kitchen knobs and pulls

Here are the glass knobs we have our eye on from Restoration hardware for the kitchen cabinets:

Here dear husband models them:
What to do on the drawers is more tricky. They make glass pulls:
but we're not so wild about them and we would need something larger/stronger for the dishwasher pull...

So we were thinking maybe pulls like this from RH.

jen4265 from the gardenweb forum has these same knobs and pulls in her kitchen only it looks like in a polished nickel finish.

Another option is to use two of the knobs on some of the drawers:

(edlakin's kitchen on gardenweb)

(...another unknown gardenweb poster's kitchen)

Cup pulls are another (popular) option and one dear husband likes. What I don't like about cup pulls is: 1. they are big. the glass knobs on the top have such a small profile that I think this would look bottom heavy. 2. you always have to turn your wrist to open a drawer. 3. i feel like they'd get dirty inside and would be hard to clean. To me, they are also not quite as classic somehow.. definitely not as formal.

(rmkitchen from gardenweb)

So since Dear husband loves the glass knobs and the orb pulls, I think that's where we'll end up. Once we're allowed back in the house (they are doing the floor stain this week, so we can't go inside!) we'll have to take a real look at the cabinet/drawers and see what we'd like where.... I do think it would be nice to do the two-knob option on some of the smaller drawers. We'll see!

pocket door hardware

I neglected the pocket door hardware for the french doors into the music room. There are a surprising number of options, even staying within Baldwin hardware but here's what I'm leaning towards. These pulls (in ORB) would go on the face of the door-- practically speaking they will save the white trim from gookie-ness, but I think it also looks better to have some kind of hardware on the face of the door. Then we have the options for how you actually pull the door from its pocket.

Option one. Clean, simple... but might it be too difficult to open?

Easier to get a hold of the loopy thing but not as refined looking? Would this be easier or more difficult to keep clean?

Last option- this is what my parents have on their (single) pocket door. Might be more than we need though? Would the bigger profile of the hardware be a detraction or would it look nice?

I'm actually kind of stumped on this one.... will revisit tonight with dear husband.

door jewelry

We're back to interior knobs. Poor husband thought it was all decided and hopefully it is, but I just like to be extra sure. Here's what we're leaning towards for interior knobs. It's the Baldwin "colonial" knob from their images collection.

Here's a more simple door knob, also Baldwin, but the "Classic". I think the price point is the same so we're leaning towards the one that has a little more interest.

M. really likes these egg-shapped knobs. (Also Baldwin). I think they are kind of cool and I like that their profile is smaller, but just think they might get old fast or look dated in a couple years or something. For awhile I was thinking maybe we'd do egg knobs on the closet doors and round ones on the interior doors, I think that could be nice looking- but it might be better to keep it simple.

Here's what we'd like to do for the front door: Baldwin "Madison".

glass knob

Here is a photo of the glass knob we're leaning towards. M. got a glass knob from me for his birthday so we can see how it looks against the mock up cabinet door.

door knobs

here are a couple of inspiration photos of how oil rubbed bronze knobs look on white interior doors.

front door knobs

Here are our top contenders as of now. We will definitely do an oil rubbed bronze, but you can't always find a photo online of the exact knob in the exact finish, so use your imagination on the ones here in the shiny brassy color. Here goes. Oh and then the world of interior knobs calls.... stay tuned.