You just need to find some inspiration pics to see if you'd like it. here is one.

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Yes, thank you, kayozzy. That's a lovely one. I have a decent number of inspiration pix & really like the idea. Nobody else I talk to does though :)

I'd show them the pictures as well. But most importantly, if your husband isn't set against it, do what YOU want. It is your home and you'll never please everyone anyway, so why try!?

Yes, a picture is worth a thousand words. My immediate reaction was no until I saw the inspiration.

I'd test which way is easier to grab and pull. To me, vertical is easier.

As someone with severe arthritis, horizontal would be very uncomfortable. YMMV

The horizontal pulls on the upper cabinets kind of reminds me of the 60's-70's cabinets that had pulls centered on the upper cabinet doors. Was inconvenient and not as useful as typical placement.

This is like sharing baby names. If you tell people before baby is named you get all sorts of critiques!! If you wait and present baby "here's Matilda" no one says BOO!! You like it, DO IT...all the nay sayers will keep their negativity to themselves!!

I did mine horizontal and am very happy with them. It’s no problem with opening the doors, like anything else you use, you get used to it being that way. Just need to be sure of clearance under counter. I like the symmetry.

I like the look but worry about the ergonomics. Think about where the door pivots on its hinges, and then imagine which placement will give you the maximum ease in pulling that door open.

Doors aren't heavy. it's a shorter arc to open the door.

I've had pulls centered horizontally for 23-ish years - it's totally fine.

I agree having doors and drawers above one another, I too, like the symmetry.

I use painters tape to figurre out all the pulls in a kitchen you need to be careful because sometimes all in one direction creates issues I also use proportional pulls to size of cabinets this is a good example

Yes, a picture is worth a thousand words. My immediate reaction was no until I saw the inspiration.

I thought the same. I still prefer the traditional vertical placement -- for me, I think it's about the long handle matching; that is, matching the door in that it goes in the longer direction. But the horizontal placement is acceptable, even if not expected.

I think after a week or two, using the slightly-different handles would feel automatic.

The ones pictured should not have issues except in corners. It’s when you do the ones that are almost the length of the doors that bigger issues arise. Do watch the opening arcs before sizing them or drilling for them. With longer pulls closer to edges, you can get some banging into one another and need hinge restricters.

This is essential. You don't want to end up with corners that don't open all the way /bump into the next cabinet.

The builder was going to install the pulls for the uppers in the vertical position but my wife wanted them horizonally. I think she made the right decison and we have had no issues with them interferring with their operation.