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An appliance that includes a storage compartment includes either a drawer or a wire basket located in the storage compartment, a handle, and a trim portion. The drawer or basket stores at least one item and the drawer is movable relative to the storage compartment. The handle is snappingly secured t

An appliance that includes a storage compartment includes either a drawer or a wire basket located in the storage compartment, a handle, and a trim portion. The drawer or basket stores at least one item and the drawer is movable relative to the storage compartment. The handle is snappingly secured to a peripheral edge of the drawer or basket. The trim portion is snappingly secured to at least one edge of the drawer or basket where the trim portion is secured independently of the handle. In another example, a humidity control device is located on the drawer and controls the humidity within the interior portion of the drawer. A knob that controls the humidity control device is received through a cutout in the trim portion.

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1. An appliance that includes a storage compartment comprising: a drawer located in the storage compartment wherein the drawer is configured for storing at least one item and the drawer is movable relative to the storage compartment, further wherein the drawer has a front side portion, a rear side p

1. An appliance that includes a storage compartment comprising: a drawer located in the storage compartment wherein the drawer is configured for storing at least one item and the drawer is movable relative to the storage compartment, further wherein the drawer has a front side portion, a rear side portion, and two opposed side portions extending between the front side portion and rear side portion, whereby a pair of front corners are defined at an intersection of the front side portion and each of the two opposed side portions;a window defined by the front side portion of the drawer and comprising a peripheral edge that further comprises a top peripheral edge inset from a top peripheral edge of the front side portion;a handle snappingly secured to the top peripheral edge of the window, the top peripheral edge of the window being smaller than a top edge portion of the handle to define an inset space configured to enable a user to grasp the handle; anda trim portion snappingly secured to the front corners of the drawer and the top peripheral edge of the front side portion without overlapping the window, wherein the trim portion is secured independently of the handle, the handle being removable from the drawer while the trim portion is secured to the drawer. 2. The appliance according to claim 1, wherein the handle and trim portion have coplanar front surfaces; and wherein the window is inset behind the coplanar front surfaces. 3. The appliance according to claim 2, wherein the drawer includes a humidity vent, wherein the humidity vent is located below the window and is inset from the front side portion of the drawer. 4. The appliance according to claim 3, further comprising a humidity control device located on the drawer configured to control a humidity within an interior portion of the drawer. 5. The appliance according to claim 4, wherein a rear surface of the trim portion includes at least one rib that extends towards the drawer. 6. The appliance according to claim 5, wherein the humidity control device includes a panel between the drawer and the trim portion and the humidity control device further includes a knob protruding from the panel, further wherein an edge of the panel is configured to slidingly contact the at least one rib such that the at least one rib is configured to slidingly receive the at least one edge of the panel. 7. The appliance according to claim 6, wherein the trim portion includes at least one cutout configured to correspond to the humidity vent. 8. The appliance according to claim 7, wherein the at least one rib of the trim portion includes a first rib and a second rib that are configured to trap an upper edge and a lower edge of the panel. 9. The appliance according to claim 8, wherein the first rib extends along a first edge of the cutout and the second rib extends along an opposite second edge of the cutout, further wherein the panel is configured to slidingly contact the first rib and the second rib. 10. The appliance according to claim 7, wherein the knob is movable to control an amount of the panel that is blocking the humidity vent. 11. The appliance according to claim 7, wherein the knob is received through the cutout in the trim portion. 12. The appliance according to claim 1, wherein the trim portion is secured independently of the handle such that the trim portion and the handle can be independently exchanged without interference between each other. 13. The appliance according to claim 1, the trim portion being removable from the drawer while the handle remains secured to the drawer.