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Appliance pulls and drawer pulls - do they have to match?

16 years ago

My cabinet maker offers a line in which I can select the cabinet knobs & pulls. Some families in this line have matching appliance pulls and others do not. Of course, my favorites don't have the appliance pulls. I can go elsewhere and select hardware but I'm so tired of shopping everything to death so I prefer not to.

DH thinks they have to match. I don't agree - but they must complement each other - I think.

Do yours match or not?

Can you show pics?

TIA

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3katz4me

16 years ago

Mine don't - the finish matches but not the style. I REALLY obsessed about this - wanting them to match - but in the end decided I wanted the cabinet pulls I wanted and there was no matching appliance pull so decided I'd just have get over it. Now three years later I wonder how I could have been so obsessed about something so inconsequential.

{{!gwi}}

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cat_mom
16 years ago
The only appliance we paneled is the DW. With the panel, it looks identical to the trash cab on the other side of the sink cab. Both doors have the same handle/pull as all the other doors/drawers, but for those two doors (and the over the fridge cab) we used the 12" size pull (8" on almost all the rest). The fridge and the stove; KA built-in and Wolf range, are not paneled, and have their own factory-installed handles. IMHO, they all look fine together.
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Good things to think about--thanks! I ordered a few knobs/pulls and will test them for sharpness. I can put them in my bathroom for a test run. I decided my paper mockups don't do a good job of representing the bulkiness (or lack of bulkiness of the pulls; I needed to cut out the middles. Zwizzle, I agree with you on the function of one pull (or knob, or whatever). It just seems right for function. These drawers are big (in addition to being wide, the interior space is about 28" front-to-back), and will hold heavy stuff, so if I think I'll be tugging from one offcenter handle, I should avoid the 2-handle setup. Maybe I can mix a large rectangular bar with these pulls if they pass the pain test. So, back to knob shopping. Do y'all think black is the way to go for handles that don't stick out? The countertop here will be stainless steel, faucets and (probably temporary) lights chrome, but house-ish metals are brass (doorknobs, window hardware, etc.). I think a dirty brass might be alright but I don't want anything sparkly. At least I don't think so.
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napagirl
16 years ago
Bumping before it falls off today ...

This is a good question that deserves some more photos.
Anyone else have anything to share?
olga_d
16 years ago
Unless you do the whole paneled appliances look, I think matching pulls can look too "matchy-matchy". I think a complementary (but not the same) style looks better.
saskatchewan_girl
16 years ago
My cabinet maker suggested it, because I was stuck on where to start looking. Mine do match but I think it just worked out that way. We like the handles (brought home 12!!yikes) and they aren't exactly the same but I think they match.

sk girl
brutuses
16 years ago
Having all that matchy, matchy, is too much for my taste. I don't even care for paneled appliances. I like the look of SS appliances and think of them as the jewelry in the kitchen.
ljsandler
16 years ago
I'm with you--I have 5 different styles of hardware in all the same color in my kitchen--it looks great and interesting.
HU-57245463
last year
last modified: last year
so far these are the only cabinet pulls I like for our bar (these are satin brass), but our wine fridge has the standard nickel color they all come with. what are your thoughts on these pulls with the fridge pulls?? I dont want to do any type of silver. Thanks for your help!

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