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Please help me choose pull color

3 years ago

I originally thought I'd go with brass pulls but that was when I thought we were doing Danby Imperial marble counters and splash. Too expensive. Instead the counters will be Ijen Blue (dark blue, gray with bronze streaks). Cabinets are Brookhaven nordic white with slab doors, floors natural white oak, faucets polished nickel. Style is modern. I want matte pulls since the counters are polished. I love the look and feel of Top Knobs Riverside but can't decide on the color. From top to bottom: satin nickel, ash gray, honey bronze. I worry the honey bronze will be dated soon and that the ash gray is too pronounced. On the other hand, I've never been a lover of satin nickel, though this one is more appealing than others. I have to get this right because these pulls aren't standard sizes so no replacing once they're installed. Which do you think looks best? TIA!





Comments (14)

  • 3 years ago

    Can you post a photo of your cabinets?

  • 3 years ago

    Cabinets and stone. I'm trying to pull out the warm bits in the stone with the hardware. The honey bronze is warm for sure. The ash gray is too, somewhat, but a I think might be too much of a contrast with the white. I don't really want the hardware to stand out.






  • 3 years ago

    From the photos, the nickel doesn’t look like the right shade…I like the bronze

    cheri127 thanked HU-187528210
  • 3 years ago

    The stone is beautiful! i would do honey bronze

    cheri127 thanked Sally T
  • 3 years ago

    there's no reason to not pick standard sizes. question 1. why are you picking non standard widths ? question 2. nickel comes in many finsihes: satin /brushed/ polished. it's pretty standard and choice of finish......why not find a finish that works ? question 3 stated goal...less pronounced appearance? why the chunky dark pulls then?


    These have a lot more aesthetic appeal / more the route I'd take.

    Nouveau III Crest Pull 5 1/16'' Center to Center M1176 Brushed Satin Nickel · More Info


    Belwith Hickory 128mm Metropolis Satin Nickel Cabinet Pull P3221-SN Hardware · More Info


    Lily Pull 7 9/16", Brushed Satin Nickel · More Info


    Kara Pull 7 9/16 Inch (c-c) Brushed Satin Nickel · More Info



    Top Knobs - Charlotte Pull 6" (c-c) - Brushed Satin Nickel · More Info


  • 3 years ago

    Not to add to your confusion, but here’s another suggestion. If you don’t want to call attention to the pulls, why not edge pulls? They are great with slab doors. This one darker than you want, but they come in many different finishes.

  • 3 years ago

    nice.....susie !!

  • 3 years ago

    @cheri127 I also like the honey bronze. The honey complements the blue and is analogous to the cabinet color. What are you doing for a backsplash?

  • 3 years ago

    @herbflavor I'm not intentionally choosing non standard widths; I really like the pull. Despite the fact that I don't want pronounced pulls, I like the ash gray. I generally don't like satin nickel but I this one seems fine. As you can see, I'm all over the place here. I'm indecisive on a good day and this is a bad one. LOL! It doesn't help that I don't have a piece of the stone. The contractor would like to install the hardware while we wait after templating but I may have to put him off until it's installed. (I love the Top Knobs Charlotte but have it in the kitchen and all of the bathrooms at the beach house, which is more traditional, so I'd like something else that's more modern).


    I do like honey bronze but fear it's too trendy and in a couple of years we'll all be saying "what were we thinking". If that does happen, they'll be hard to replace because of the sizes (6 5/16" centers instead of 6" etc). Maybe I should be looking at other pulls altogether. SMH!



  • 3 years ago

    @cheri127 hang on, is your cabinet color as yellow as it appears on my screen? I googled on line and Brookhaven Nordic White is not very yellow at all! I may have recommended honey bronze based on the wrong coloring of the cabinet photo! Are the three pulls on your actual cabinet color? You have polished nickel hardware. How do brushed nickel pulls look to you?

    cheri127 thanked kl23
  • 3 years ago

    The three pulls are on the actual cabinet color. The only light I have right now are the bare bulbs the contractor put in. I don't know what color they are but very warm. I think the photo with the pulls was taken in direct daylight (which we don't get much of it this kitchen despite the two big sliders. I think all three go great with nordic white. Below are photos in various lighting. Honey bronze, ash gray and satin nickel. The faucets will be polished nickel.


    I'm trying not to highlight the gray in the counters but rather the blue and warmer, bronze veins. The ash gray is very warm and differnet but, as much as I like it, I feel like it's trying to steal the show. This particular brushed nickel has very little yellow in it. I love unlaquered brass but, in my mind, patina and modern don't really mix. Maybe I'm wrong about that. I may have to go to the fabricators once they've started to work on my counters and lay these on a piece of the stone.



    Darkest part of the kitchen (on a bright day)



    Brigtest part of the kitchen



    Direct daylight (different room)



  • 3 years ago

    I still love the bronze! It's warm and goes with your counters so nicely.

    cheri127 thanked Sally T
  • 3 years ago

    Thanks! I'm sticking with the bronze. I found some photos of ash gray on white cabinets and they are so much darker than I want. And, as I said, I've never been a fan of satin nickel. I'm so done. LOL