We toured a ton of high-end houses this weekend and noticed several of them had the same cheap cabinet hardware we use and love. And by cheap, we are talking about the price tag only, the quality is a big winner!
We’ve now used the hardware in three different rooms, with plans to add it to the kitchen soon. After seeing it all around our house, and in so many model homes, I thought it was worth a post to make sure all of you were in the loop on this awesome option. I’ll show you how we’ve used it, then link to all the different sizes below!
In the laundry room, we opted for just the small T-Bar, and used the hardware in the satin nickel finish. I love that it’s a slightly modern look on our more traditional panel doors.
In the pantry, I tried painting the pulls gold for the first time and it worked brilliantly! You can find more on that process here. Almost two years later, they are holding up surprisingly well.
Here’s a close up of the pulls installed, the drawer hardware is the 5 3/8″ size (using 2 per wide drawer).
In the full pantry view, you can tell how much interest they add to the doors. The hardware was an important part of the room feeling complete. Not to mention the function of keeping the white cabinets much cleaner!
As much as I love the pulls in the pantry, the ones in the closet are my favorite. They couldn’t be more perfect on our IKEA MALM dressers (PSA: Make sure you anchor any dressers, but especially MALM’s, to the wall ASAP).
We used a combination of 5 3/8″ and 15″ sizes.
The 15″ version is definetely pricier than the shorter options, but still way more affordable than other brands in this size. They were worth the splurge to make our IKEA furniture look high-end. 
And look how fancy they make my IKEA bookcases!
My secret source for this affordable hardware is AMAZON! You don’t even have to leave the house, which is always a bonus, right? Since it comes in so many widths and package sizes, I spent some time making a list of all the options below.
The most frustrating part for me in ordering was the lack of a comprehensive list on Amazon. The 25-packs are the best deal, but we ended up mixing and matching different quantities to get exactly what we needed.
Small T-Bar
5 3/8″ Pull (Holes 3″ apart)
Single Pull (You can get 5 for the price of 2 singles, so order with caution!)
5 Pack
10 Pack
25 Pack (Crazy good deal!)
7 3/8″ Pull (Holes 5″ apart)
11 3/16″ Pull (Holes 8 7/8″ apart)
15″ Pull (Holes 12 5/8″ apart)
21 1/4″ Pull (Holes 18 5/16″ apart)
Hopefully that cheat sheet will save some of you the annoyance I faced trying to find the right size package for the right size cabinet hardware. If you’re not ready to buy now, make sure you pin the image below so you’ll have the full list when you are ready for an update!
June says
I love your closet pulls too but I really love that you have a refrigerator in your pantry!
Melissa George says
Thank you! We were going to do an under cabinet wine fridge, and I’m SO glad I decided to go with this instead. Having the extra freezer space is amazing!
Michelle M says
OMG..I LOVE EVERYTHING!! You helped me solve my delimma in trying to choose hardware for my kitchen cabinets in a rental. Living in nyc, on a college budget no-less (what budget??), where rental kitchen are pretty much non-existent now in days but i since i have been living in my place for 14-16 years i was graced with nice cabinets. Just recently i updated them with Nuvo Titanium paint and my cabinet door are almost exactly like yours but i wanted to modernize them and after countless hours and weeks of searching you solved my problem! The combination between the modern hardware and a more traditional cabinet is perfect and exactly what i was looking for! Thanks!! I also love the fridge with gold accent handles. Maybe i could mimic by covering mine with gold contact paper or washi tape?!
maribel marra says
They look beautiful. I must ask how the spray painted handles are holding up? Has the paint started chipping. Really want to update my cabinets, but wondering about the wear and tear?
Melissa George says
Hi Maribel, We haven’t had any of them start chipping yet, but keep in mind they are in the pantry versus the kitchen so they don’t get as much daily wear and tear. We did the same process in our master closet on the drawers. They have had about 10 months of daily use and are still holding up just as well so far. I think the matte finish on these particular handles reacts very well to the spray paint, which makes me and my budget very happy!
Mary Ontiveros Herrera says
We are remodeling our kitchen and can’t afford to buy new handles so I want to paint the old ones,do I need to put a clear coat over the paint to keep from peeling, also is there a special paint to use I would appreciate and feed back
Melissa George says
Hi Mary – I didn’t put a clear coat on ours, but in the pantry they don’t get used as much as primary kitchen drawers. I think I’m going to test using a clear coat when do the kitchen pulls. For existing handles, make sure you use a good degreaser on them first to get off any oil that ours hands would leave on them over time. I used a Rust-oleum spray paint + primer as the paint. See if you can find some very inexpensive pulls at the hardware store, a Habitat Restore, or even a garage sale to do a bit of testing and find the color & finish you like! Good luck!
Shelley Starks says
Hi, so where did u buy the matte pulls? Love them! On Amazon? Any particular site? Thanks for the tips! Just kind og skimmed over ur article! Love your style! Can’t wait to have time to read more! Also want to read about wallpapers!☺
Melissa George says
Thanks! And yes, we ordered from Amazon. Toward the bottom of that post there are links to all the different sizes and quantities that will get you to the ones we used on Amazon. I also have one wallpaper post so far here: http://www.polishedhabitat.com/2017/how-to-pick-wallpaper/ 🙂
Jamee says
Did you spray paint your refrigerator handle?? I’m in love!!
Melissa George says
Yes! I unscrewed it and spray painted it outside. It’s ready for a touch up now, but didn’t show any signs of wear the first 2 years. Totally worth repainting every couple years!
Jamee says
Absolutely!! I’m transitioning to stainless steel appliances, but my fridge is relatively new. I’m going to paint the handles to make it more aesthetically balanced. Thank you!!
Jenn says
Did you drill holes in the drawers of the MALM dresser to add the pulls?
Melissa George says
Yes – that part was a little scary, but we measured and marked the holes, then made sure everything lined up right with the pulls before drilling. We’re so glad we went for it!
LDM says
Would love an update on how these are holding up!
Melissa George says
They’re holding up really well for us! I do think it helps that they’re not in a bathroom or main kitchen where there is more moisture and they’re used more often. But even the ones on the dresser drawers I use daily are good as new.
That said, I think the manufacturers were onto my hack and started making way less expensive gold versions. If you follow the link to the silver, Amazon will often pop up some cheap gold ones now so you may check prices and save yourself a step.
Pam George says
Thanks, Melissa! I just started looking on Amazon for new kitchen pulls exactly like yours. Now I don’t have to spend hours comparing them all!
Melissa George says
Yay! That’s amazing – send pictures once you get them!