mom wanted door and
> drawer handles for purely aesthetic reasons.
>

I figured that it might prevent the dirt from getting on the cabinets at the
spots where we grab them when we open them. I do know that knobs aren't
cheap. The movers managed to loose the ones on one of our dressers and I
had to replace them.