I asked about this in an earlier conversation and it seems that a six inch pull is not hefty enough, even if it is brass, as dishwashers seal tightly. A six inch pull is fine for the trash pull out. I suspect that the finish is polished chrome but the base metal is probably zinc in the pull you have chosen. Can you find an appliance pull that is close in appearance? I will be interested in what others have to say on this matter. The appliance pull that matches my hardware was ridiculously expensive. I was frustrated to have to pay so much for it.

My kitchen has brass for the cabinet pulls and handles with stainless for the appliances and faucet. Two metals, looks great. If pewter is what you really want start with that. I’m thinking the first thing to do is buy yourself a sample pewter pull or knob and see how it goes with your kitchen IRL.. If you like the look then you can get a replacement faucet in either pewter or stainless if you are worried about everything blending together. Even If you keep the present faucet till you get around to doing that I’m pretty sure visitors won’t start shrieking when they spot it. No, they won’t even notice it. I can’t say I love oil rubbed bronze - not because it isn’t handsome, but because I suspect it will be dated as a finish in a couple of years. Pewter and stainless seem more timeless. Congratulations on your new home. :)

So many interesting ideas--thanks! We decided to wait a week or two before sending the deposit, mainly so we can get some bids back so we have a clearer idea of the whole budget. But this is reassuring. Some reactions: On the cabinets on fridge wall. The cabinet to the right of the fridge will be a pull-out (the bottom half). Right now, it's 12" wide framed, with a 9" pullout. We're still nailing down the width of the little gap to the left of the fridge in the base cabinets. For a reason we haven't quite identified, the KD has it at 3 3/4, while we calculate it at 6" (everyone agrees on the whole run at 102". Actually the latter is not quite true, because when we remove the plaster and replace with drywall, we may pick up an inch or so.) Anyway, if it's 6", we should be able to put a small open space between two boxes, with a floor and a back, to get the full 6" for some trays etc. If it's much less, it gets difficult. (Michellemarie, I think it's OK to install a 30¨ 120 Advantium below counter. If we could get away with it, we¡¦d go with the 27¨, because clearly we could use the 3¨ extra. But it seems that's not possible.) We thought about glass doors on the top run of cabinets to the left of the fridge, but we thought it wouldn't match up too well with the rest of the run (e.g. the pullout to the right of the fridge), and anyway this was one place where we may save a bit of money. Also, we thought it would force the shelf in the middle, which may not be too efficient way up there. Bmorepanic, we don't want to increase the width of the cabinet to the left of the range, because there is not that much room to move the large "window" over the sink (partly because it is a load-bearing wall, and mainly because we need a big enough wall cabinet to the right for dishes). And then we want the hood placed symmetrically between that "window" and the wall. Lots of you mentioned the pull-outs to the left of the range. Our only thought was only that we need a place for a few small appliances, such as a blender, that are pretty tall but we use frequently (enough that we want them in the kitchen but not enough to put them out). And the pull-outs give us more flexibility on height. I shouldn't admit it, but we aren't the type to worry about scratches on the insides of the doors. The other alternative for the appliances is the end cabinets in the alcove, which will be 15" deep and just shelves inside (which could be adjustable. In this case, maybe drawers to the left of the range make more sense--we need to think more about that one. As for the hood, we're thinking something like a very low profile chimney hood. Maybe this Jennair or this Kitchenaid Architect II. We need to think a bit more about the entrance, I guess. Hestia, we like the idea of the 1-over-2 doors (I don't quite know the style, maybe transitional? I have to consult on that one. We're looking for period but not religiously so.) I don't know about putting in upper ones in the entrance wall. In the architect's elevations (I showed the KD's; I don¡¦t recent PDFs from the architect, only hard copy), it's clearer that there isn't much horizontal room for uppers. Rather, the idea is that the base cabinets, which will use all the available horizontal space, will look a bit like the base from which the arch extends up and over. Joanr, I kind-of like the idea of switching the trash with the silverware. The nice thing about such a small kitchen is that no matter where you are, you're a couple of steps from the trash. And I do worry about the corner there getting a bit clogged up during clean-up time (with more than one person helping). But it would be in a bit better position at least for one person. Right now, I don¡¦t quite know exactly how wide that existing silverware spot is. But if it's 18¨, then it would solve our little gap on the fridge side. We could put the trash in the 18¨ slot and use whatever space we have on the fridge side after the Advantium for a wider set of drawers. The thing is, we don't have a lot of flexibility on sizing on the range side either. We can't move the window much, and we want the range centered under the hood (itself centered between the window and the left wall) and the sink under the window. So either we have about 18¨ there to the far right or we don't. I'll have to check with the KD. Finally, I don't think we have room for an upper cabinet on that bit of rear wall to the left of the range. But what we have in mind (it's something we had original to our previous '20s house) is a very shallow built-in spice cabinet. I think it would look nice and be functional. Anyway, thanks again for the many useful suggestions! Andy

No pictures not built yet. Question is if I need appliance pulls functionally My appliance guy just told me they are not needed for either of these and actually too bulky. Regular as long as big enough will work. I was thinking 5” for other base cabinets but if doing these in the regular pull I’d go a bit bigger 6-8 inches).