Polished Brass Cabinet Pulls

Polished brass cabinet pulls and the warmth they bring

Polished brass is bright, yellow-gold and reflective - the warm counterpart to polished chrome. It is a strong finish rather than a quiet one, which is why it works best either as the single metal in a room or in deliberate contrast with something dark. Against navy, deep green and black cabinetry it does the most work; against pale neutrals it reads as jewelry.

Who makes the polished brass pulls here

Schaub and Company supplies most of this page, with Berenson behind it. Schaub is a decorative maker, so the profiles are shaped rather than plain extrusions, and the page includes appliance pulls alongside standard cabinet pulls. Style tags here lean contemporary, which is a reminder that polished brass is no longer only a period finish.

Drill centers and sizing

Centers on this page include 3, 3-1/2, 3-3/4, 4, 6 and 12 inches, which covers standard drawers through refrigerator and pantry fronts. Measure center to center between your existing screw holes on a replacement job and order that size. On new drawer fronts, a pull around a third of the drawer width is a reliable starting proportion, and going one size up on a wide drawer usually looks better than going one size down.

Lacquered or living

Polished brass also shows fingerprints readily, more so than a brushed or satin brass, which is worth weighing on a heavily used base drawer. This is the question that matters most with brass. A lacquered polished brass stays bright and even; an unlacquered or living brass darkens and takes on a patina where hands touch it. Neither is wrong, but the two will not match each other after six months, so pick one for a room. Polished brass pulls in traditional kitchens and cleaning unlacquered brass cover both paths.

Explore all polished brass cabinet hardware, browse every cabinet pull, or compare with the wider brass family. Kayla has two decades in cabinet hardware and can tell you whether your existing brass is lacquered - book a free design consultation.