Notting Hill King's Road Collection

The Notting Hill King's Road Collection

The King's Road Collection from Notting Hill Hardware is an English-inspired line of cabinet hardware. Its pieces carry London neighborhood names: Chelsea, Kensington, Pembridge, Portobello Road, and Queensway. The line covers knobs, pulls, cup pulls, appliance pulls, and knob backplates, so one set of shapes can run through a whole kitchen or bath.

What is in the collection

The collection sorts into intricate knobs and pulls, surface design round knobs, and plainer shapes. The Portobello Road knob and pull, for example, come both in a detailed version and a plain one that keeps the same outline without the pattern. Pembridge and Queensway also come as knob backplates, which sit behind a knob to frame it. The Kensington cup pull and the Chelsea pull are listed in white metal.

Where King's Road fits

The English references suit traditional and English-country kitchens, period homes, traditional bath vanities, and library or study built-ins. Decorative pieces look best on painted or stained cabinets with some door detail, such as raised panels. On flat slab doors they compete with the clean lines, and a plain Portobello Road shape is the quieter choice.

Choosing pieces

Start with how each door and drawer opens. Knobs need a single hole and pulls need two, so measure center-to-center on any existing hardware; the Kensington cup pull, for example, is listed at 3 inches center-to-center. Appliance pulls handle larger fronts. A backplate under a knob adds visual weight on a wide drawer and covers marks left by old hardware. Mixing a few decorative knobs with plain pulls keeps an intricate design from overwhelming the room.

Finish is the part worth checking in person. Order a sample, refunded with your full order, or ask for free design help from Kayla, who has two decades in cabinet hardware. For other Notting Hill pieces with raised imagery, see surface design oval knobs.