You’ve decided to renovate your old kitchen. You have selected furniture design, wood and finish and you are ready to go. Maybe you forgot something important. You probably haven’t given much thought to the gear you’re going to use. Choosing a kitchen cabinet door hinge and drawer pulls to complement your new kitchen decor is as important a decision as any in the process.
When buying a new hinge for your kitchen cabinet door, you have several options. The semi-concealed door hinge for European kitchen cabinets is for head frame cabinets. Half of the hinge of the kitchen cabinet door is visible and the other half of the hinge is mounted on the back of the door.
The protruding kitchen cabinet door hinge is designed for front frame cabinets where both hinged doors are visible from the front of the kitchen cabinet. For the wall unit doors, there is the option of purchasing the hinge in a concealed version.
The overlay or recessed kitchen cabinet door hinge is a hinge that exposes the pivot point from the front of the cabinet. These include partial and full wraparound hinges that attach to the back of the door and the back or edge of the side panel or fascia.
The European kitchen cabinet hinge mounts to the back of the door and to the inside of the side panel or edge of the door frame. This kitchen cabinet door hinge is completely concealed.
You can opt for a rotary hinge for kitchen cupboard doors.This type of hinge comes in many styles and works on doors that pivot in two places instead of along the hinge pin. Some hinges of this type can be installed as invisible hinges.
A kitchen cabinet door hinge that allows the door to swing open and to the sides of the kitchen cabinet is called a pin guide or toggle guide. You thought hardware for your new kitchen was a simple matter, but it turns out that when choosing a hinge for your kitchen cabinet door, you have many options for different purposes.
