Drawer pull placement on shaker style drawers

julieh1926

13 years ago

So, I know that it is mostly a matter of personal preference, but has anyone placed their drawer pull on the rail of a shaker style drawer instead of the center? Our KD is looking at us like we're nuts to place them on the rail... thoughts??

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segbrown

13 years ago

We did it both ways ... on the rail on the island, and in the center on the perimeter. The reason we did the island that way is the trash (which is to the right of the sink), so we didn't have to bend down to open it.

It kind of depends on usage ... go around and pretend to open drawers.

Here are pics to show our seemingly haphazard (but not, really) pull placement.

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jeff_from_oakville
13 years ago
That's where our KD has suggested we place them. On the rail. We're still undecided however the time to decide is very soon. ugh.
chocolatetruffle
13 years ago
Our shaker drawers are 3-high, and the top is just slab. We've centered those pulls on the slab. On the two lower drawers in each stack, we put them on the rails. That is what my KD recommended, and I am really happy with it. My KD pointed out that if you put it below the rail in the center, especially on the bottom drawers, you have to reach further down. The photo in the link below will show you how we did it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pull placement for shaker drawers
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There is no one right answer to this. Our decision was influenced partly by me being short so we chose a placement that put them about as low on the door as would look nice. Our pull's "legs" (the part of the pull touching the cabinet - not sure what to call that so leg seems as good as anything) are round. We placed ours on uppers so that the bottom leg of the pull (i.e. the bottom part touching the door) was centered with respect to the bottom rail. On the lower cabinets with a door we did the same thing except with the top leg and rail instead of the bottom. The result is that the end of the pull is kind of centered on the diagonal running from the inner corner of the rail and stile to the outer corner of the door. Since your pull has a longer leg, that might make the bottom of the pull look a bit too close to the bottom of the door.so moving it a bit higher with the inner edge lined up with the inner edge of the rail as DCward suggests might be better.
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Thanks for the advice so far! I'm still getting used to the new site, and didn't realize that while I have notifications about new comments enabled, it doesn't actually do anything unless I also enable the settings under my profile. This is how it looks with the hardware in the two spots (excuse the mess): I tried dividing the drawer in half, centered on each half, but that's too far apart. And I tried centering the pulls over the 1/3 points, but that was way too close together. If I exclude the stiles, and just focus on the 33" inset panel, dividing that in half and centering on each half places the edge of the pulls 4.25" in from the stile, or 7.25" from the edge of the drawer. That puts them a little wider apart than the 7.5" from the drawer edge placement on the bottom drawer, and certainly narrower than the 6.5" from the edge of the top two. Our KD says she really likes the way the top two drawers look, and that she likes that they're consistent with the drawer stack to the left, and my wife agrees. I like how they match the drawers to the left too, but I'm concerned that the gap between the pulls is too large and looks off. Is that just me? Am I completely over-thinking this? Don't think I don't hear you all nodding!
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On the other hand, I would not want the responsibility of drilling holes in my new bathroom fixtures for drawer pulls, no matter how easy, since my astigmatism and progressive lenses make doing anything like that at below-waist level iffy. So that means taking each drawer out and to a work area. Forget it, not while I am moving in, and not in my new cabs when it is a chore I have never done. Nope, I would not do it myself. Especially not when I am moving in. Can you go up to the search function, put in "shaker bathroom vanity" and choose "in photos" as your option. Just ignore all the stuff that is NOT what you are looking for, and check out the drawer pulls in the photos of the shaker cabs until you get a feel for what you like best. Sometimes, if it is a bathroom that you really want to see better, if you click on the photo there may be more shots from other angles in the article the photo you are looking at came from. There are over 263,000 photos of Shaker style bathrooms in Houzz!
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lisadlu
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julieh1926
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks for the replies! My husband thinks we should put them on the rails, and I tend to agree with him. But, it seems like most pictures I've seen have them placed in the center panel. I think maybe they used to do them on the rails because the center panel is not as solid as the rails themselves, and before glides were so smooth, having the pulls on the rails added some stability. But that's sort of moot with today's glides that work so smoothly.

Somehow it's the little details that keep me up at night.
davidro1
13 years ago
higher up is easier to reach.

it doesn't stress the drawer slider mechanism.
avesmor
13 years ago
I did shaker fronts on all areas 9" or taller, and slabs on the rest. I thought full shaker would look too busy since I have some small drawers.

We have cup pulls on all drawers and knobs on all doors.

Here's where I get stupid. :) (Not really, we're building and don't move in until this week and exact placement of hardware is eluding me right now...)

I think our cup pulls are centered on slab fronts and rail-mounted on shaker fronts. I have some pics at home and will be happy to share this evening if you're interested.

Now it's bugging me that I can't remember!
julieh1926
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks so much for the pictures -- they really help. I know that this decision is completely based on personal preference, but it's really nice to see what others have done. I agree with the thought that centered will feel really low on the lowest drawers. I think we're going to stick with our decision to place them on the rails. Thanks!!
Mabies
12 years ago
Hi Julieh -- This string is very helpful ... just wondering, if a year later, are you happy with your placement? Our hardware is being installed tomorrow... we have been mulling it over and decided to put all the pulls on the upper rails, as you describe... (but of course now I am rethinking it over again ... )....

Thanks much,
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Gail
4 years ago
Hi! On my shaker cabinets I am doing a 6 inch pull On the drawers but then going with a 4 1/2 inch pull on the island for the trash do you think that’s OK
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Beautiful!!
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4 years ago
Typo meant to type pulls!!

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