Cabinet hardware is a major passion of mine right next to paint.
Kitchen door handle sizes.
A common place for people to try and place cabinet knobs and pulls is centered at the end of the door rail as pictured below.
This size looks pleasing on most cabinets while still being large enough to grip comfortably.
Base cabinet doors doors are placed below a counter can also have knobs placed anywhere from 2 to 3 from the upper corner of the door panel depending on which you prefer.
5 pulls are also an excellent choice.
It s really a personal choice and a matter of taste wether or not you mix handle lengths in your kitchen however using the same length handle throughout regardless of the length of the drawers you put them on will create a less busy more consistent look in the kitchen.
Your knobs and handles from the knobbery will set off the entire room when they match the relative scale of your drawers and doors.
Luckily i m going to share the exact options you can use for each common size cabinet drawer or door.
Trying to determine what length pulls or handles to use on your cabinets can feel daunting.
The right proportions make a big difference.
For any large door such as a pantry and any pull out door including pull out base pantries or trash pull outs use a pull.
To find a hardware s projection check the product page s weights dimensions section.
Standard knob sizes are 1 1 4 or 1 3 8.
There is no right or wrong size to choose but we do recommend choosing pulls that have at least a 3 3 4 center to center the distance between the screw holes.
Size some handles are available in various lengths.
Consider how comfortable you will be using your cabinet or drawer pulls if you have large or arthritic hands a larger projection is ideal.
One preference is to use knobs for all doors and pulls for all drawers.
All sizes quoted as centres are the fixing centres of the two screws which locate and hold the product on the door face.
Picking kitchen unit handle sizes that are appropriate for the overall size of the frontals drawers doors used to be fashionable but does not seem to be so popular these days and it s normally bar handles that are available in multiple sizes that can be used in this way.
This allows the whole hand to grab instead of only your fingertips.
Kitchen and cabinet pull handles classic to modern designs can transform the room with little effort.
For standard size cabinetry dimensions of 12 36 the most common pull sizes are 3 4 96mm and 128mm center to center from one screw hole to another.