1 1/4'' (31.8 mm)

1 1/4 inch (31.8 mm) drill-center pulls for narrow drawers and small cup pulls

1 1/4 inch (31.8 mm) drill-center pulls are a small but legitimate drawer pull size for narrow fronts. The 31.8 mm spacing fits the small cup pulls and bin pulls used on inset cabinetry and traditional vanities, plus some specialty bar pulls designed for very narrow doors. The size has a small dedicated catalog that's particularly strong in traditional and Victorian-influenced styles. Search interest at this dimension tracks heavily with reproduction and restoration projects.

Where 1 1/4 inch fits

Narrow inset drawer fronts on traditional kitchen and bath cabinetry. Small bin pulls on built-in office furniture. Vintage and reproduction hardware on antique-style cabinetry. Some jewelry-drawer and dressing-room storage applications. Drawer fronts roughly 4 to 8 inches wide. The size also appears on apothecary-style cabinets where multiple small drawers share the same compact pull dimension.

What hardware looks like at this size

Small cup pulls in traditional and Victorian designs are the strongest category here. Small bin pulls with backplates. Some minimalist finger pulls and small bar pulls. Decorative pulls with narrow backplates in brass, antique copper, and aged bronze finishes that lean toward period reproduction. Most of the catalog at this dimension comes from manufacturers with a deliberate traditional-hardware focus rather than mainstream modern lines.

Adjacent sizes worth comparing

Below is 1 1/8 inch (28.6 mm). Above is 1 3/8 inch (34.9 mm). For more conventional drawer pull sizing, see 3 inch (76.2 mm). Replacement projects on antique-style cabinetry often turn up this exact spacing under earlier hardware. Period catalogs from the 1900s and 1910s frequently used 1 1/4 inch as a default for small drawer cup pulls.