Love the bronze and nickel combo for your kitchen! However, I warn that pulls with ends (as opposed to those that cascade down without a lip) tend to catch on clothes.

Just to add a marital relationship wrinkle....my spouse insists the kitchen will be TOO plain and we need to POP it with color! So he wants COLOR knobs, hence the turquoise. BUT, now he says those are too ORGANIC in a kitchen with wood, tile and black granite with a live edge. I feel like I'm wrestling a tiger! Personally, I'd just go with the turquoise and the Amerock Westerly in satin nickel...just to make him sorta-happy. But that won't do it either....grrrr.

use the handles on the uppers. forgo knobs.

i like the turquoise, but not w/that tile selection.

consider doing a cool black tile (maybe a smokey black glass?) behind the stove if you want to use the turquoise.

the far left one would look killer w/your cabinet stain

or get something like this from Lunada Bay

or do a black or turquoise scallop tile if you want turquoise knobs

Abouttogetdusty....I totally agree! And I had ruled anything like it OUT from the beginning. UNTIL i found these Esquire handles from Amerock. I fell head over heels. I'm in LUV. But I don't know WHAT knobs to go with now and the 'color' issue that's driving my husband nuts is still not addressed. What color can you possibly put with the Esquire's? They're satin nickel and oil rubbed bronze.....**turquoise***??? :-))

Hi Beth, Great ideas....but the tile is already purchased and in our hands. Just not on the wall. LOL Hand made in Portland, OR and quite expensive!

Clementhill, what about all pulls? In a color? Something like this - https://www.myknobs.com/ribp83517.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiA2ITuBRDkARIsAMK9Q7PibOsUugNG9kDMsuo1u9-kCj9UpVABQNFHPGATOf7Wig1ipcI9l4EaAhAyEALw_wcB I have been to hardware showrooms with plenty of colorful pulls.

pretty. if you had a diff color countertop, I'd really like the two together. but the black counter doesn't work w/both of those simultaneously . each one alone? yes.

I really like the blue knobs because they bring a pop to the kitchen but the bar handles are more simplistic

I am leaning that direction T B.....I think you've nailed it. But dealing with a temperamental spouse makes things TOUGHER than they should be. We'll see. He just HATES not knowing EXACTLY how everything will look before it's done. Cheers! And THANKS!!!!!

I like changing my accent colors often so if it were my kitchen, I'd go with the metal pulls.

Like T B said, it's easy to jazz up your space with color and I prefer to keep the big ticket items more neutral.

I don't usually care for runners in the kitchen, but a lot of people here like them. Here's one that I think is pretty:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Safavieh-Rag-Rug-Blue-Multi-2-ft-x-5-ft-Runner-RAR121B-25/207133571?mtc=Shopping-VF-F_Vendor-G-D23-23_3_AREA_RUGS_MATS_REMS-Multi-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-NA_2&cm_mmc=Shopping-VF-F_Vendor-G-D23-23_3_AREA_RUGS_MATS_REMS-Multi-NA-Feed-PLA-NA-NA-NA_2-71700000040817772-58700004372628364-92700036923505022&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIh9zx4s_U5QIVCoeGCh3g1g7jEAQYAiABEgJUcvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

The turquoise knobs do not match your finishes and other choices in terms of style. Stick with the pulls for the drawers and use a simple satin nickel knob on the uppers. You are going to have plenty going on for interest once your back splash and countertop is installed.

Unless you can replace hardware at your whim, use turquoise for towels and other kitchen accessories. Even seasonally you can change that stuff out. Falling in love with this kind of thing is what derails projects. Use the other throughout.

"matte black leathered counters with 4" backsplash coming in 2+ weeks, natural barely tinted beech cabinets partially installed right now which are mostly drawers on lowers and doors above (no doors or drawers installed yet), stainless appliances, gray 'cloudy' 23"x12" floor tile, fawn colored hand-made ogee tiles for behind stove to ceiling only, satin nickel generally seems to be the go-to (faucet anyway)...."

Not sure why you are doing a four inch riser. Tile to the bottom of hood, and ALL the rest to bottom of cabinets. And perhaps with a different tile. Not sure you are going to love that fawn with the barely stained beech.

I dislike the different pattern behind the stove especially a stove that already has a pack panel why not just get more of that tile do it asa backsplash instead of the 4" piece and a simple stainless pull and use color for the decor pieces a big turquoise bowl filled with lemons , honestly a million ways to add color in a kitchen without it being handles I use simple stainless pulls from Lee Valley I like then to be in proportion to the cabinets and sometimes done some horizonta some vertical This gives you the idea.

Huge "Thank You" to calidesign, Anne Duke and chocolatebunny...some things I needed to hear AND excellent ideas! Wow. Mega-appreciate the guidance. The rest of the kitchen is fully designed, the counters have been templated and are being made right now and the tile behind the stove (which will be replaced with a stove without a back panel eventually) was hand made and is already purchased. What I"m saying is.....the HARDWARE is my question, not the rest of the design. That is all set in stone, so to speak. Sorry some of you don't like it. Jan and Patricia...thank you for trying to help. We don't want tile all over our walls, paint is SO easy to change, tile is not. Plus it gets really busy looking and we're not into that for the most part. Tile on the floor and a splash of tile on the wall are plenty for us. The example you offered Patricia is just a 180 from our tastes, but it gets your point across. FYI - I'll try to post a DONE pic in about 3-4 weeks. Again, I am too, too grateful for the extremely kind help and advice you guys!!!!!

The wall color is kinda' dreary. A light turquoise paint would be nice. A turquoise Kitchen Aid will fix almost everything.

Agree about the pulls with the extended ends. They are clothes catchers. I installed something similar on an in-the-wall shallow laundry cabinet in a vertical orientation. About two days later, I leaned over to pick up a laundry basket and whammed the back of my hand into the end of the pull. Tore the skin, left a nasty large bruise & hurt like hell then and for a few days after. Immediately got on eBay and ordered replacements that were curved. Much like these:

https://www.myknobs.com/smedcabharpu19.html

ci_lantro....Interesting you don't like our choice of wall color. You'd really hate our home then too since all of our walls are a warm white. I appreciate your take on the cabinet hardware, I thought the same thing until I saw these and am smitten. Still deciding though, but thanks!!!