Cabinet pulls and handles for kitchens, butler's pantries, bathrooms, laundries and wardrobes.
Handles are where a kitchen either comes together or quietly falls short. The joinery and the stone get all the attention, then the hardware is chosen last and it shows.
Getting the size right
Pulls are measured by hole centres, the distance between the screw holes, not the overall length. A 128mm handle is longer than 128mm.
As a starting point a handle should span roughly a third of the drawer width. Drawers up to 600mm usually suit 128mm. From 600mm to 900mm, go to 192mm or larger. On a very wide drawer, two handles often beat one, because a single central pull drags unevenly on the runners over time.
Weight matters as much as width. A deep pot drawer full of cast iron wants more handle than a shallow cutlery drawer of the same size.
Replacing existing handles
Measure the hole centres on what is there now and match it. Get that one number right and nothing needs drilling.
Mixing knobs and pulls
Knobs on the upper doors and pulls on the drawers is a common and good looking combination. So is a cup pull on drawers with a knob elsewhere. If you want to mix, keep the finish consistent and let the form vary.
Choosing for a whole kitchen
Send us the cabinetry plan, or a list of doors and drawers with their widths, and we will come back with sizes and quantities. It takes us ten minutes and it is the difference between a clean install and three handles that are slightly wrong.
Call 1300 011 268 or email hello@ellagrace.com.au.
