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Putting a drawer pull on a lower cabinet?

8 years ago

We have a couple lower cabinets with single drawers above them in the kitchen. I found these pulls that would look beautiful for our space.


Would putting a 4" or 3" pull in the middle of a cabinet be a mistake? I see some photos here where they seem to have done just that. But I'm wondering if it's going to annoy us when we go to pull open cabinets.


We don't want knobs on the bottom nor do we want to mount this pull vertical. It's quite thick, L-shaped so we want to maintain the horizontal look throughout for a clean feel.

Comments (14)

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    We need apic of the pull and one of the cabinet it is going on.

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    The two cabinets on either side of the oven and the cabinet to the right of the sink.

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    These are the pulls:


  • 8 years ago

    I did drawer pulls on doors, and it works fine.

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    Thanks! Did you center them or place them on opposite side from hinge?

  • 8 years ago

    I did something similar. Very happy with the look and doesn’t affect functionality for me at all. Sorry for the weird pic it’s the most recent one o could quickly come across

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    Wow, thanks for the photos! Your kitchens look amazing. Definitely going to center them.

  • 8 years ago

    I centered my pulls from top to bottom so that the pulls would be attached to the panel and the drawer box. You can see the second drawer has a high panel. The pulls are 8" wide so they're easy to grab.

  • 8 years ago

    i dont think i'd like to center a pull on a wide door that i open and close frequently. its sort of not the right place to pull from and could end up wrenching the top hinge a fair bit over time.


  • 8 years ago

    Sorry, the thought the person's lower cabinet was a drawer not a door. It would be awkward to put anything in the center of a door.

  • 8 years ago

    It’s actually not awkward at all. Not a single person who has used my kitchen has stated the pulls are awkward.

  • 8 years ago

    Here's what I posted in an earlier discussion about this:

    "As soon as you start pulling, the doors start to swing one way or the other. It really isn't an issue... whether you open a door or drawer/pullout, you’re not using a lot of force, and your body movement automatically adjusts to follow the motion of the door. I actually tested friends and family members when they came over for the first time, and had them try different ones to see if it was weird to them to use. Overwhelmingly positive responses.

    Visually, I love the look of continuity between doors, drawers, and pullouts. I’m not sure if I will do it again in this kitchen, just because I’m consciously going totally a different direction so I’m not recreating my last one, but that’s the only reason. I still love the look and functionality. (PS: it's really hard to do two kitchen renovations within 3 years. I didn't have enough time to get sick of anything, and trends haven't changed that significantly, so it's hard making it feel different! I don't recommend it!)"

  • 8 years ago

    We also have put drawer pulls on two cabinet doors because all the rest of the lower cabinetry is drawers and we wanted a continuous look. We centered the pulls and put them at the same height relative to the top of the door as the pulls on the drawers were from the top of the drawer. And it doesn't look weird, it looks good and there is a really nice consistency on the bottom cabinets. It works perfectly, there is absolutely no issue.

  • 8 years ago

    Anita, your kitchen looks fantastic.