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Mid Century Modern Kitchen - need help with cabinet hardware! please

2 years ago

Greetings house community! Getting ready for demo day for a kitchen remodel, and I have everything selected except for the cabinet hardware.

The style of house is mid century modern and we are trying to keep that with the kitchen remodel. Cabinets are a flat slab, walnut veneer, vertical grain, with a natural clear finish. We’d like a satin brass cabinet hardware and originally I had selected and Emtek pull (select, knurled, satin brass) however, my husband doesn’t think this is mid century enough.

Cabinet shop drawings, and a picture of the pull below.
Would love any suggestions and comments!

Comments (7)

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    That pull is not MCM. If it appeals to you, that is fine, but you need to decide if you really want MCM hardware in that case.

    Here is a pic of Rejuvenation's Boomerang Drawer Pull and Peg knob. True MCM design. They are offered in aged brass, polished chrome and ORB. I think polished chrome is most true to MCM.

    In any case, you should consider combining knobs and pulls on your cabinetry. You could do pulls for drawers and knobs for doors, or do uppers in knobs and lowers in pulls.

    Edited to add: on another note, your hood needs to be 6" wider than your cooktop. Also make sure it is deep enough front-to-back. Typically plaster hoods are not deep enough, which means that your cooking smoke/grease from the front burners lands on the front of the hood rather than up the exhaust.




  • 2 years ago

    The boomerang hardware above is one good example of mcm hardware. If you go to google, and type in mcm hardware for cabinets, you will get several more ideas

  • 2 years ago

    M Miller and Cat_ky thank you so much. Especially for the heads up on the hood! I’ll redraw asap. Will be crucial for sconce placement (centerline!).

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    I agree the bar pull shape is European, the knurled finish and matte gold is purely 2010s + .

    If you like them it's fine, but they are not MCM.

    In addition to the Rejuvenation ones shown above, some less 50s Googie style, but more 50s -60s architect-y style include things like this:

    Don't pay attention to the finishes, necessarily

    Edge pull








    Concave pull



    Goblet pull



    Ball / orb pull.

    White ceramic pulls in the shape of the last one were very popular in my area in the 1960s in the modern infill houses. Maybe because there are lots of colonial area houses.

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    here's a couple views shown......maybe whatever is avail in knobs along w pulls for the sake of coordination..........and finding your specefic sizes......I dont think you have to be totally purist about MCM hardware. I recall a lot of wood handles on teak goods and spherical knobs but you probably wouldnt pick those now.

    a piece w simple geometric lines seems it would fulfill. simplicity in other words. I like how they selected a great finish to work w the wood shown here even tho the knob is really simple......knobs even on the drawers. It seems to really feel MCM.


    Humphrey House · More Info


    no knobs so these folks were okay w their chosen pulls .


    Rochester MCM Kitchen Remodel · More Info


    here's another: knobs on the drawers.

    mid-century modern kitchen · More Info




  • 2 years ago

    This is an example of the white knob look. It would not be very popular now, but depending upon what the other details of the house are I think it's kind of charming:




  • 2 years ago

    I just used these in our slightly mid-century laundry room. We used the Rejuvenation boomerangs as well. These are pricey, but I love them