In my kitchen I picked the same 3.5" pulls for all doors and drawers and I like it. My biggest drawer is 30 I think.

Would you like me to snap a pic for you?

I used bin pulls, a little narrower than the ones you picked - and put 2 pulls on my drawer banks > or = 34" width. My 30.5" drawer fronts look fine (IMO) with one pull, but I prefered the 34.5" and 37.5" fronts with 2 pulls.

I placed mine along the upper stiles (and in the corresponding place on my upper slab drawers). I liked the look of my pulls centered on the drawer face, but preferred the ergonomics of "stile" placement, especially for my bottom drawers.

The single pull looks skimpy on the large drawers to me. But it might be that the black chunky pulls have enough "presence" that you could get away with it. I had to buy samples when I was figuring all this out. Ended up with 4 sizes of pulls!

Thanks all!

I have single pulls (and single cup pulls that are small) on all of 36" wide drawers (including fridge/freezer drawers and pantry drawers that are stocked full). Have had no problems.

See little cup pull, on 36" drawers:

Just my opinion, but that little knob looks kind of silly on that big drawer, a bit lost... I'd go with two of those pulls on each drawer, or find a longer pull, and go single.

totally off topic, but I love your floor Fori. Can you tell me what tile/stone it is? Thank you!!

Thanks all. The different perspectives are good to have--and don't help narrow it down a bit! :) I suspect looking for hardware with a longer pull available makes sense if I don't want to do doubles. I think Beagle's work because her drawers have their own detailing so the pulls don't look lonely.

Lenzai, the floor is slate: http://www.bedrosians.com/products/SLTCOUGRY0808B . Pretty cheap stuff and comes in many sizes, most of which I used. Color is quite uniform within a tile but not perfectly so between tiles, but close. Some slates are really too rough or flaky for interior use, but these are okay. Just hope this stuff doesn't end up being too slippery.

FWIW... A friend had square knobs and I would sometimes scrape a leg or snag tights on her lower cabinets/drawers. The corners were surprisingly sharp. Your selection looks ever so slightly rounded so you may not have that problem, but I'd check a sample. They're cool looking!

Also, non-round knobs sometimes get off kilter even when tightened well. I have egg shaped knobs on my uppers and every so often I need to straighten some of them. Not a big deal, just an FYI that occasionally you may need to grab the screw driver, straighten and re-tighten some of them (or live with some of them being crooked.) And you will always notice right before guests are due. :)

Darn it Chicagoans! :) Now I have to factor in the scrape element! I'd forgotten that the last time I had knobs I'd get my pockets hung up. And just the other day I got a sweater wrapped around a doorknob somehow...

Blue tape is looking better and better!

Well, I have no problem spending your money (LOL) so I recommend two pulls. But which looks better to you? :)

But you must remember, I do like dressers in kitchens!

It does look like a dresser!

Not sure who lives in your house, but if grimy hands are ever an issue have you thought about what a pain it'll be to actually clean your knobs and pulls? They are very pretty - they belong in a gallery, they're so pretty - but they're shiny and have a ton of surface area to tend to. And a single pull looks lost on one of those drawers, so yep, you'll have to double up. Or chose a different pull that has, in addition to lower maintenance, better sizing for you.

Seeing both above as lav has shown I really like the single pull on the drawer. The drawers are so simple and clean looking that two seems to busy it up.

I don't know that the pull you show above would get any dirtier than another; I'm sometimes amazed at how my simple pulls get gunky. And there are only two of us messy adults here. I do understand what eam is saying, though.

We considered this same pull - just the small square one - for our bathroom linen tower. I really liked the look. I can't remember now why we didn't choose it (probably DH's fault, no doubt).

I used a single 6" pull on 36" drawers and it works fine. My drawers are pretty heavily packed and I wanted to resist the temptation to pull it out using only one side. Somehow I just think it's better for the drawer mechanics to pull straight out from the center.

Fori, those drawers are so beautiful I would hate to detract from their awesomeness with too much hardware. So my vote is one pull, possibly upsized for better proportion. And, like Chicagoans, the first thing I thought of was "ouch!" The look is great, but I know I would hurt myself multiple times a day with that shape.

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.

I think black would look very good against those cabinets! And be a nice play against your grey floors.

Thanks, Raee. I suppose the ol' corny wrought iron hammered strap faux colonial ones are out though, right?

Yeah, they're tired, but they've been there without a refinishing for 60 years.