Correct sizing for cabinet pulls

7 years ago

We recently updated our cabinets, and I have a few drawers that are 36" wide. It's a frameless shaker style, dark cabinet color (stone is the stain name, cool brown), but we didn't do the 5 panel drawer fronts, so the large drawer fronts look a little plain in my opinion. I'm working with a designer who suggested 6" pulls for the wider drawers (they wind up being 7.5" end to end), but is that really wide enough? The next size up is 12" center to center, so 14" total. And they are considerably more expensive (think $80 instead of $8). What do you think? Is the smaller one going to look out of proportion or will it be ok? It seems like the advice I can find on line suggests a pull 1/3 the width of the drawer.

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Door Corner

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

Amerock uses MAP pricing, and their prices have gone up quite dramatically over the last few years. If you are dead-set on those particular pulls, the pricing will be the exact same (or higher) no matter where you buy them, unless someone is violating Amerock's MAP policy. However, there are many other brands available that perhaps don't have the name recognition as Amerock, but are absolutely the same quality. The majority of cabinet hardware is manufactured from die-cast zinc metal, and is often times produced in the same factories for both the recognizable name brands, and the lesser-known name brands. We would only encourage you to shop around - depending on how many cabinets and drawers you have, you could spend significantly less and get the same good quality.

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Shannon_WI
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Pulls should be about 1/3 size of drawer. That looks balanced and proportional to the eye. So for 36" wide drawers, use 12" pulls. You didn't say what pull you are talking about. You make it sound like the pull that costs $80 is the only pull there is. There are a TON of pulls available, at many price points. Do some shopping, and look at pics of kitchens online to see pulls you like. Also, who is telling you the $80 price? The designer? If so, go online and see if you can find that pull yourself at a lower price. Or, are you only able to buy pulls that she sells?
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Door Corner
7 years ago
1/3 the width of the drawer is a great rule-of-thumb, but there is a lot of flexibility in that so long as the length of the pulls are generally proportional to the width of the drawers. Many types of cabinet pulls have multiple lengths within each series, including lengths between the 7-1/2" pulls and 14" pulls that you mentioned. $8/each for a 7-1/2" pull is quite expensive, and $80 for a 14" is simply outrageous. If you need any help finding some more reasonably-priced pulls, please let us know - we would be happy to help if we can.
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andrea3455
Original Author
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
This is the pull I was wanting to do -- https://www.build.com/amerock-bp53722-cabinet-pull/s439172?uid=1315177, and unless I'm looking at it wrong, it jumps from this size up to the 12" appliance pull, and those are $79.99. I'm able to do any kind and purchase from anywhere, this was just one of several she recommended for look, and I do like it. Just not the price tag when I added them all up! :) I guess I should keep shopping.
andrea3455
Original Author
7 years ago
Door corner, I need 61 of them, so I will definitely look around. Thank you for the information about the pricing! I like them visually so will see what else I can find that looks similar.
Anne Duke
7 years ago
While you love that pull, there are many more out there. Mine are from Hickory Hardware and weren’t anywhere near $80.00.
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Anne Duke
7 years ago
HH has one almost identical to what you selected, but I did not have the time to check to see if they have the finish or size you’re looking for.
M Miller
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
For that look that you linked, though a bit more contemporary, I like Top Knobs Princetonian pulls. They come in a lot of sizes, including 11-3/8” for $12.33 (black finish). I not only like their appearance, large selection of sizes, prices, and quality feel, but I really like their projection. Some pulls’ projection is so close to the drawer that you can’t get your fingers in, a pet peeve of mine. If you don’t like the Princetonian pulls, Top Knobs has a lot of other pulls.

https://www.build.com/top-knobs-m1059-cabinet-pull/s595517?uid=1220967
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andrea3455
Original Author
7 years ago
I found a visually similar pull last night from Liberty. https://www.shoplibertyhardware.com/Liberty-Hardware/Classic-Edge/libp34929snc-ms.html Do any of you have experience with this brand, just hoping the quality is not an issue. I only found one review of someone saying the paint chipped off black pulls in a couple of month's time.