Drawer Handles - Woodworkers Institute

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Drawer Handles Peter Sefton reveals a sleek solution to opening and closing drawers I find one of the most fundamental elements of furniture design is making the handle on a pieceRead More
Drawer Handles Peter Sefton reveals a sleek solution to opening and closing drawers I find one of the most fundamental elements of furniture design is making the handle on a piece of work. It can be a make-or-break detail: it either enhances the item or has the opposite effect and detracts from the beauty of the piece of furniture. Student projects My students have recently completed a small table with a handmade drawer and, as part of the exercise, they have all had to design and make their own handle. Minimalist furniture is very much in vogue. Many pieces are without any visible handles, relying on push-to-open drawer runners or fronts that protrude either over the face of a drawer rail, or over the upright edge of the cabinet allowing for a carved or routed cove giving a finger pull. That was not allowed within our design brief, so the students had to be a little more adventurous. One of my mature students, Andrew Strickland, had a brown oak inlay line running around his table’s apron rail and replicated this within…