Decorative drawer pulls are a detail often overlooked when remodeling or building, and are a perfect way to define a room's décor.
When remodeling a house small details can sometimes be overlooked. Details such as lampshades, window coverings, rugs, and drawer pulls, though considered by many to be minor items when discussing interior decoration, are details that often define a home's style. Drawer pulls can speak volumes when the right designs are selected. Choosing ones that help you characterize each room's attitude and panache is possible, especially if any decorating has been done along the lines of a more general theme to start with. Continue by deciding on what statements you want to declare when people walk into the rooms in your house. Once you have defined where you want to take each room, shop for drawer pulls that will help classify each room's style.
Antique and Architectural
Antique and architectural drawer pulls are a great way to go and are available in both authentic versions and reproductions. Salvage experts have made it possible for someone building or remodeling to bring a touch of the past into the new, through saving items such as drawer pulls from the dumpsters. Costs can be high though, especially when trying to pull together several matching items. Reproductions of antique examples are available, thankfully, for the budget minded wanting to bring a bit of past style and grace into their decorating. Architecturally, there is a seemingly unlimited array of drawer pulls available that one could adorn their furniture. A search online, architectural catalogs or warehouses, and auctions are all possible places to find the perfect antique or architectural accompaniment.
Wild West and Rustic
With western art and décor a popular decorating topic, drawer pulls in a huge variety of fitting themes has followed. With shapes in everything from sheriff badges, horseshoes, rope, even steer heads, you will be sure to find something to your liking fitting this subject. To carry the western art a bit further than what they might encounter in this crowded market, many have turned to local craftspeople and have had pulls handcrafted in personal styles, for example, forged steel ones in the shape of their family brand.
Elegant
Silver and glass always jump to the front when someone thinks of an elegant room. A perfect way to bring either of these materials into a room is through drawer pulls. Cut glass, colored glass, glass with embedded artifacts such as flowers are prime examples. Silver, brass, and copper are always tasteful additions to drawers and cabinets. Available in a wide range of finishes, you will be sure to find ones that fit an elegantly ornamented room.
Themed
Children's rooms, kitchens looking for a touch of whimsy, or a cabinet in a family room are perfect places to use themed door pulls. A child's room decked out to look like Fenway Park would be perfectly accented with drawer pulls in the image of baseballs, bats, or a combination of the two. A kitchen whose main theme is bovines would not be complete without cow patterned pulls. A family room decorated in a fifties theme would look just a bit more finished with a CD cabinet complete with drawer pulls bedecked in checkers. Whatever room style you are aiming to accent, drawer pulls are the perfect finish.
