We have spoken at length in Bezzia on furniture and handles like tool to transform the look of these. However, never before have we stopped to talk about shooters, about different types of shooters that exist in the market.
The choice of shooters is much more important than it might seem. They are an element that influences not only the appearance of a piece of furniture but in its functionality. Therefore, whether you want to completely change the appearance of a piece of furniture that you already have or have yet to furnish your new home, knowing them we think may interest you.
When you go to a professional to design the kitchen or the carpentry of any of the rooms, one of the many decisions you will have to make will be regarding the handles. The first question regarding these will refer to the two large groups of shooters that exist in the market, seen or hidden?
Shooters seen
The shooters seen are those who are placed on the fronts of doors and drawers. The usual shooters. A large group in which two types stand out, the knob and handle pulls, and which allows us to choose from thousands of models with a wide variety of designs, materials and finishes.
- Knob handles. As a general rule are placed on doors, although they can also be found in narrow drawers generally placed in the center of the front. It is less common to find them in tall drawers, where for functionality they are placed on the top and doubling the handles if they were small.
- Handle pulls. The handle pulls are positioned indistinctly in doors and drawers. Traditionally, the handles are placed horizontally in drawers and vertically in doors, as reflected in the image below, but it is also possible, in order to take care of the harmony of the space, to place them all horizontally.
With the aim of achieving a more homogeneous aesthetics, knobs and handles of the same series are usually combined. You can use the handles on the low cabinets in the kitchen and the knobs on the high ones. You can also combine handles on base units and hidden handles on over-counter doors to create a cleaner and more minimalist environment. The options are many and they are there.
Hidden shooters
The hidden shooters are those who are integrated into the furniture, forming part of the front. They provide a clean and refined finish that is very appropriate in contemporary and minimalist kitchens. They generally go unnoticed, although it is possible to make them stand out as you will see below.
- Nail. The fingernails are installed along the edge of the door or front of the drawer, thus allowing a comfortable opening of the same from any point. They can be installed both horizontally and vertically, as required by the furniture itself, and thanks to the variety of finishes it can be combined with the rest of the kitchen elements.
- Gola. This type of opening system incorporates a collar, a aluminum profile that is integrated into the furniture itself and allows the opening of the doors and drawers that are above and below it, which makes a big difference with the fingernails. The gola profile allows to achieve a continuous aesthetic, a clean and modern wardrobe design. As for the aesthetic part, the finishes allow to play with the uniformity or provide contrast to the kitchen design. The usual thing is to choose matching profiles but you can find them in contrast in copper, gold and even in some bright colors.
- push. This system consisting of a piston to be pressed, embedded in the side of the helmet behind the door, also allows a clean aesthetic in the furniture. It is that if less durable than previous hidden systems.
Now that you know the different types of handles, which one would you like your furniture to have? In Bezzia We love the idea of combining low cabinets with handles and high cabinets with hidden profiles to play with traditional and modern.