Berenson Emerling Collection

The Berenson Emerling Collection

Emerling is Berenson's traditional pull line, built around a rounded bar profile that reads as classic rather than sculptural or modern. It spans three pull styles — standard, cup, and appliance — all cast in zinc, giving a kitchen enough range to match hardware on cabinet doors, drawer fronts, and large appliance panels while staying inside one design family for the whole job. Finishes include matte black, brushed nickel, and a warmer brushed gold, so the traditional shape can still sit comfortably in a kitchen that leans slightly warmer or more contemporary in its metal tones overall.

What identifies the Emerling look

The bar itself has a gentle, rounded profile instead of a flat or squared edge, which is the detail that separates it from Berenson's more contemporary lines like Metro or Swagger. It's a shape that pairs naturally with raised-panel or shaker-style cabinetry, where a softer pull complements the door's own detailing instead of competing with it for attention. Appliance pulls in the collection extend to 12 inches, long enough to run the full height of a standard refrigerator or freezer panel without visible gaps.

How the sizes break down

Standard pulls span a size range starting at 96mm and reaching up through 224mm measured center-to-center, and cup pulls come in one fixed 96mm size for anyone mixing pull styles within the same kitchen layout. The lineup covers all three shapes in the same three finishes, so one kitchen's doors, drawers, and appliances can all stay on the Emerling line from start to finish. Brushed gold sits noticeably warmer than the brushed nickel option, so it helps to settle on one overall metal temperature for the kitchen before mixing finishes.

Living with a traditional pull

A rounded bar profile like Emerling's tends to feel comfortable in the hand, since there are no sharp edges catching against fingers during everyday use. That roundness also wears in its own way compared with a flat-edged pull, with matte or brushed texture softening gradually at points of contact rather than chipping at a corner.

Other Berenson collections to consider

For a more contemporary bar profile in a similar zinc build, look at Tempo or Rivet Rebel. If Emerling's traditional roundness is the draw, Hearthstone and Domestic Bliss sit in similar territory and reward a side-by-side look.