My ORB knobs and cup pulls from cripedistributing.com arrived yesterday. I'm extremely pleased with the quality of the knobs (surprised how heavy they are) and the finish. I was another one who didn't want something too coppery or black. My initial thought on ordering was that they could just be "temporary" until I found the perfect knob but they might just be it! The quality of my blue tape knobs and pulls just haven't held up all that well so I am more than happy to replace them. Although the selection is severely limited the price just can't be beat. I want to say thank you to the original poster that posted the link many, many months ago - yet another purchase based on recommendations from this forum.

Your china cab, to me, imitate furniture, and should definitely have diff hardware. There are no hard and fast rules on hardware. The trend now seems to be pulls, not bin pulls, and using rather long ones, and not two per drawer. What i did was buy some sample hardware and test it.

Ooooh I love the way those cabinet doors recess too. Segbrown's kitchen is so beautiful isn't it? Anyway in our case, first Cabico, said they sould recess our doors and then the guys making the cabinets at Cabico said they couldn't. I'm not positive, but I think it was because we had beaded inset? I'm not sure how hard it would be to buy the hardware and have your guy do it. Maybe you should ask your carpenter if he's interested in taking that on first. If I were him, I might be reluctant to retrofit someone's expensive cabinet. What if he messes up?

I can only answer from a man's point of view so Im sure there will be many differing opinions about the faucet difference but I would not want a faucet that just poured water straight down the drain. There might be a splash factor but when I think of rinsing dishes, as an example, the water pouring into the sink is rinsing the sink and other dishes as it runs. Additionally if you are filling the sink to wash a few dishes or other items, the water aimed at the sink will start the dilution of your soap more readily of it is playing off the sink bottom as opposed to the drain. Before I mention names of online suppliers that offer free shipping I feel it necessary, because of a recent accusation, to say that I am reasonably well known for a blogsite I maintain that is sponsored by National Builder Supply. I am not an employee, do not own it (I wish I did) nor am I paid (the owner is a good friend and I give him credit on the blog site because he does a great job and Im a satisfied customer). I am disabled retired accountant with parkinsons and I pass my days by writing the blog and reading and participating in over 30 discussion groups such as Garden Web and just enjoy helping folks. With that said there are many sites that give free shipping on merchandise, including NBS, but most have a requirement for a certain purchase amount usually $100 to $199. Watch the sights carefully because the prices can seem low but by the time you get done with your shopping the freight if not free at some level can make the price exorbitant. Now so that it will be obvious that I am not prejudiced to just NBS, my experience level and the retailers that I hear the most good about that have these free shipping policies are NBS, FaucetDirect, E Faucets. Im sure there are many more and you will probably be swamped with other suggestions but I believe reputation wise those 3 are the best. And no I also am not employed nor own any of the other 2 either...LOL