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Cabinetry hinge input now, pretty please1

13 years ago

I just posted about my choice of a cabinetry line. My other pressing decision is the cabinetry hardware. Our architect recommended using exposed butt hinges for aesthetic reasons in our 1920's kitchen and he also said they would hold up better over time than the inside hinges. The cabinet lines we're looking at (through Bell Cabinetry in Atlanta) come standard with the Blum BLUMOTION soft-close hinges. I was told we could do exposed butt hinges for an additional charge. But my builder is now telling me that, if we do the butt hinges, they wouldn't actually be attached to the cabinetry -- something about them only being attached to the cabinet door and not the frame? -- and that the inside hinges would be the functional hinges. It was clear that he was trying to steer me away from the butt hinges. Thoughts??

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artemis78
13 years ago
We have both in our 1910s kitchen; I really like the butt hinges for the aesthetic, so we used them on our face-frame inset cabinetry. On our frameless cabinets, we used Salice concealed hinges. We didn't get soft-close since it wasn't particularly important to us (but did get it on the drawers, which I love). I'm trying to visualize how they would do a butt hinge that is just aesthetic---that sounds odd. Is that the builder telling you that's what the cabinet company does because he's gotten cabinets like that from them before, or is he hypothesizing that it's what you'd get? It seems strange, since the whole point of having an upcharge for the butt hinges (which isn't uncommon; we lucked out in that our cabinetmaker didn't charge extra) is that they're more work to install since you have to cut the door and the box for them. I don't think I'd bother getting them if they're only going to be aesthetic; it would strike me as odd if I opened a door and saw that.

Functionally I like the butt hinges fine, and really don't notice a difference in the door functions; no clue if one will hold up longer than the other. However, our old cabinets had butt hinges too so it might just be that I'm used to them. They are a lot trickier to adjust upon initial install than the concealed hinges, though. HTH!
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vpierce
13 years ago
We have the soft-close hinges in our inset cabinets and I really wish we'd gotten the butt hinges. The soft close take up a lot of room in the cabinets and I think the butt hinge look is more authentic in a vintage house (ours is 1915). Plus, we've had our cabinets for about a year now and have had to adjust the soft-close hinges a couple of times because they shift over time.
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