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Where to put trash pull handle?

8 years ago
Obviously not in the middle like all the others ..but where? It won’t line up with knob next to it so I’m wondering about ideal visual spacing. Thanks!

Comments (27)

  • 8 years ago

    This one's on Houzz. You see the little one on the right is off-center. What do you think?

    Belvedere, California · More Info

  • 8 years ago
    Oh man, my eye doesn’t like that. (But it’s still a gorgeous kitchen!)
  • 8 years ago

    right, it's either "Oh, that's no big deal" or "no way, I'd see that every day"

  • 8 years ago
    I think where you’re holding it is too low - stand up and reach your arm down - you don’t want to have to crouch every time you throw trash out. Also you might want to consider a larger cup pull for the trash.
  • 8 years ago
    Thanks Karen Rose! Actually if I’m going by where my hand naturally falls, that spot seems about right. I’m pretty short :D
  • 8 years ago

    I'd probably put it on the wood above the inset - as shown in Karen's pic above

  • 8 years ago
    I put mine in the same place as Karen Rose
  • 8 years ago

    Ours is also like Karens.

  • 8 years ago
    Thanks guys!!
    Ok so here’s couple of placements.. was trying to get it lined up with knob so it wasn’t like just off by a little which I think looks worse than when it’s obviously intentionally off by a lot. Thoughts?
  • 8 years ago

    Yes, center it on the rail as in the second photo. I'm sure hubs will use the trash and he doesn't look short.

  • 8 years ago
    2nd photo for sho
  • 8 years ago
    I think centered looks best too
  • 8 years ago
    Thanks guys!! Nope he’s not short lol but I’ll use it the most so we’re defaulting to my height :D
    I’m tempted to put a pull on the door next to it to match but then there’d be the hole from knob to fill in and it probably would not be done well enough to not bug me!
  • 8 years ago

    centered.


  • 8 years ago
    Thanks you guys!! Should I change this to a cup pull in same spot to match?? I could even turn it into actual pullout. But I don’t know if we could touch up knob hole to be relatively invisible...
  • 8 years ago

    Honestly, you seem to be overthinking this. Centered on the upper rail looks great.

  • 8 years ago
    bcafe - “overthinks” is my middle name! :D I’m a recovering Perfectionist lol!
  • 8 years ago
    I would leave the knob on that cabinet. It’s looking great! So hard not to over think every decision. I waited so long to do do my kitchen and don’t plan on doing it again so I drove everyone I know nuts going over every decision a million times.
  • 8 years ago

    If all the other cabinets have knobs leave it

  • 8 years ago

    MS - This thread was on the Houzz main page. I was like, wait--I know her! :-) Glad to see you're at the hardware stage. So exciting!

  • 8 years ago
    Hi benjesbride!!! Lol! Of all my threads to be on main page :D yep we are moving along. Though I will say that every delay that could happen, has. Ok maybe not every possible delay lol but umm yeah it’s dragging on.

    Today I’m in “take back my kitchen” mode. Finally unpacking. We have no countertops and no stove but I can’t take the chaos anymore. I am imposing at least some order and some live ability downstairs. Waiting on baseboards to be finished so we can move our furniture back into place. And a toilet and sink in the powder room would be nice, but one step at a time lol!!!!
  • 8 years ago
    Why are the top drawers not Shaker style like the rest?
  • 8 years ago
    You have the option of doing slab for top. It is very common to do so when the top is smaller. I *should* have ordered not slab on top of the evenly sized drawers but for some reason I overlooked it. And I probably will order new drawer faces because it bugs me.
  • 8 years ago
    Actually I MIGHT leave the ones where the top drawer is the smallest. They don’t bother me as much. But on these 4 drawer cabinets I definitely will order new top drawer faces. I noticed right away lol. I should have changed the setting to shaker vs slab top when I ordered, but it just slipped my notice.
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    on my small drawers i did slabs even when they werent on top.

    i REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY dislike the look of a pull wedged into the small area left in the center of a shaker drawer. but thats me. i think consistency is more important... all the drawers the same size should be done the same way.

  • 8 years ago
    I agree ninigret. Consistency is key. I love how you did yours :)