Someone on a recent thread commented on a House Beautiful Kitchen feature. I went to the website and started browsing their featured kitchen. They had an Asian inspired kitchen with these really cool ring pulls -- bronzed, not stainless, but on slide 6 of the presentation to the right it tells where the ring pulls are from. Love the kitchen (yours, that is) Here is a link that might be useful: ring pull source

Definitely personal preference. In our case, we used the same size pulls on all drawers (4"). We used one pull on drawers = 30". We have 18", 24", 27", 30", 31", 31.5", 33", and 36" drawers and, like you, the vast majority of our bases are drawer bases. The only exceptions are the sink bases and the 6" pullouts flanking the cooktop. Cup pulls vs "regular" pulls...originally I wanted cup pulls, but then when we realized that to open the bottom drawers you have to reach under to get your hand in the pull that it would be more difficult than just reaching down from the top, we went w/the "regular". In the end, I'm glad we did as I like our pulls better than the cup pulls for our cabinets & kitchen style. The issue of being able to fit my DH's bigger hands was a concern for us as well when we were considering the cup pulls; since you're also concerned, I'd buy a couple of the larger pulls and try them out. We bought several different pulls & knobs and tried them on our old cabinets to get a feel for what they would be like using them as well as to get a general idea of what they would look like. 24" Drawer, 1 pull/drawer: 27" Drawer, 1 pull/drawer: 33" Drawer, 2 pulls/drawer and 18" Drawer, 1 pull/drawer & trash pullout: 36" Drawer, 2 pulls/drawer:

I used one type of pull in 4 different sizes. All my doors (except a short cabinet above the refrigerator) have 10 inch pulls. I used different lengths on my drawers depending on their width. I tried to keep the drawer pulls about half the width of the drawer. My drawer pulls are 6-3/8" 10", 13-1/4" and 19-3/4". Pictures are available on the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: kitchen reveal

I don't know what finish hardware you are doing, but your choices sound very classic. What color cabinetry are you doing? Sounds to me like you would be most comfortable with a vertically mounted pull. Is this correct? Check out the link below, specifically the Karen Bale kitchen that uses strap hinges as accent pieces on the barn door cabinetry. Would you consider an accent piece--along the lines of Loves2cook's kitchen but keeping with your style? I am not sure of all the elements in your kitchen, but how about an iron forged grip--bold yet traditional: iron grip Here is a link that might be useful: karen bale kitchen