I certainly do not have an answer for you, but wished I had asked about my cup pulls. I thought, "well, I want to make sure the top of the cup does not peek out over the top" and I ended up putting them too low on the drawer fronts. One day I 'might' take them off, fill in the old holes, sand, re-paint and re do all the drawer pulls? In the meantime I will live with the lower pulls.

I installed my own pulls and decided to do a mix on the doors. All the uppers are placed vertically. For some reason, I liked the look of putting them on horizotally on certain bottom doors. It was really a cab by cab decision and I think the placement adds a bit of interest. My sink base has them vertically, cause I thought they looked better that way, joining at the middle, and also because I thought they might bother me when I was working at the sink up higher in a horizontal placement.

Mine are on the top rail of the drawer, which is the way I always see them in Ikea photos. On the top slab drawers we centered them. We also placed the pull on the rail for any pullouts. If a door front was hinged, we placed the pull vertically on the side rail, to give a visual cue as to how the door opens.

morton - just curious. any reason on the slab drawers that you didn't put them higher up like the drawers that have rails? did you just think it looked better centered? Thanks!

Mine are on the center panel. (You've probably seen them, but I'll post a pic anyway...)

To me (and it's a personal opinion), pulls on the stiles look like they're crowding the top of the drawer as well as just look "off"....again, purely personal opinion so, YMMV!

I had to go check photos, cuz I'd sort of forgotten where mine were. Mine are like Morton's, on stiles (though our stiles are a little wider), and centered on top slab drawers. It makes it that much easier to grab the handle on the bottom drawer.

I used knobs on the doors, so didn't have the vertical/horizontal choice, but I like Morton's functional solution.

Malhgold, I thought my pulls looked better centered on the slab drawer fronts. I have seen Euro pulls placed higher on the slabs. I have 5 drawer stacks, but only two tall pullouts, and having the drawer stacks look well was a bigger priority for me than lining up all the pulls..

Oh, I forgot. My face frames combined with my drawer fronts did not allow my hardware screws to meet up. I had to drill sink holes into the drawer boxes to sink the face of my screw in order for my cup handles to be screwed into the face frame...hey, I forgot to ask and did what I could! I am not a DIY professionally!

anyone have their pulls on hinged doors placed horizontally instead of vertically?

I believe I posted this before, but we do have our pulls horizontally instead of vertically. I was against it at first, but I have to say I love the look and I never pull it incorrectly. Just seems to work. Pic attached. The only one that sometimes throws me off is the third pantry door (left most door to the left of the refrigerator). The other two doors are full pull out pantries, but the left most door opens with roll out shelves. Because it is different then the other two pantry doors I do sometimes pull on it expecting the entire thing to come out vs pivot.

Hi theanimala

I am copying you - I hope you don't mind (lol). Ever since I saw your first post I was sold - I had not considered placing them all horizontally but I LOVE it - thank you for posting your picture, it really inspired me :)

Piaa

Mine are like morton's. To me, it just made sense. Trash pullout knob will go on the "stile", once I put the new, unspotted door on.

Bank of drawers:

thanks! decided to go all horizontal, even on hinged doors. Holes will be drilled today!

Piaa, no problem, glad my picture was of assistance. As I mentioned earlier, I was against the horizontal placement at first. I just didn't think it would work right, regardless of appearance. Our KD and GC thought we were crazy when we told them that is how we wanted it. But when it was done, even they both said they loved it.

Good luck, and post pics when you are done!

Thank you for the photo "theanimala". I LOVE that look and will see if it'll work for mine too.

May I ask where you got you pulls from?

Bunnicula03, what brand is your birdcage hardware? Love the shape!

Bunnicula03 - I love these as well. I have been worried though if they would be hard to clean. (I see us spilling spaghetti sauce down the front of the cabinet.) Perhaps it is too soon for you to comment.

Iceqween13, our pulls are Top Knobs brand, and the style is Princetonian. No place local had them, so we bought them from a reseller called Bella Design through Amazon. 10% less then our local stores, free shipping / no tax, and dropped shipped right from Top Knobs so we had them quickly. So far we really like them.

Thank you the animala. Your kitchen is absolutely stunning. It is #1.
Maria

In traditional construction, the insert panel on a door is floating, not fixed, in the rails and stiles. And the panel is often thinner material. So there is some logic to having the door pull on the rail or the stile, because it is theoretically more solid. But in the end, I don't think it makes any difference - its all about personal preference. I like it either way.

morton5, not sure if you're still watching the board, but what brand are your pulls? I think I'm looking at similar ones for my shaker cabinets.