How To Select Cabinet Knobs And Pulls

Cabinet knobs and pulls are often overlooked when renovating or revamping a house, but they can add a huge aesthetic and functional element to your home decor. Choosing the right knobs and pulls for your cabinets can elevate your interior design and transform your space.

Door handles are of obvious importance to the look of kitchen cabinet and wardrobe. How to select cabinet knobs and pulls, start from the following aspects.

Common Handle Types

Divided by material: single metal, alloy, plastic, ceramics, glass, leather, resin, etc.

Divided by style: modern, minimalist, retro, European pastoral, Nordic.

Divided by installation: surface installation and concealed installation.

Handle Collocation Principle

1. Choose the style and material that fit the overall design of your home.

For modern design you can choose long handles, button handles, leather handles and other simple handles. For minimalist design, you can choose invisible handles. For classic design, you can choose brass shape handles, retro handles.

2. According to the color and shape of the kitchen cabinet and wardrobe.

The flat door is suitable for the simple handle or invisible handle.

3. Choose according to the use place.

Kitchen and bathroom handles should consider the characteristics of waterproof, moisture-proof, and load-bearing. and it is more appropriate to choose handles made of aluminum alloy. The handles of wardrobe, entrance cabinets and TV cabinets can emphasize their decorativeness.

4. Choose according to the size of the door panel. You can choose strip pull handles or invisible handles for door-to-top cabinet handles, which look more elegant, and for smaller cabinet doors or drawer handles, you can choose small-sized knobs.

Popular Handle

1. Brass Handle

The brass handle is a combination of stylish and luxury, and it also has a retro and elegant temperament. It can be matched with cabinets of different colors, especially with dark colors, such as gray blue, dark green, black, and dark wood etc.

2. Leather Handle

Leather with copper handle, the overall texture is soft and natural, comfortable to touch, not afraid of bumps. Leather handles are generally small and delicate, suitable for small-sized cabinet doors and drawers, not suitable for kitchen cabinet.

3. Linear Handle

The shape of this linear handle is very simple, the length is generally about 600-1500mm, and there are also short side handles of about 110-300mm, which are suitable for wardrobes.

4. Invisible Handle

The door panels with invisible handles look more concise and advanced, with a strong overall sense. The handles without protruding door panels are safer. There are also different types of invisible handles. The commonly used ones are rebounders, J-pull handles, insert handles and so on.