knobs or pulls on large drawers?
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salex
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Any one have all knobs or pulls on doors but knobs on drawers
Comments (7)Knobs on the uppers-all doors, pulls on the lowers-mix of doors and drawers. Here's my reasoning: the pulls won't catch on my clothing or on the grandkids...and it's easier to put the child safety cabinet locks through the pulls. I don't know if either of those issues apply to you but our 5 visiting munchkins range in age from 12 months to 9 years so we needed to consider their safety in some of our decisions. I'm in the process of marking off the hole so DH and I can install the hardware tonight when he gets home...if I absolutely hate it I'll let you know. That's my 2-cents worth....See Moreknobs on drawers pulls on doors, am I the only one?
Comments (18)Thanks guys, I've been watching cooking shows today and obsessing over hardware! Guess what, America's Test kitchen used knobs on drawers so it must be ok! (or maybe it was the other show I watched?) I wanted a real mix of hardware, yes I love yours Igloo, but I made too many other choices! I got too tired out. DH will be around tomorrow for install so I told him to decide on placement FOR me! Yes, "decision prison" LOL!! I'm refusing to decide on a backsplash for now, even though we have a history of never finishing everything! I think I would just pick something safe, which might be ok, but I don't want to regret it later. Sooo anxious to see it in real life and see if it all comes together!!!!...See MoreDrawer knobs or pulls under Wolf rangetop
Comments (1)I did bar pulls for the rangetop area cabinets. The rest of the kitchen has a lot of drawers with pulls of a different kind. Any doors have round knobs: So you can see the different sizes of bar pulls I used: So you can see the knobs and pulls in the rest of the kitchen:...See MoreWhat size ? How many Knobs and Pulls on each drawer?
Comments (17)Most of this is personal choice/preference. There are no hard and fast rules. Do you like the look of two pulls/drawer on wider drawers? If so, you could get all one size and put one on drawers less than, say, 30" and two on any 30" or wider. You usually do not have to worry about pulling a drawer unevenly with two pulls. As long has you have good quality drawer hardware, you shouldn't have any problems. We put knobs on doors and our 6" pullouts and pulls on all other pullouts and all drawers. In our case, we put one on drawers = 30". I think the 2-pull look looks more like fine furniture, and I happen to like the look. If I had it to do over, I think I might have put two pulls on the 27" drawers... As to the 6" pullouts, our pulls (5") were too wide to fit horizontally and I don't like the look of vertical pulls, so we went with knobs. We store heavy pots & pans and heavy glass dishes in many of the two-pull drawers. I usually use just one hand/pull to open drawers and have not yet hand any issues. If you prefer one pull/drawer, then most will look fine on the drawer widths you listed; none are that wide. I suggest picking a medium-sized pull and just using the same size. You can drive yourself crazy scouring the net and stores looking for the same pull in various sizes. Whatever you choose, I suggest only purchasing two or three of them and them mocking them up on your drawers to see (1) which look you prefer, (2) how you want to place them, and (3) whether they fit your hands and/or fingers (i.e., comfort). We ended up with two different manufacturers for our knobs & pulls (both birdcage in antique iron) b/c the knobs in one (Dec Har) fit our hands better (the stem was a little longer) and the pulls in the other (Siro) had nicer curves. Bottom line....what looks are you drawn to? That will tell you how you should place your hardware. I do have a pic of how I placed my knobs... As to our pulls, we centered them on the drawers fronts, except the trash pullout. The pull on the trash pullout is on the frame. Some pics of drawers of similar size to yours: 24", one pull per drawer: 27", one pull per drawer 30" drawers, two pulls per drawer (6" pullout w/knob on the right) 31" drawer (1), two pulls per drawer (another 6" pullout w/knob on the left) 33", two pulls per drawer (18" trash pullout to the right)...See More
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4 years ago
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4 years agoMartha F
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4 years agoI used the same single pull on ALL my cabinets, upper and lower.. And I quite like it.
My pulls are all 5 1/4", solid polished brass. Three years ago, when I bought them from Look In the Attic, they were just about $10 each; I think the price may have gone up a little but since they are solid brass, they are "forever".
A single pull works perfectly, even on a wide, heavy drawer. I have several 36" drawers, one of which has my Le Crueset big casserole and also a stack of cast iron pans. Talk about heavy! No problem at all.
My installer was at my house today putting in new drawers where the dog cubby had been. My dogs were not using it the way my previous dogs had, so I decided to take back that space. I was talking to this VERY gifted, meticulous installer about my pulls and his view reflected a friend's son who builds custom cabinets; use a single pull - you'll always grab with just one hand anyway, and a single pull in the center works better than two with only one being used. And only one WILL be used. It throws the glides out of "synch".wilson853
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoI have a similar layout except the drawers under my range top are actually 48" wide drawers made to look like two drawers next to each other. This is the only spot in my kitchen where I used two pulls on a single drawer. My husband has large hands so I used a beefier pull with a higher projection so that his hand doesn't rub against the drawer. Figured it would save the area around the pulls where the finish can dull if it is constantly touched. All of my other drawers have a single pull and I can hook my finger through and easily slide the drawer open. Edited to add this is the Top Knobs Shrewsbury pull with the Emtek Georgetown knob.
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