At a home renovation in Connecticut, cabinet fabricator Michael Madore experimented with what he calls an "aggressive" metal-sanding process to pull out the grain from the whitewashed oak plywood. For the hardware-free cabinets, Julie Salles Schaffer looked to a drawer pull detail derived from Giò Ponti’s work—though she admits the radial edging is an effect entirely her own. Photo 3 of 8 in 8 Creative Ways to Let the Little Details Shine from An Arctic White Kitchen Renovation in Connecticut

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In the design of her own home, architect Julie Salles Schaffer opted for kitchen cabinets where the grain of the wood is highly visible (because of a special metal sanding process by the cabinet fabricator), but hardware is not. Schaffer looked to a drawer pull detail derived from Italian designer Giò Ponti’s work—though she admits the radial edging is an effect entirely of her own. The combination of rounded edges and hardware-free design creates a purity of form and an emphasis on the wood.