Cup pulls versus bar pulls
tigger9759
8 years ago
For those with cup pulls, do they get really dirty and/or grimy? I love the look of the 6" cup pulls I've picked out but I'm getting nervous that they'll be a bear to maintain with my 4 grubby boys (the lovely triplets who are 7 and their equally grubby brother who is 4). This is the cup pull and bar pull under current consideration
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Bunny
8 years ago
Hillside House
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Kitchen drawers versus pull-out shelves?
Comments (20)This is our forever house and I wanted to design as much flexibility into our kitchen as possible (with the exception that we closed in our cd fridge--hope that doesn't come back to bite me.) When I think back to my needs 20 years ago they were way different from my needs now. I imagine 20 years from now the same will hold true. Drawers are the easiest storage to use but the least flexible. Shelving and many pull outs can be height adjusted. I LOVE our drawers but I also love having several cabinets that allow changes down the road. I would have felt safer with all drawers if I had a walk-in pantry with adjustable shelving to accomodate odd-sized items. Also, I'm a fan of mismatched dishes so I prefer having my dishes on an upper cabinet shelf so that I can see what's in the stack rather than just what's on top of the stack. Drawers: I keep pots and pans and fry pans, glass baking/storage dishes, lids, spices and the typical small stuff. Pull outs: pantry items, stacks of differnt pie plates, some small electricals, stock pots, large colanders, flour sifter, extra bags of flour and sugar, flour and sugar canisters and baking supplies (a counter height pull out), + 3 pull outs in our pantry cabinet. The disadvantage is that once in a while (not very often at all) an items will fall off (if unlike items are stacked--nothing well nested falls off) when I pull the shelf out vigorously but the advantage of seeing all the items at once instead of just looking down on the top layer outweighs the disadvantage for me in certain cases. Grabbing a stock pot and pulling it off a fairly open shelf is easier than dealing with the cofines of a drawer. Fixed shelves: large mixing bowls, less used electricals (behind the large mixing bowls), corning ware, stuff that is too long to fit in a drawer (grilling skewers), smaller colanders, loaf and cake pans, and slotted fixed shelves for baking pans, cookie sheets, muffin tins, cutting boards + 2 fixed shelves in our pantry cabinet. Upper cabinets: dishes, mugs, glasses, extra coffee carafe, ice cream maker, liquid measuring cups, ramekins, custard cups, lemon juicer, jars of rice and legumes, ceramic mixing bowls, vases, covered casseroles, oils and vinegars, pitchers, stemware. I LOVE our drawers but I also like the few pull outs and fixed shelves we have. If needed, the pull outs can be removed down the road and fixed shelves could be put in if the additional space is needed or 1 or 3 pull outs can be put in the space that now holds 2. I've been aware of the all-drawer concept for more than 20 years (some friends and DH's aunt put them in that long ago) but decided the "everything in moderation" route was better for us....See MoreCup pulls with regular pulls? Pics appreciated
Comments (6)Yes, you can mix em. You can do anything YOU like. When it comes to pulls/knobs, they are the jewelry of the kitchen and the owner can decide what s/he likes. And I just want to say, cup pulls on uppers are NOT silly. I've seen them. A friend of mine bought a house where they used cup pulls on the uppers (and lowers). On the uppers they are turned sideways and look really cute. Something different. Which just goes to show you, anything goes. If you like the look of it, then that's what's right!...See Morecup pulls mixed w/ bar pulls??
Comments (5)We have chosen knobs for the doors and pulls for the drawers. My husband was really 'pulling' for all knobs so he'd only have to drill one hole rather than centering multiple holes and matching them up later if I switch pulls. I won this one because I found pulls cooler than what I saw originally and they were VERY inexpensive and very heavy. I like the look of mixing them up to draw your attention to the differences. Choosing all the same style makes them all blend together and looks too 'matchy-matchy' for my taste. I think you will like having different style hardware; keeps it interesting. I matched the metal of ours to the sink & faucet so the total space looks unified, yet has enough variation to keep interest....See More24'' base cabinets. One cup pull, or two?
Comments (4)I would do one pull on the 24" drawers. 30" and wider you could do 2. As gw said, nothing on the sink drawer. I'd pass on the handles used as towel bars simply because that's not a convenient place for towels. Also, I'd find it a nuisance to have them between me and sink....See More
amck2
8 years ago
debrak_2008
8 years agotigger9759
8 years agoHillside House
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Buehl
8 years agodesignsaavy
8 years ago
yeh_yeh
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agotigger9759
8 years agoartemis_ma
8 years agojenmendel23
8 years agoI have a related question. I really love the look of cup pulls for my drawers, but was also contemplating a bar pull similar to the one posted above ( Top Knobs trunk pull.) I was planning on doing one or the other on drawers and then simple knobs on cabinets. But I kind of fell in love with the look of the trunk pulls vertically on the cabinets. Would it be weird to do those on the cabinets and the cup pulls on the drawers? It seems nobody mixes those two. Any thoughts? Thanks.
this cup pull but in satin nickel.
here is the trunk pull
designsaavy
8 years agojennifer2413
8 years ago
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