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   saschafer | Mar 04, 2008 04:46pm | #1

   I'm not familiar with the Richlieu pulls, but here are a couple of other possibilities:

   These recessed pulls from Brusso are nice: http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=52495&cat=3,46742,44005,50468. I believe they can now be had in stainless steel as well as brass.

   These have sort of a nautical look: http://www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=2&p=55181&cat=3,43520,43521,43559.

   There are several other recessed pulls available from Lee Valley. Go to their site and do a search on "recessed" to find them.

   -Steve

    

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   smslaw | Mar 04, 2008 11:55pm | #3

   i've used the Brusso recessed pulls from lee Valley.  They look nice, but if you use self-closing slides (i.e Blummotion), the drawers can be hard to open, especially with wet hands.

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   saschafer | Mar 04, 2008 11:57pm | #4

   I can imagine. Some of those self-closing mechanisms could just about take your fingers off as they close....

   -Steve

    

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   JohnWW | Mar 04, 2008 10:17pm | #2

   Unless everyone is very disciplined about resetting the pulls flush after they are used they will be out all of the time and nothing will be gained.

   I would use a hole or slot milled into the face of the doors and drawers. This detail is most commonly done on modern style furniture and can look quite elegant depending on the design.

   John White

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   sapwood | Mar 05, 2008 12:59am | #5

   touch latches

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   DonC | Mar 05, 2008 01:18am | #6

   I put a bevel on the bottom of all drawers and doors and just use fingers to pull. It saved all the costs of hardware and your don't see anything except the door and drawer front. I like the clean look.

   Our kitchen has 34 doors and 40 drawers. Even the inexpensive hardware pulls were $3.00. The savings is signifigant.

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   joinerswork | Mar 05, 2008 05:31pm | #7

   Rachel,

   Whitechapel has several pages of flush pulls in their catalog.

   http://www.whitechapel-ltd.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

   Ray