What kind of liners are you thinking of?

Modern cabinets aren’t lined because the surfaces are generally washable unlike old fashioned cupboards which were painted wood surface so lining was a ritual when moving into a home.

When I remodeled I had the shelves clad in formica so they wipe down easily. I even had the entire sink cabinet clad in formica so the walls could be wiped.

Do you mean imserts and dividers for silver? They sell all levels of those including fully custom options.

As helen mentioned, there are plenty of options from the cabinet manufacturers themselves.

In the super expensive homes I’ve been in, most of the kitchens are pristine because the folks don’t actually cook. Well, one of the homes had cooks so I’m sure the homeowners were quite unaware of what the insides of the drawers looked like.

I’m working on refinishing an old fir built-in china cabinet. It is old. The bottoms of the drawers are fir and um, stained. I will be using some adhesive velvet on posterboard, cut to size.

My kitchen will have all the bells and whistles from the cabinet manufacturer. If I had existing cabinets, I would be buying those sorts of things at IKEA or Target

Thurston and Lovey probably never venture into the kitchen, I do think that a simple liner in a color that blends w your cabinets is fine. I personally use Walmart brand they are sound dampening because they are somewhat padded. Maybe someone will chime in and let us know what the fanciest liner is lol

I used the plastic liners (the one with ribbing on one side) to line the shelf housing the coffee mugs and coffee beans. I also use it in the fridge to protect the glass shelving from scratches caused by the glass milk bottles. It's a nice, thick plastic and has lasted a long time.

I would think a felt-looking material would give drawers a nice look but in a kitchen I would want everything to be wipeable.

Somehow I don't picture people with $10M homes worrying about liners...

I really like the liner that you can get at Costco - it’s not adhesive based and is clear - protection but no “bling” :) (and the price is right - especially if you can catch it on sale!)

I use a product from the Dollar Store. It's meant for a bathtub liner, but it's perfect for lining my drawers. Can be cut to size and gives a nice soft landing for items especially glass. Once in a while, I just take it out and shake out the crumbs etc in the sink. I would say don't use any "stick on" liners, sometimes they don't come off cleanly.

I agree that multimillion dollar homes likely have cabinets with beautiful inside finishes that need no liner.

I used black and white gingham "oilcloth". Modern day oilcloth is vinyl with a polycotton backing. Purchased at onlinefabricstore. It moves around, though, and I used the rubbery gummy tak stuff to hold in place (tac n stick).

If Oprah pipes in, I'd like to learn about "high end" alarm clocks. So many, so junky!

I have "Simply Essential" ribbed liner that I got at Bed Bath & Beyond. I put it only in the drawers where there might be scratching of the interior, from silverware or pots going in and out. I like it because it lifts out and I can wipe it with a wet cloth before putting it back.

Check IKEA.

Cork is pretty nice.

@TBL from CT I don't know about ”high-end” but my husband just got this clock and the bird wake-up call is quite a nice change. The clock has some very nice features. https://www.amazon.com/REACHER-Adjustable-Soothing-Sleeping-Auto-Off/dp/B08CDZHBRD

We used cork to line the drawers of our previous kitchen. We just bought some rolls off of amazon and cut it with scissors.

If they cook, they might have custom made drawer inserts - the kind of thing that's solid wood and carved to fit your particular spoonulas - each in its very own slot. It would drive me nuts.

Poor 1steaky. They didn't really want to know how the wealthy do it. They just wanted to know if there was better stuff out there than what we get at Target.

Responses here suggest nope!

I don't line any of my drawers or cabinets, although I do have dividers of various kinds. Finished wood surfaces are great to live with and clean up easily!

You guys are hilarious and I appreciate all the feedback. I'll report back what I do and if I come across something interesting or fancy because I know this critical issue keeping everyone up at night....

I’ve seen where some people use peel and stick wallpaper for liners. Those can be pricey but a lot more attractive than typical shelf paper.

I used cheap Dollar Tree placemats in some of my cabinets and in my pantry so heavy items don’t scratch the finish. They are easily cleaned and if get damaged, I chunk them because they’re only a buck

Everyone is missing the point of OP’s question. Of course anyone can find cheap drawer inserts from the typical places mentioned. The real answer is 10 million dollar houses have 100k plus kitchens. Those kitchen lines have options for interior drawer fittings espically the European brands. We offer that option to the kitchens we do. Was thinking about making something like that avaible as a seperate item but not sure if people would want to send that much if the rest of the kitchen isn’t on the same level.

Check out Chic Shelf Paper-I used them to line my linen and storage closets. They can custom cut the liner and you have a choice of paper, vinyl or fabric. The material can easily be removed as well.

https://chicshelfpaper.com

Quality cabinets have tough laminate interiors that do not need lining. It is more waterproof and abrasion resistant than any applied finish, or aftermarket liner.

I love this question! It's one of those little details that can make the room feel really nice. We recently stayed at a vacation rental that had textured felt liners. It might be this from IKEA. I noticed it because it was nice and clean, and dishes didn't clang around when you placed them in the drawers. For that reason, cork seems good too. I'll be following this thread as we're redoing our kitchen right now.

@jdesign_jw - yes you got it. I might not have a 100K kitchen but maybe can get the liners that go in the 100k kitchen. (To the posters that say liners aren't needed in good cabinets, I get it. This is a finishing detail, not a necessity.) So please share what options are given to your customers! Is the cabinet sub the one that offers the liners? (I am putting in a "high-end" kitchen and my contractor and subs have all looked at me like I was insane person when I asked about liners....)

From what I've read, high end cabinet lines will have available optional inserts and liners. More budget friendly cabinets (except IKEA) do not.

I have Ikea shelf liner I bought there on a roll I also have lots of drawers that have Inter design organizers so those do not need a liner . IMO it is not an item that would cause me much thought as long as it does the job.

What do you mean by liners?

Are you actually thinking of organizer type of things or are you literally describing some kind of cloth or paper material that goes on the bottom of a shelf or drawer so that the dishes or pots don't touch the surface?

My cabinets were fully custom including every aspect of the interior. I had the cabinet maker build a knife rack for the drawer next to my prep area. I also had a drawer near the dining area lined specifically with the kind of anti-tarnish felt/velvet and I use that for my silver table stuff.

Other than that I look intensively at high end cabinet lines which have all kinds of stuff that can be used to configure the interior of cabinets and decided that I wanted to keep my options open in terms of configuration. I am now having my cabinet maker comb back to retro fit some stuff now that I have been using my kitchen

I have a small armoire that I bought for my jewelry and I located a place that does completely custom inserts for jewelry. I had a schematic done and ordered exactly the size and configuration I wanted for each drawer - some are divided into various sizes to hold different sizes; some hold watches; some hold rings; some earrings etc.

Liners go on the bottom of a drawer and you put things on top of them. Inserts go inside a drawer and are used to divide a drawer. It sounds like you're talking about inserts.

Unless you have a kitchen designer that is measuring everything you're putting in drawers, or you plan on laying out each drawer yourself, measuring them, and determining the size of these...you might just want to get after market inserts. I just ordered one that I put in my prep drawer and I was actually surprised by how I ended up dividing things. If I had designed this drawer without having everything moveable I would have had to rip it out.

I think for larger items (pots/pans) the inserts would hamper storage as opposed to help.

1streaky, contrary to the opinions expressed here (not always informed) the better the cabint line the better the interior fittings. The top European lines have more going on inside the drawers than outside. lighting, inserts liners and dividers of all sorts. Depending on what type of drawers or look you want there are wood either pre-made or custom, aluminum (mostly custom) or a combination or the two. Also different liner materials, sink cabint bottom liners and non-skid type materials for large pan drawers. None of these are what people are describing here and usaully not availbe to the general public. I’ll try to post some photos later. You can contact me and i’ll see if i can help.

Here’s a few.

@jdesign_gw trying to contact you but I can’t figure out how to for the life of me! Questions about Fenix. You seem to be the only one on here who “gets it” and works with it.

You can email me @:selectfronts@gmail.com. I’ll be happy to answer your questions.