Where do I put my knobs and cup pulls?

18 years ago

I would love your opinions on where to place my pulls. They are simple matte black knobs for all doors, and cup pulls for all drawers. I would like to put two pulls on each drawer > 27".

So, should I put the knobs in the exact corner of the door, or go with the placement that is an inch above that? And, should I put my pulls at the center (vertically) of each drawer, or in the top 1/3? Note the detail we have on the fronts of our drawers (there is a horizontal detail our cabinet maker added to grab some glaze and break things up a bit)

I am leaning towards exact corner for knobs and vertical center for drawers, but would love some design opinions.

For what it is worth, DH and I are both tall, and my cabinets go all the way to the ceiling.

And one more question: How far in from the left and right do you go on the drawers to put the two pulls? I thought I'd find the center of the drawer, then find the center from that point out, and put the drawer pulls there.

Thanks in advance.

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gardenwebber
Original Author
18 years ago
{{!gwi}}
Laurie
18 years ago
The wood on your cabinets looks really nice, I like the color, too!
Some of our cabinets have the center piece of wood (a stile?)that we wanted to be careful about letting the head of the screw clear this. See picture below. Maybe the clear bumper thing would have prevented that but not sure. The pulls were centered on all the drawers.
Here's where we put our knobs & pulls.
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suzieca
18 years ago
Have you tried doing a google search on "Knob placement"...there's lots of info w/photos which might be easier than trying to write a description. HTH
suzieca
18 years ago
here's a discussion about it on this forum...HTH

Here is a link that might be useful: knob placement
bob_cville
18 years ago
I'm not a fan of knobs, so I think the best possible placement of knobs, is to place them back in the bin at the hardware store, and to select pulls for your doors. :-)

Of the knob options in the other thread, I like lily1342's. To my eye putting the knob centered in the intersection of the stile and rail is too low for the uppers.

For my drawer pulls, I centered the pulls vertically on the top-most drawers, but for the larger lower drawers, I placed the drawer pull higher than the center, so that the distance from the top of the drawer to the handle was the same for all drawers.
gardenwebber
Original Author
18 years ago
Just reporting that I decided to go with my knobs at just a bit above the center of the corner, and my pulls are all at vertical/horizontal center. All drawers larger than 27" got 2 pulls. I like it that way. I noticed that when I am standing to the right or left of the drawer, there is a handle on either side. Better than reaching to towards the middle. IMHO

{{!gwi}}
cambro5
18 years ago
I have egg shaped pulls and when the cabinet guy put them on he said they usually put them so the bottom tip of the pull lined up with the edge of the raised panel.
Laurie
18 years ago
gardenwebber - looks great!! What a nice touch hardware can give to the look of a kitchen. Plus, it will help keep the wood cleaner over the years of use.
cambro5 - I like your hardware, as well...and those glass doors : )