I just went through this - I ordered my pulls the other day and they are now in transit. I meant to get this figured out before I got the cabinets, so everything would be ready, but I procrastinated until the cabinets were in. And I am glad I did. I mocked up the handles using silver ribbon and double sided tape. My initial guesses about what would look right were wrong, so I did a lot of fine tuning. For the drawer pulls, I went with lengths slightly less than the panel in the drawer. (I have shaker paneled drawer fronts. The answer would probably be different for slab fronts.) But it was tricky because the pulls don't come in all the lengths that I wanted, so I had to compromise on some, between too long and too short. For the door pulls, mounted vertically, I thought about full length. But then I realized a problem with that. For upper cabinets I wanted the bottoms of the pulls to be a fixed distance from the bottom of the door. But then the top ends would not be a fixed length from the top of the cabinet because they don't come in the right lengths. I ultimately decided it would be better to make them all the same length. And after trying various things I settled on 10". I think this worked best for the set of cabinet heights I had. I used the same 10" on the lower doors, aligning with the top of the door. The exception was the pantries, which have a tall lower section and a shorter upper section. There I used the 10" length on the upper, but a long one (28") coming down from the top of the lower door. I did that so that there would be handle at a convenient level for the people in my house. Bottom line - I recommend waiting till your cabinets are in so you can really visualize what the pulls will look like.

Hello, I have chosen cup pulls for the drawers and small knobs (25mm) for the cabinets. But I am not sure what to do for the panneled dishwasher and the panneled fridge.. My questions are: *Is the cup handle comfortable enough to open the dishwasher? *Would it be ok to use a bigger knob for the fridge (38mm) and the pantry next to it? .And what about using handles for these two ? Note : My kitchen is small to American standards , 3 drawers, cabinet under sink, dishwasher , single cabintet, in one wall then one cabinet, oven and mico with cabinet, fridge and pantry. The an island with 2 sets of 3 drawers and bin cabinet Thanks a lot!!! P

Why not check out Lee Valley for stainless bar pulls that come in many sizes. IMO pulls should be in proportion to the cabinet door or drawer. I can’t even see a 5” pull working to open a 40” drawer properly and if you need 2 they look silly.

Typically pulls/knobs manufacturers won't make both an 8" and 9" size so you won't likely be able to have both in the same style. Look at the pulls you like and see if they come in either of those two sizes. I usually feel that pull sizes should vary in the kitchen with the size of the drawers, but that is more if the drawers are quite different in widths. Your drawers are not so the pulls can be the same size. A good trick is to make aluminum foil pulls in the sizes you are looking at, and hold them up against the drawers. That will help you see which size works best.