Do you think these handle positions look okay?

jspitz · Jul 12, 2009 9:02 pm

Hi, our kitchen has just been installed and i've just noticed that some of our handle positions are not what we requested in the contract. I'm not sure whether to make an issue about it or if they look okay.

This is our island bench-all the handles were meant to be in the "horizontal centre and top" position like the two centre cupboards.

This is our main bench-all the handles were meant to be in the "horizontal centre and top" position like the two outside cupboards.

What do you think???

just Erin · Jul 12, 2009 9:06 pm

I think they look great where they are!

seast · Jul 12, 2009 9:26 pm

I agree with A4E. They look good.

Staz88 · Jul 12, 2009 9:52 pm

*******. The cupboard handles should be at the same level as the top drawer handles.

just Erin · Jul 12, 2009 9:57 pm

Staz88

*******. The cupboard handles should be at the same level as the top drawer handles.

Doesnt look ******* at all

Picturing the kitchens in my family's, and friends homes, none of their drawer handles are lined up at the top to match the cupboards. Try googling some kitchens online, I'm sure most the results will look just like your kitchen.

themax · Jul 12, 2009 9:58 pm

I think that they look fine BUT...for me I think that the cupboard handles not being lined up with the top drawer handles would drive me crazy, but I'm a bit nutty like that. I BET that this will happen to me as well when my kitchen is built.
EDIT- If I were you, I wouldn't worry about it. After 2 weeks you'll forget about it and it really does look fine as it is, hardly noticable. If you hadn't have told us we wouldn't have known. Pick your battles and this is a teeny one, it's fine, truly.

Stormy · Jul 12, 2009 10:37 pm

I'm going to throw a spanner in the works...mine all line up (although my pot drawers are the wrong size).

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...and so do all 3 vanity units...

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I know if it were mine it would sh*t me forever, BUT...once everything else is in, your appliances, flooring and dirty dishes you probably wont notice it as much. If it really bothers you and was not what you expected then get them to change them all. Check your plans/contract carefully though! I 'expected' my cupboard handles NOT to be in the centre, but towards where the door opens. It's OK on the skinnier cupboards, but I don't really like it on the thicker cupboards on my island:

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There is no where written in my colours where to actually put the handles, I just knew I wanted them horizontal, and that's all I recall being asked. My SS says that's how all the displays are done and it depends on your size handles. I went through all my 'display photos' and have seen several with my size handle and placed towards the edge of the cupboard opening....go figure. At this stage I am prepared to wear them, and will get used to them.

Despite all this, I LOVE the colour of your kitchen!!!

buildingwithhamra · Jul 12, 2009 10:44 pm

I was given the choice, and I chose for the handles to be centered to the middle of the drawer,
its just a personal preference

Rinny · Jul 12, 2009 11:04 pm

I like the way they are currently, i.e centered (so i personally wouldn't have them changed).

Hels · Jul 12, 2009 11:10 pm

I prefer them to line up and they have done it that way on ours.
It seems to be a 50/50 divided option so go with whatever you prefer.

charlie · Jul 13, 2009 9:51 am

If I was given a choice I'd choose to have them lined up, but I think it looks fine. I honestly don't think the majority of people would notice it. You're going to be the one looking at it all the time though, and if it's going to bug you then I think it's worth mentioning.

jspitz · Jul 13, 2009 10:36 am

Thanks everyone for your wonderful advice, although I think i'm more confused than ever now. I love the look of how they are meant to be from the photos you have sent but i'm not sure if the way mine are as just as nice. Hmmm i'll have to think about this one a bit longer.....

ECOECO · Jul 13, 2009 11:16 am

IMO in your case, as the handles are not adjacent to each other, I think the way they are now is best. If the units were side by side, then they would look best aligned.

Ed

lisanne · Jul 13, 2009 11:19 am

Before seeing Stormy's pic's I thought they were fine... now I would want them to line up!

suh · Jul 13, 2009 11:53 am

I also don't think they look *******

but you do have a long way to bend for that bottom drawer
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-Rebekah- · Jul 13, 2009 5:41 pm

I think they're just fine the way they are but you have to live with it I guess

buildingwithhamra · Aug 04, 2009 7:35 pm

I have the exact opposite problem, my plan shows my drawer handles in the centre of the drawers. They have been installed in the top half, all my other handles are vertical so
these handles dont line up with anything and I really hate them. I have been given the choice of getting them changed and I think I will

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Vanity with my round basin!!!!!

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jspitz · Aug 04, 2009 8:44 pm

Hi buildingwithhamra, I hummed and haaed about the same dilemma as yours for a couple of days as I was tossing up whether they were okay, but in the end it sort of annoyed me that they didn't line up and we paid a fortune for the colorform cupboards and upgraded handles so I requested it got changed. I don't think they were thrilled about it but it was explicitely worded in the contract as the handles to all be "top and centre" so I don't think they had much choice. I figure you're just a number in their system and in time they won't remember who you are, but you'll be left with something that annoys you forever.

emilygirl · Aug 04, 2009 9:09 pm

Id prefer lined up otherwise they draw you attention for the wrong reason...as if its a mistake...just my opinion though...

CarolineJ · Aug 04, 2009 10:27 pm

I would definitely change it. My cabinet makers forgot to ask specifics about handle placement, and all of the drawer handles were horizontal, but the only cupboard doors had vertical handles. It bugged me, and I got them to fix it. I am SO glad I did!