Cabinet Hardware: 10 Styles to Invigorate Your Kitchen

One of the last things considered when shopping for kitchen cabinets is the hardware. But kitchen cabinet hardware can make a big impact on the look and feel of not just your kitchen cabinets, but the entire room. The shape of and finish on your pulls, knobs and handles can put the final touch on your kitchen design. The very same cabinet might have a vintage feel with porcelain knobs, or a contemporary look with brushed nickel pulls. You can give your kitchen a very personalized treatment with something custom, like artistic glass knobs, or handworked metal in oil-rubbed bronze. Think of the hardware like jewelry for your cabinets. Let it speak for your style - be that contemporary, modern, vintage or traditional. Here are some of our favorite examples of great kitchen cabinet hardware from around the web.

By Jennifer Noonan | Updated Dec 29, 2020 01:19 PM

Traditional

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Bronze Hardware

Bronze knobs and pulls with exposed screws bring a classic look to these traditional raised-panel cabinet doors. Paired together, the two are matched perfectly, with the hardware's bronze finish being as warm and solid-feeling as the glazed wood beneath.

grapeseed-kitchen.com

Mission

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Mission Style Hardware

Here, standard metal ring pulls add the final touch to classic Mission-style cabinetry. To bring the look together throughout the room, the oil-rubbed bronze finish of the hardware can be repeated in the faucet and light fixtures.

hudsoncabinetmaking.com

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Contemporary

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Tubular Pulls

Tubular drawer pulls finished in brushed nickel are a fitting complement to this blonde-wood kitchen’s contemporary look. Sleek, lightweight, and horizontal in design, these pulls echo and enhance the angularity of the custom wood countertops.

hudsoncabinetmaking.com

Rustic

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Hammered Iron Pulls

Black, hammered-iron handles impart a handmade quality to this country-home kitchen, the natural-woodgrain cabinets of which exude simple, rustic charm.

grapeseed-kitchen.com

Rock On

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Sea Stone Knobs

Using smooth sea stones as cabinet hardware will not only make your kitchen unique, but will also add a natural, eco-friendly element to your decor.

sea-stones.com

Artistic

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Mosaic Drawer Pulls

If something off the shelf or out of a catalog is just not your style, opt for a one-of-a-kind hardware selection, such as these mosaic-glass knobs, individually hand-crafted in vibrant dichroic art glass and available from Uneek Glass Fusions.

uneekglassfusions.com

Farmhouse

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Cup Pulls

Cup pulls—like these oil-rubbed bronze examples—deliver a farmhouse look in any kitchen, particularly when paired with white-painted cabinets detailed with beadboard panel insets. 

farmstylestudio.blog spot.com

Asian Inspiration

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Brass Drawer Pulls

This buffet cabinet's neutral paint color combines with generously sized, Asian-style brass hardware to create an air of sophistication that is simultaneously classic and contemporary. 

clementineandolive.blog spot.com

Retro

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Porcelain Pulls

Porcelain pulls with nickel-plated metal would make a gorgeous contrast against boldly painted cabinets, and at under $7 per pack of two from IKEA, the style pictured fits any construction or remodel budget.

ikea.com

Tuscan

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Oil Rubbed Bronze Hardware

These chunky but graceful oil-rubbed bronze knobs and pulls make a stunning contrast against light-color raised-panel cabinet doors—it’s an Old World European feel, provincial yet elegant.

minnesotakitchencabinets.com

Do It Yourself

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Do It Yourself

If the style is right but the finish is wrong, consider painting your hardware. These sophisticated pulls, now metallic silver, were bronze at the outset. All it took to complete the transformation was primer and spray paint.

allyou.com

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