The right fittings and components are the key to an efficient kitchen. Austrian fittings manufacturer BLUM has set trends for many years right from the first CLIP hinge for tool free mounting through to the establishment of the Dynamic Space modern kitchen planning concept.

BLUM’s mission statement has always been to make using the kitchen a practical, pleasurable experience. This aim has been achieved by developing products according to the BLUM philosophy of Global Customer Benefits which aims at providing advantages for everyone involved in the kitchen manufacturing and purchase chain. In base units the BLUM storage ethic calls for all fixed shelves to be eradicated and replaced with full extension TANDEMBOX drawer and pull out systems with integrated BLUMOTION soft close. Internally BLUM has developed ORGA-LINE as a sophisticated and flexible system for personal organisation. Moving even further forward BLUM offers SERVO-DRIVE to automatically open drawers at the touch of a hand, knee or foot.
Dealing with difficult areas is a BLUM speciality. The SPACE CORNER is an innovative way to deal with awkward corners. Under sink and plinth drawers make use of normally wasted space and in larder units, full extension pull outs are able to use the full cabinet width thanks to special BLUM zero protrusion hinges.
On the walls, cabinets must have hinges that open the door to the correct angle and close it softly. There is a growing demand for lift up doors where fittings must be specially engineered to cope with the weight of the door panel and make opening effortless for the user.

Quartet Home S.L
Unlike many kitchen retailers Quartet Home does not supply just one single brand of kitchen. Owner, Lee Boote, has 22 years experience within the kitchen industry. This has lead him to understand the vast options available in the market place and how being tied to a ‘brand’ for ease or simplicity has its drawbacks. When he launched Quartet Home S.L 4 years ago he knew that the best kitchen package the company could offer to their clients is based around flexibility as well as the important quality against price argument. One thing that they include in every kitchen that they install regardless, is the industry leading Blum® drawer, hinge and lift system. Blum® is manufactured in Austria and is without a doubt the finest kitchen hardware you can offer. Everyone offers soft close drawers and even doors nowadays and its easy to perceive quality even at the lowest end, but by comparison Blum® just moves and lasts so much better. The closing and opening action is smoother and the lift systems for the more modern horizontal wall units are superb. They recently installed a single door to a 60cm high wall unit which is 160cm wide. A single Blum® vertical lift system works brilliantly. The vertical lift system opens effortlessly and closes slowly and silently time after time. When you see an old kitchen that is beyond reasonable repair its almost always the hinges and drawers that let it down. When you install a new kitchen and line everything up perfectly the Blum® fittings stay where you put them. It’s so common to see a recently fitted kitchen that needs ‘adjustment’ because inferior hinges and drawer systems have been used. That’s why Quartet Home choose Blum®. They have 4 kitchen suppliers offering more than 2,000 kitchen range variations covering ultra modern through classic to traditional and rustic. Every kitchen is designed according to its fundamental nature and the client’s exacting needs. Prices start at €5000 for a small kitchen in an apartment (excluding appliances) and end where the client chooses. Every kitchen they supply and install represents the best value for money available and the service they offer from initial contact through to completion is second to none. Quartet Home are confident that they don’t have a client that doesn’t believe this to be true and are sure to keep it this way for all their new and future clients too.

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