The glass has to have some metal so use a complimentary metal handle.

What about style? I figured I'd probably use ORB since the perimeter is painted white and the island is quarter sawn dark stained oak.

So I keep going back and forth between the bin pulls or glass handles. Thoughts?

Handles:

Or

Bin Pulls

And for the one or two folks who have not seen my quartzite, this is a picture of the slab:

I am not so keen on the bin pulls with the dark stained oak.

I adore quarter sawn oak. How dark are you talking about on your stain?

i think the green handles would be perfect with your stone. They do not make a large colored glass handle for a DW or fridge that is in colored glass that I can find. The compromise would be to get a vintage looking handle for the appliances in the same colored metal you choose for the screws.

Bin pulls - I am not a fan.

For an appliance pull, I did see this, although it's not oil rubbed bronze and the style isn't very craftsman

But verdigris (Schaub) might work:

I LOVE this idea! I think I lean a little more towards the handles (in depression green) but both are great options.

cpartist, I used glass knobs set on ORB for my off white stained QSO uppers and those bin pulls in clear/ORB on my chestnut stained QSO lower drawers. I thought about those glass pulls also because I thought they were very pretty.

I pulled your possible bin pull in green/ORB from the website and thought it was really a pretty combo.

Several jumbled thoughts:

- I've said it before, but it bears repeating: That is one gorgeous piece of countertop. I don't really even care for those colors, but I love that stone.

- I love the glass pulls and think they'd be lovely with the stone ... as long as your cabinets are the simplest of the simple. Busy stone, stand-out pulls ... you're bringing in lots of "stars".

- I'm using glass cup pulls in my bathroom, closet and laundry ... but I'm using the scalloped version, so my mind immediately went that direction. To match your stone, I think the more simple smooth glass version that BarnCatz (cool name) is superior.

- I don't think I could trust a glass appliance pull, but I also don't think it'd matter if they didn't match the cabinet cup pulls.

My only concern with the bin pulls which I love is that I'm getting up there in years and pulls would probably be easier to deal with?

So many decisions. LOL.

Pal, do you like the glass handles?

I adore quarter sawn oak. How dark are you talking about on your stain?

It's white quarter sawn oak with a walnut type stain and there's black that brings out the oak rays.

Have you tried the handles? I don't have a problem with the pulls but I have small hands, like our President. I do have to clean them a lot, which is probably a good thing for bin pulls.

mrspete, I can always count on you. I hope someday we get to meet. :)

Several jumbled thoughts:

- I've said it before, but it bears repeating: That is one gorgeous piece of countertop. I don't really even care for those colors, but I love that stone.

Thank you. I love it too, obviously. It's the first thing I picked even before I had the final design for my house!

- I love the glass pulls and think they'd be lovely with the stone ... as long as your cabinets are the simplest of the simple. Busy stone, stand-out pulls ... you're bringing in lots of "stars".

My cabinets are shaker style full overlay. Here's the elevations, not including the island.

This is the east elevation:

- I'm using glass cup pulls in my bathroom, closet and laundry ... but I'm using the scalloped version, so my mind immediately went that direction. To match your stone, I think the more simple smooth glass version that BarnCatz (cool name) is superior.

So you like the bin pull over the glass pulls?

- I don't think I could trust a glass appliance pull, but I also don't think it'd matter if they didn't match the cabinet cup pulls.

No I don't want a glass pull for the fridge or dishwasher. I will need to find something simple that works with whatever I choose.

Have you tried the handles? I don't have a problem with the pulls but I have small hands, like our President. I do have to clean them a lot, which is probably a good thing for bin pulls.

I doubt your hands are THAT SMALL!

That's the other thought about always having to clean them. They both are so pretty. Of course I have to double check the color will work.

Yes I like the depression glass handles. I like something you can loop a hand or a finger through from the top.

Love your elevations, cp. It's going to be a stunner.

My oak is actually darker than this IRL. And I didn't wipe the pulls. :)

well I'm the one (or one of the two) who hadn't seen your stone and WOW! Gorgeous! Love the green / ORB glass bin pull that barncatz posted, but bear in mind that because the wood will show through the color may look a bit different on the cabinets.

1929Spanish, I love the look of your pulls on your cabinets. Love the color of your cabinets too. And I like your idea for the appliance handles.

barncatz, I love yours too. Ok both of you haven't helped me at all. LOL. Maybe what I need to do is get one of each and let DH decide since if he can get fussy as to how it feels to open the drawers. Hmmm.

Thank you chicagoans. Good point about the color looking different on the oak cabinets. Ugh, most people have problems with their backsplashes. I aced that already. The handles/knobs are what are driving me nuts. LOL.

Glass pulls!

And I also love Verdigris that palimpsest posted

I'm in love with the glass bin pulls! Like seriously in love!

My only concern with the bin pulls which I love is that I'm getting up
there in years and pulls would probably be easier to deal with?

I did an experiment on this subject; you could easily do the same thing. I went to Lowes and opened a bunch of doors in their kitchen mock-ups ... but I held my hands stiff, pretended my fingers didn't move easily. (You can tell I don't care too much what the salespeople think of me.) My findings:

- Long handles are by far the easiest thing to open, if you have reduced use of your hands

- Cup pulls are a good step down in terms of function ... you have to flip your wrist over and hit a smaller target

- Small round knobs are the absolute worst ... with aging in mind, I would only use them for upper-upper cabinets that won't be used much anyway. Though I do think they're cute.

My own choices: I'm going with the super-function of handles in my kitchen ... but I love the cup pulls, so they're going in my closet and laundry room, where I can enjoy them, but I won't use them as frequently as the kitchen hardware.

Let me ask this question: Have you compared the back side of the glass cup pulls to the back side of super-functional long handles? I have not -- the idea just occurred to me this minute -- if you were to find that, in future years, the cup pulls became difficult to use, could they be removed and replaced with super-functional long handles?

mrspete, I can always count on you. I hope someday we get to meet. :)

Aw, I'd like that too, but since I know we don't live near one another, I think it's unlikely.

So you like the bin pull over the glass pulls?

No, no, I love the glass ... but I'm going with scalloped glass ... if I had your very busy stone, though, I'd stay with the smooth glass ... in green.

Well I just got samples of the green bin pulls and also the green glass pulls. The color is wrong. :( The color on the pulls and the bin pull is more of a cleaner and slightly bluer green, whereas my granite, and backsplash have more yellow and brown in it. I'm bummed about it.

So now I'm thinking I should do the clear glass pulls. Much as I love the bin pulls, we are getting up there in years so think handles will be better for the future.

Well I just got samples of the green bin pulls and also the green glass
pulls. The color is wrong. :( The color on the pulls and the bin pull is
more of a cleaner and slightly bluer green, whereas my granite, and
backsplash have more yellow and brown in it. I'm bummed about it.

Bummer, better to go with clear handles than "wrong green".