Drawer technology is driven primarily by the needs of the kitchen market. With kitchens the needs are strength, resilience and cost reduction by pushing down the number of components required to build a drawer. This has resulted in a number of drawerbox solutions based on metal sides. Metal also has the advantage that it can easily be wiped down with a wet cloth. There are some great systems available such as Blum Legrabox and Tandembox....
The neatest drawer runner type for residential houses is the bottom mount runner. The advantages are: fits under the drawer box so visually it is unobtrusive and in many cases invisible the weight of the drawer contents is supported underneath by the drawer runner so the possibility of the drawer bottom falling out is dramatically reduced the weight of the drawer/contents is borne by the drawer runner rather than relying on screws driven in the side of the drawer box Bottom mount versus side mount drawer runners When are side-mounted drawer runners appropriate?...