I'm in the process of having a kitchen built by a local carpenter, who is going to build a traditional kitchen with softwood carcasses and proper hinges, etc. He says that he uses conventional hinges because the 'blumotion' style ones are a compromise that flatpack kitchen manufacturers use in order to replicate 'proper' kitchens. Although I'm really pleased that we are having a kitchen made entirely from real wood (instead of compressed board / chipboard with real wood veneer) for not much more than we would have paid for a Wickes type one, I cant help feeling that soft close doors are a feature I quite like. I mentioned this to our carpenter and he feels strongly that we should stick to traditional hinges.
Does anyone know if there are traditional looking hinges that have incorporated soft closing? Any comments?
Cheers
James