Farmhouse Kitchen Hardware — Cabinet Knobs & Pulls

Modern American farmhouse doesn't want reproduction — it wants warmth, patina, and something obviously made by hand. Here's what a Birmingham workshop has learned making cabinet knobs and pulls for farmhouse kitchens across the US.

The farmhouse kitchen as Americans know it today is a translation — Shaker restraint softened by English country warmth, then pulled through a hundred years of Wisconsin dairy porches and Texas ranch back kitchens. The apron sink and the linen skirt and the open shelf came back into fashion in the 2010s, but the version that stuck is quieter than the one on television — mixed metals instead of matte black everywhere, hand-painted ceramic instead of stamped tin, a single satin-brass bar pull on the range drawer instead of eight identical black cups.

Where Shaker asks the hardware to disappear, farmhouse asks it to hold the room's warmth. That's why nothing on this page is machine-polished to a mirror. Ceramic knobs carry the brush-marks of the painter. Brass arrives with a soft satin hand or an unlacquered surface that will darken over a decade of cooking. The cabinet stays the same. The hardware carries the season.

What we make for farmhouse kitchens

Every knob and pull below is hand-finished at our workshop in Birmingham, England. Brass is lost-wax cast, hand-chased, and either polished, satin-brushed, or aged with an unlacquered patina. Ceramics are hand-thrown on the wheel, glazed, and painted with soft-hair sable brushes. Nothing on this page is a CNC-milled reproduction of a heritage piece — it's the piece.

Three of our most-ordered farmhouse-appropriate designs:

Rhodes Hand-Painted Ceramic Cabinet Knob — hand-thrown ceramic in a soft ivory glaze with hand-painted gold trim, seated on a polished-brass base. The brush-marks are visible if you look for them — which is the point. Reads warm, made, unmistakably human. Perfect on a paint-grade shaker or a wide plank pantry door.
Charming Crackle Ceramic Cabinet Knob with Chrome Base — a crazed-glaze ceramic in soft white on a polished chrome collar. The crackle is real — pulled from the kiln, not printed. Reads part antique dairy, part quietly modern. Works beautifully on a white-painted cabinet with a soapstone counter.
Chelsea Diamond-Knurled Brass Bar Pull in Satin Brass — solid brass, diamond-knurled on the barrel for grip and quiet visual texture. Satin brass tone that doesn't shine. The single most-ordered pull for a farmhouse range drawer or a wide apron-front drawer bank.

Browse the full range of cabinet knobs or the cabinet pull handles collection.

Sizing — a quick reference for US farmhouse cabinets

US farmhouse cabinets tend to run wider and deeper than a standard shaker install — apron sink cabinets, pantry doors, and drawer banks under the range are common. A well-proportioned knob or pull for that door width sits in this range:

Doors under 15 inches wide (upper cabinets, spice pullouts): 30–38 mm ceramic knob (1¼–1½ in), or a 96 mm (3¾ in) bar pull.
Doors 15–24 inches wide (standard base cabinets): 38 mm knob (1½ in), or a 128 mm (5 in) bar pull.
Apron-front sink base or wide pantry (over 24 in): 160 mm or 192 mm bar pulls (6¼ or 7½ in). Twin knobs also work here — spaced roughly one third and two thirds across.
Range drawer bank: 160 mm or 192 mm satin-brass bar pulls, matched down the stack. This is the one place in the room worth a statement.

The full sizing guide covers screw specs, backplate options, and installation offsets in detail.

Finish choices for farmhouse kitchens

Farmhouse rewards mixed metals more than any other kitchen style — a satin-brass pull on the range drawer, a hand-painted ceramic knob on the uppers, a polished-nickel bin pull on the pantry. Four finishes to build from:

Satin brass — matte, honey-toned, no shine. The default farmhouse tone. Pairs with soapstone, honed marble, butcher-block, and every shade of painted cabinet from bone to deep green.
Polished brass (unlacquered) — starts bright, patinas beautifully over 5–10 years. Best for buyers who want the kitchen to age visibly. Reads English country farmhouse and Southern classic.
Aged brass — pre-oxidised at the workshop for the patinated look on day one. Sidesteps the wait for unlacquered to darken.
Hand-painted ceramic on chrome or brass — the farmhouse signature. Warm on the upper cabinets, quiet against a painted door, a small reminder that a person made this.

Shipping to the US

Every US order ships DDP from our Birmingham workshop with duties and taxes pre-paid at checkout. Flat-rate US shipping is $16.95, free over $150. Delivery to your door in 5–7 business days. No customs invoices. No surprise fees.

Read further

Our editorial guide to farmhouse drawer pulls for the American kitchen walks through real installs — apron sinks, range drawer banks, and the mixed-metal decisions that make a farmhouse read considered instead of themed.

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