They are very ’purty’ indeed. True confessions - had to look up SWMBO as drew blank. Now am LMAO. I agree that trying to buff a sample to see if works will be worth every saved minute of your labor of wiping down drawer pulls. I would make you do that too as I hate smudges on my mirror finish SS. 😁

I can't believe you thought those pulls were the appropriate solution for your shaker cabinets when there are an infinite number of selections that would have enhanced the appearance of your cabinets. Do you have a linear pull for the doors also?

Very nice! And so cool to have something custom!

Have to agree with @BeverlyFLADeziner. Those pulls ar all wrong for the Shaker cabs. They detract from, rather than enhance the cabinets.

But hey, if they work for you that’s all that matters.

Maybe they look better from further back, but I'm with Beverly and darbuka - those don't go with shaker cabs at all.

If you and SWMBO like the pulls, then they are perfect and I congratulate you. Direct Rider Haggard reference, or Rumpole of the Bailey?

I like them because you like them. Nothing at all in your kitchen is typical or appropriate by any designer's standards, which is wonderful. I must say, they look like a total PITA to use. Have you tried them out yet? Does it take more time or skill to use them than other pulls?

Do we get pics of the full kitchen progress thus far? I'm itching to see.

And, I've missed you around this neck of the woods. Where've you been?

I need friends like yours. Most of mine are in IT. Worthless for home improvement.

Nice new morning routine ! and cool pulls , Thanks for sharing

I’ve had a few (unattractive, gray) Ikea edge pulls taped on to test out the function. What I found is I don’t like the shorter pulls, because I had to hunt around for them too much. I tend to multitask, one hand stirring while the other gropes for a pull, or a lemon. I liked the longer pulls, and decided the longer the better, which is why these pulls are the full width of the drawer face.

We have looked at all sorts of pulls. Long sleek modern pulls, short vintage pulls, actual vintage pulls reclaimed from hundred year old houses, pulls in brass and porcelain and pewter and glass, knobs of every size and shape, at one point SWMBO suggested doing a different goofy-cool-vintage pull on each drawer.

There’s a reason we’re on our sixth generation of painters’ tape pulls . . . Either of us are reasonably decisive, but the two of us together make decisions like Abbot and Costello.

I kept coming back to thin edge pulls because:

i) being able to grab anywhere on the drawer face,

ii) there’s no, um, commitment - as the drawer faces aren’t drilled, the edge pull can be removed and the drawer face is as virgin as the day it left the furniture maker.

iii) twenty-four pulls for $100 you betcha!

Finally, SWMBO broke her ankle very badly and was on heavy drugs for weeks and immobile for months. The rest of us took that opportunity to make decisions without consulting her. Cat’s away, the mice will play. Feed her an oxycodone and do whatever you like! My daughter and I got two cats, and then two kittens. I bought a triplex - and commissioned these edge pulls.

I hear it, mirror finish linear edge pulls don’t go with Shaker, but that’s the least of the stylistic crimes in my kitchen. It’s kind of like jaywalking, around here.

Not thinking edge pulls for the cabinet doors. I tested that, and didn’t like the function of a vertical edge pull, unless it is so deep that it’s basically just a standard pull that you can only grasp from one side.

We may not even bother with pulls for the cabinet doors. No-one, including SWMBO, has complained about their absence. The doors are on old-school butt hinges, so they flick open with a touch on the stile, and lay completely flat against the adjacent door which is rather handy.

Kendrah, I’ve made so little progress on my kitchen at home, there’s been nothing to report! I have been working hard, but on the triplex aka bookstore-cafe project, not on my own house :-(

Oh, it’s all Rumpole around here.

Here is the “test door” for edge pulls, using the Ikea pulls. None of these positions has been fully pleasing.

I am thinking of polished bar pulls like this for the verticals

https://www.myknobs.com/pdp/ja136sn/hr136pc-1/elements-hardware-3-centers-cabinet-pull-in-polished-chrome?

I don’t like them for drawers because the ends hook clothing and handbags as you pass by, but that isn’t an issue for vertical mounting.

Have you considered touch latch hardware? You can operate with a back of the hand motion when your hands are grubby from cooking…

The doors should have KNOBS

You are so much fun that I wish you were my neighbor.

Continue on liking what you like, concocting and executing interesting plans, and cooking those yummy foods.

The use of touch latches will eventually burnish the finish, no matter how clean your hands are unless you want to open every door with a paper towel.

(Honestly we did use a paper towel to open the lacquered doors with the routed edge pull on the bottom in our old kitchen--we kept one out on the counter).

I might do a minimal knob on the doors. they are from Smedbo, which should be easy for you to remember.

Those pulls are great! They would be perfect with flat slab plywood doors, like Brooke Williamson's kitchen. Not so much with shaker. That's kinda a lampshade on a drunk Shriner bit. Probably seems like a good idea at the time, but in the cold light of day, not so much.

I hadn’t thought of push-to-open latches. Hmm. I will look into that!

I wonder if home automation technology has a solution. Alexa, open the spice bay doors.

Knobs would be easiest, but might be too discongruent with the edge pulls? Maybe I will try a polished square knob.

I like the minimalist indent knob. I found one in polished chrome:

Indent Cabinet Knob (3/4") - Polished Chrome (M580) by Top Knobs - Knobs-Etc.com

After Xmas I'll order some and try them out. Thanks!

I can't do that, Dave. ;-)

Those Smedbo knobs look pretty cool. Knockoffs look fine to me.

FWIW, I have some cabinets with push-to-open latches, and if I had to do it over again, I'd have simplified and skipped the push-t-o and used pulls or knobs instead. Possibly mine are just not that good, and there may better ones out there. It seemed like a good idea at the time!