The hardware you don't see

PLACEHOLDER - A kitchen door opens perhaps two hundred thousand times in its life. A cutlery drawer opens more. The hardware behind these movements - the runners, hinges and lift systems - is what decides whether a kitchen feels expensive on the tenth year or the tenth day.

We standardise on hardware from partners like Blum for exactly this reason: soft-close mechanisms, lifetime warranties and a mechanical feel that is measurably better than the market default.

In this note, we walk through the specific mechanisms we use - and why.