Suggestions for pulls

17 years ago

Our kitchen is getting closer and my last posted dilemma(Granite Yard and Sudden Death) has been resolved. I'm getting granite! YippEE!! I'm so happy it worked out, though I'm going to have to take it easy on which granite I choose, but I'm very happy.

Now my question is along the lines of pulls. This has me totally stumped. Totally. Stumped.

I went in to this thing thinking Old World would be my style, but I'm not sure what my kitchen style is reading now that I look at my cabs. I'm sure granite (more than likely Santa Cecelia) will make a huge difference, and I've chosen satin nickel faucets for both prep and main sink, but now I don't know if satin nickel pulls are the way to go or should I go with black or. . .what? If you all could make suggestions, I'd appreciate it. I want the kitchen to be warm and inviting and fun.

The island cabs are black.

Santa Cecelia next to cab samples:

Cooktop and oven wall. Cherry stained hickory cabs on perimeter

Refrigerator wall

I can post pics of the faucets if that will help. And, fwiw, I've also toyed with the idea of going with Black Galaxy on the perimeter and Santa Cecelia on the island.

I'm kind of a sucker for the hanging pulls shown in the link below, but I know that I don't have a real strong ability to pull things together, and I really want to pull things together in my kitchen. Long, short, please give me pics of handles you would suggest or any other ideas. THX

Here is a link that might be useful: Top Knob Pulls

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Comments (6)

pbrisjar
17 years ago
I lolve that style of pull. There's only two reasons I didn't go with it:
1) Not easily grabbed - especially with dirty fingers.
2) Concern about them banging against the cabs and causing wear.

From what I see so far, I'm thinking something clean and simple but not too modern looking. Stainless finish, I believe.

Best of lick finding the right one. It took us close to a year to finally find our pulls.
katieob
17 years ago
Your cabinets look great. I wouldn't consider my suggestion to fit with "Old World", but I love the pulls that "redroze" used in her kitchen. I believe they are the Aubrey pulls from Restoration Hardware. I always planned on bin pulls, but hers have me reconsidering.
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sdionnemoore
Original Author
17 years ago
Is it just me that's thinking it's a little scary to have all this gold going on, then couple that with polished nickle and stainless appliances? isn't that, like, a decorating no-no color-wise?
sdionnemoore
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks, katie and pbrisjar. I'm still unsure what to do and would love more opinions, though I'm not sure that I'll get them. Thanks again!
remodelfla
17 years ago
I'll preface this by saying I'm by no means a pull expert. In fact... I've get to study pulls at all. That being said, I'm not in love with the pulls you linked. I think your cabs and color combinations are fabulous. The doors are substantial, stand out, and earthy feeling/looking. To my untrained eye, the pulls are too "swoopy". Too much going on with them. They swoop, curl on the ends, almost seem too ornate. It could just be my personal taste; but I think I"d prefer a more substantial simpler pull with your beautiful cabs. I don't have any specific recommendations... just my humble opinion.
gary1227
17 years ago
We're using the Top Knobs in the style you had pictured in the rust color with our Knotty Alder cabinets that have a coffee glaze. The drop pulls from Top Knobs have a stop built in to prevent banging against the cabinet doors. We're doing Atlantic Black Honed granite on our parimeter cabinets and Yellow Moon granite (very close in color to Santa Cecelia) atop our distressed black island. Our knobs are not yet installed as we are in the midst of new construction build.

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