All about profile handles

Developers of new furniture projects need to know everything about profile handles. They are equally used in any modern style: from hi-tech and minimalism to modern and loft. In more familiar styles - classic, Scandinavian and empire - these elements are additionally also decorative in nature. But in the kitchen and in the hallway, when constructing sliding wardrobes in small apartments, the furniture handle is not so much a means to decorate as a way to provide additional functionality and prolong the term of the fruitful operation of furniture without additional repairs.

The profile handle is a special device for opening the door. It is usually made from a suitable material and attached to the main web.

The demand for a fashion trend and the prevalence of use in modern furniture give a wide scope for the imagination of designers and manufacturers of headsets and individual pieces of furniture.

• The usual vertical position relative to the piece of furniture is not the only possible one. The modeler can use other options: horizontal, beveled.
• The material of manufacture also differs in variability (although industrial developers usually call anodized aluminum, the use of steel elements or made of alloys with the participation of light silver metal is allowed). In designer furniture, fittings can be made to order and go beyond the usual raw materials used as standard. Usually called 2 types: anodized and PVC film.
• The color range is not limited, due to the use of different alloys and PVC-coating, the profile handle can be given the appearance of a special texture: wood, natural stone, leather and mosaic. Anodized metal has less coloristic possibilities, but it provides additional strength and increases the service life of the necessary furniture part.
• The names of the offered products are romantic and fully correspond to the characteristics: you can find silver, gold and bronze, champagne color, smoky oak and amber brown, under a certain color of wood, accepted in the furniture industry.
• The designer's idea provides for the possibility of installing symmetrical and asymmetrical profiles.

High-quality fittings will certainly decorate the furniture and give it additional decorative effect. Correctly selected shade and shape can not only highlight or remove visually structural details. The main purpose of the profile handle is to make the door easy to open, smooth this process and save precious space in a confined space.

The variety of the assortment is explained by the versatility of use and ease of installation. After all, a modern and high-quality handle-profile is used not only for room furniture (although you can find statements about insufficient hygiene), but also for wardrobes, dressers and even interior doors. The new trend of handleless furniture has finally won first positions in consumer demand, although variable types of fixtures fall under this professional term.

• The overhead, as the most common variation, is attached from the outside using the usual fasteners (screws and washers) and can organically fit into any style options.
• Mortise is more costly in design, time and effort, which is why it is less common. In addition, although such fittings facilitate the process of putting things in order and getting clean, they make the piece of furniture significantly more expensive. In the domestic industry, the choice of cut-in handles is limited due to their demand only in certain styles, on smooth facades made of expensive wood.
• Concealed handle leads the rankings due to its ability to minimize wasted space. In the industry, rails are easily implemented - crossbars with 2 legs, larger and smaller, depending on the dimensions of the drawer.
• The dimensions of the profile handle depend not only on the location. The vertical one can only take up a part of the main canvas, and the horizontal one is often cut to the width of the box.
• End, the most common, is easily cut from a long profile. In homemade designs, caps are used for each edge; in factory products, the edges are mechanically sanded.
• Integrated can be cut into the facade panel, then there is no need to use a profile. But such a thing makes it difficult to maintain hygiene, especially in the kitchen.

Symmetry is not the most prerequisite in designer furniture or in a wardrobe built under certain conditions. Symmetry can add additional decorativeness to the piece of furniture, although asymmetry can also be a kind of stylistic device used to add an attribute to the chosen style.

Common varieties:

• waybill;
• mortise;
• end.

The overhead on the bottom is a long-used option for a wall cabinet, while in an item standing on the floor, a model attached at the top is more convenient. The end door along the entire length of the door is convenient for households of any age, they do not have to bend or stretch, you can open the door by grasping the handle in any convenient place.

There are no special restrictions on the length of the profile handle. The only thing that can interfere with an unconventionally solved author's kit is the length of the profile used for cutting. In a kitchen set, the maximum recommended length of 1 cabinet is 1200 mm, but in sliding wardrobes, a profile for a sliding door and a longer length can be used.

Modern technologies suggest the possibility of using alloys: brass and bronze for expensive sets, aluminum - for mass-produced items. Anodizing, PVC film and chrome provide not only decorative possibilities, stylistic attributes, but also expressiveness, long-term operation, trouble-free maintenance of cleanliness, ease of maintenance.

The brushed aluminum handle is the undisputed leader in consumer demand in the market. Those who do not like excessive gloss choose the standard overhead strip. However, ultra-thin gold-look items are also in demand. Two common color variations:

• black, standard for any color, dirt is less noticeable on it;
• white, easy to clean, does not lose color from the use of detergents.

The handle-profile is used not only for kitchen sets, although its ideal purpose is undoubtedly in kitchen furniture with limited space and specific conditions.These furniture fittings, made independently or in factory workshops, in production, can be used for the facade of interior sliding doors, wardrobes, for furniture such as a wardrobe or chest of drawers, under the table top of a dining sliding table or under the glass of a decorative table.

The listed areas of application can be taken into account when making your own furniture or ordering it from the manufacturer, on Internet portals, in special stores. Space for imagination in creativity leaves a variety of proposals for the materials used, sizes, colors and shapes.