Cabinet hardware is a necessity to protect the finishes of cabinets. It seems that the trend with cabinet hardware is changing more and more from plain round knobs in the corner of the cabinet doors to more eclectic mixes of styles, finishes and placement. Listed below are some options for color choices and placement.
Colors
- Match the finish to the cabinet hinges
- Match the color of the cabinets (i.e. white hardware on white cabinets)
- Match the finish to the appliances in the room (i.e. stainless steel to match kitchen appliances)
- Match or coordinate with the countertop (i.e. granite to match granite countertops)
- Use a finish that blends with other finishes in the room (i.e. satin nickel to blend with stainless steel)
- Do not match any finish and use something decorative and colorful instead (i.e. hand blown glass pieces in irregular shapes and multicolored)
Knobs
- Typically are placed in the corner of cabinet doors and in the center of cabinet drawers
- Place in the center of a cabinet door
- Use on the cabinet doors with pulls on the cabinet drawers
- Use on the cabinet drawers with pulls on the cabinet doors
- Two can be used at each end of larger cabinet drawers for more stability
Pulls
- Typically are installed on the cabinet drawers or cabinet doors and drawers
- Typically installed vertically up the cabinet door
- Install horizontally on the bottom of the cabinet door and horizontally in the middle of the cabinet drawer
- Install diagonally on flat panel cabinet doors
- Install vertically on the cabinet door and horizontally on the cabinet drawer
- Mix with knobs where the knobs are on the cabinet doors and pulls are on the drawers (or vice versa)
- Place in the center of the cabinet door
- Two can be used at each end of larger cabinet drawers for more stability
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September 12th, 2008 at 12:39 am
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July 27th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Good posting. All too often i see people choosing looks over practicality. Many handles look great when installed first but all too often i talk to the customer several weeks later and they wish they could have chosen a more practical handle. For those in later years or with arthritis in the hands i would recommend a larger handle, perhaps a long t-bar handle.
September 11th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
There are some good ideas here. Another slightly unusual approach is to mix either different colors of the same style knob – such as clear and depression green glass knobs or handles for a light and lovely effect; this looks very clean and bright.
Or match square and round knobs in similar finishes – I have done this with the pyramid mission knobs and the rectangular ones for a great effect.
Finally, unfinished wooden knobs in a variety of shapes can be stained or painted to blend or contrast in color. We like a little variety in our environment.