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Help with shaker cabinet hardware please.

3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago

I’m down to the final decisions I will have a bank of drawers on either side of my range. One ser of three drawers will be 18” wide wide. The other set of three drawers will be 30” wide. What size pulls do I need?

Also, the trash pullout will be under the kitchen sink. All the doors are getting knobs, but I’m not sure what to do with this one and where to place the hardware. Do I place the hardware on the door next to it on the same spot since they’re on the same cabinet?

I’m facing decision fatigue and will appreciate some help.

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  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    I have Shaker cabinetry in my galley style kitchen. On one side, I have 3 bays of drawers; the outer drawers are 30“ wide, the center drawers are 33” wide. My drawer pulls are all 5 & 1/16“. I wanted simple, understated pulls to compliment my simple Shaker cabinetry. The pulls are Top Knobs brushed satin nickel. Top Knobs offers high quality cabinet hardware. Picking out cabinet hardware is like picking out jewelry for your outfit; there is no right or wrong. It is a personal choice. My simple pulls never get caught on clothing. Best of luck in your journey!








  • 3 years ago

    We found pills that we both liked after seeing them on a kitchen display. They are brushed stainless bar pulls with a very short area on which to catch clothes. I really wanted round knobs on the top cabinets and can’t find anything that works. This would be so much easier if husband didn’t have have so many opinions.

    P.S. I love your kitchens!

  • 3 years ago

    Just to add to your decision fatigue (sorry) I will put in a vote for different length pulls, all in the same style/shape. Aesthetically if you make the pulls about 1/3 the length of the total drawer it will look great. That is if you only do one pull on each drawer - I chose to do this because often when I am approaching a drawer I have something in my hand, and I don't want to use two pulls, and I don't want to pull only on one side of a two-pull drawer! This is a pic of my kitchen (still a little under construction). All of these drawer stacks, as well as the skinny little pullouts, have different sized pulls depending on the size of the drawers. Even the cabinet above the oven, I mounted the pulls horizontally just because it looked pleasing to "my" eye!




  • 3 years ago

    Vertical pulls on upper doors and narrow bottom cabs…( unless they are pull down sections)seem to function better for me…

  • 3 years ago

    Are all the drawers the same size? If not, did you use the same size on all of them or vary the size?

    Thank you for responding!

  • 3 years ago

    It’s a gorgeous kitchen by the way!!!

  • 3 years ago

    I just saw your full response. Thank you for explaining the cabinet size affecting the size of the pulls. It looks fantastic. I wouldn’t have guessed they are different sizes. It just works.

    We have a stack of drawers on either side of the range in the most visible part of the kitchen. Of course, they are different sizes. Your pic helped a lot. I appreciate your help.

  • 3 years ago

    We varied size relative to width of each bank of drawers and used largest size pull frim lowers set vertically for our uppers . Very happy with how it turned out



  • 3 years ago

    Thank you so much for sharing these pics. Our cabinet maker is going to install the hardware before he delivers and installs the kitchen, and I am horrible at visualizing things. Your kitchen is very similar to the one I will have (except mi e is white) and is gorgeous.

    Would you mind sharing what size each of those drawer banks is and how big your pulls are?

  • 3 years ago

    you’re welome and thank you! My kitchen makes me smile each day!

    Wider bank cabinets are 30” wide with 10” pulls, We used these on uppers as well. narrower bank shown is 15.5” wide with 6.5” pulls. We used the same smaller pulls on our 17” wide banks and on the trash pullout. Best of luck with the kitchen! It will be amazing!


  • 3 years ago

    Thank you for your help!

  • 3 years ago

    I used 4 different size pulls on my Shaker style cabinets. Like Suzanne I used 10” pulls on all my upper cabinets with the exception of the short cabinet above my refrigerator. For my drawer banks, I used pulls that were approximately 1/2 the width of the drawers. I also mounted my pulls on the top rail of the drawers rather than on the center panel.




  • 3 years ago

    It looks fantastic! Thank you for showing me another option.