![]() ![]() Whether you are building a new bathroom with fancy drawer pulls or putting in some traditional cabinet knobs in your kitchen, hardware placement is something you want to make sure and get right the first time. Suddenly a kitchen feels cluttered, a bathroom looks disorganized and tacky, you find yourself avoiding specific rooms. Of course, the flip side is that when cabinet hardware is poorly placed on doors and drawers it can make everything in the room look off, wasting your time and your money. Door and drawer cabinet hardware placement is such an easy way to create a significant subtle style and functional impact on a space within your home. Because of this, every single step of its creation needs to look nothing short of excellent – including with the hardware. We understand that cabinetry is the focal point of a room, grabbing attention and tying everything together. Lucky for you, everything you need to know about cabinet hardware placement is here at your fingertips. So where do you even begin? Right here, actually.Īll it takes to successfully and easily install hardware is the right information. Regardless of whether you are a DIYer or a professional woodworker, you want the outcome for installing your cabinet hardware to be the same: You want it done right. #20 isn’t right for a drawer pull, but a pair would look fabulous on cabinet doors (filing this one away as an idea for a bathroom vanity).Installing cabinet hardware can feel intimidating. I still want to bring a touch of walnut into the kitchen…maybe with #15 which still has a bit of polished nickel? Just not sure how the wood will hold up over time. (No drilling through the face of the cabinet.) I’m obsessed with #1 and wondering if I can go with the smaller size to keep it affordable (since I need 19 drawer pulls).īar pulls are what most people think of for modern drawer pulls, and I think they’re a little overdone or expected now. I think the ones that screw in from the back are the best. They attach on the top edge of the drawer or door. My favorite cabinet hardware trend right now is edge pulls (also called finger pulls). The faceted knobs are another fun option to consider, but I found that hexagon knobs need to be dimensional on the face of the knob (like #11), otherwise with a flat face they look like a bolt. #6 and #8 are an updated, sleeker version of the classic dish shape. I also found a few knobs that have that retro dish shape like #7. To find midcentury style knobs, I looked for tapered knobs (think cone-shape like #3) and cylindrical knobs like #12 and #14. – lots of different brands in one place.Schoolhouse – also dreamy and they have coordinating knobs and pulls for easy mix and match.Rejuvenation – all of their hardware is dreamy.CB2 – has an awesome affordable collection of knobs and pulls.Wayfair – I love their filtering options, where you can select your preferred metal finish and style.I had the best luck finding midcentury modern cabinet hardware at these online stores: I may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, on purchases made after following an affiliate link. So, you’ll notice most of my favorites shown below are polished nickel, but they all come in other finishes too. I think it will add a nice glimmer to the kitchen. I love that it’s the warmest of the silver finishes. I’m not sure why, but I’ve become mildly obsessed with polished nickel hardware. ![]() Hopefully, I can find something I love AND can afford. So, I’m looking for new hardware with that MCM style. Because of the number of knobs (31) and pulls (19) we need (yes, 50 total!), finding enough matching vintage MCM knobs is highly unlikely. I want a mix of knobs and drawer pulls-knobs on doors and pulls on drawers. Because of that second point, I didn’t even want to take their hardware and change it out later because the holes might not match the hardware I’d choose…especially if drawers have a hole in the center for knobs or doors have two holes for pulls. We didn’t choose hardware with the design center because 1) they had less than a dozen choices, and 2) you could only choose knobs OR pulls, not a mix. Shiny new hardware can make a big difference, fast. It’s one of the easiest and most affordable kitchen makeovers. Today, I’m sharing my favorite places to shop for modern hardware along with a roundup of my favorite knobs and drawer pulls.Įven if you’re not building or remodeling, you should consider changing out your kitchen cabinet hardware. I’ve been looking everywhere for the perfect midcentury style cabinet hardware for our new kitchen. There are a million options out there, and it’s kind of fun to shop for hardware-gives me something to do while I anxiously wait for our house to be done (or should I say started?). I’m not mad that we didn’t like the cabinet hardware choices at the design center. ![]()
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