Jeffrey Alexander Hardware: Pulls, Knobs, Vanities and Mirrors

What Jeffrey Alexander makes

Jeffrey Alexander is a decorative hardware brand of Hardware Resources, a company based in Bossier City, Louisiana. The company's own collections page lists more than 60 Jeffrey Alexander collections of cabinet knobs and pulls, in styles it describes as traditional, transitional and modern, many of them ADA-friendly. Hardware Resources also sells the Elements brand.

On Amazon US, the brand covers more than hardware. The Jeffrey Alexander listings we track include four types:

• Cabinet pulls: bar and arch pulls in metric spacings
• Cabinet knobs: mostly round and square, in the same finishes
• Bathroom vanities: the biggest group, in named collections
• Bathroom mirrors: framed mirrors, some named to match the vanities

That's a slice, not the whole catalog. Amazon carries more Jeffrey Alexander listings than we've collected in detail, and our count grows as we add them. The cards above show what's live now, grouped by type.

Jeffrey Alexander cabinet pulls

Spacing, in millimeters first

Jeffrey Alexander lists its pulls in metric spacing first, with inches in parentheses. The spacings in our data:

Center-to-center	Where it shows up
96 mm (3-3/4 in)	Common; small drawers and doors
128 mm (5-1/16 in)	The most common
160 mm (6-5/16 in)	Common; wider drawers
192 mm (7-9/16 in)	A few collections
224 mm (8-13/16 in)	Rare
256 mm (10-1/16 in)	Rare
305 mm (12 in)	Rare

Center-to-center, or CC, is the distance from the middle of one screw hole to the middle of the other. It's the number that decides whether a new pull fits your old holes. 128 mm is the most common Jeffrey Alexander spacing in our data, and it's a hair over 5 inches. If your old holes were drilled at a true 5 inches, test one pull before you order a kitchen's worth.

Most Jeffrey Alexander pulls in our data are bar pulls; a few, like the Philip and Cairo, are arch or D pulls.

Reading a Jeffrey Alexander model number

The model numbers look like a code, and they mostly are. In our data, a listing like Merrick 549-128SN puts the collection number first, then the spacing in millimeters, then a finish code. The same Merrick pull shows up as 549-160 and 549-192 at longer spacings. The Sutton 635 runs from 96 to 256 mm the same way.

The finish codes we see in the listings line up with the finish names: SN with satin nickel, SBZ with satin bronze, MB with matte black, BG with brushed gold. That's a pattern in our data, not a decoder ring from the maker, so read the finish name on the listing too.

Iris thinks model numbers are secret messages. She's half right. They're messages. They're just not secret if you have a ruler.

Jeffrey Alexander satin bronze and the other finishes

Satin bronze is the most common named finish among Jeffrey Alexander pulls in our data, followed by satin nickel. You'll also find brushed brass or gold, pewter, matte black and oil-rubbed bronze. Some listings name a finish we file as "other", and a number of pulls don't state one in the structured data at all.

Here's my one opinion for this page: buy one sample before you buy forty. Finish names belong to the maker, and satin bronze from one brand rarely matches satin bronze from another side by side. If you're adding to a kitchen that already has hardware, hold the sample against the old pull in your own light.

What "ADA-friendly" means for a pull

Hardware Resources says many Jeffrey Alexander collections are ADA-friendly. It's worth knowing what that's measured against. The U.S. Access Board's guide to the ADA standards says operable parts must work with one hand, without tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist, and with no more than 5 pounds of force. It names standard U-shaped pulls as acceptable and round knobs as not.

In practice, that's a bar or arch pull with enough room behind it for your fingers. Those rules are written for public buildings, not your kitchen, but they make a good test if anyone in the house has stiff hands. The listing for a specific pull is where to check whether the maker calls that model ADA-compliant; we only repeat it where the listing says it.

Pull styles we don't have in our data yet

People look for Jeffrey Alexander appliance pulls, cup pulls, edge or finger pulls, glass knobs and hooks. Our current Amazon US data for the brand is bar pulls, arch pulls and knobs, with no listings filed as appliance, cup, edge or glass. That doesn't mean the maker doesn't make them. It means we haven't collected those listings in detail yet. When we do, they'll show up in the cards above and on the matching type pages.

Jeffrey Alexander cabinet knobs

Knobs take one screw, so there's no spacing to match. What you compare is diameter, shape and how far the knob sticks out, called projection.

In our data, Jeffrey Alexander knobs come mostly in two diameters: 1 1/4 inches and 1 3/8 inches. Shapes include mushroom, which is the classic rounded knob, square, round, rectangular and a T-knob that works like a short bar. The finishes run the same range as the pulls: satin bronze, satin nickel, matte black, brushed gold, oil-rubbed bronze, polished nickel and pewter.

Many collections offer a matching knob and pull. In our data, the Belcastel, Tiffany, Sonoma, Cairo, Fontana, Jules, Loxley and Richard names, among others, appear on both. A kitchen with knobs on the doors and pulls on the drawers can stay in one collection, which is the easiest way to keep the finish matched.

Jeffrey Alexander bathroom vanities

The vanities are the biggest group in our data, and they come in collections:

• Tempest: the largest group, single sink, at 30, 36 and 48 inches; many state a resin top
• Kipling: single and double sink, from 30 to 60 inches
• Gardner: 30 to 48 inches, in finishes like Blue Steel, Dark Walnut, Natural Oak and White
• Theodora: 24, 48 and 60 inches, with a top and undermount sink
• Cade, Chatham, Percival: a few listings each, mostly 24 inches

Forty-eight inches is the most common Jeffrey Alexander vanity width in our data, then 30 and 36. Every vanity listing in our data states soft-close. Many state an 18.5-inch depth, which is more than most vanity listings tell you about depth at all.

The 24-inch Cade, Chatham, Theodora and Percival listings name a white Carrara marble top with an undermount rectangle bowl in their titles. Many of the larger vanities don't state in the structured data whether the top is included, so read the listing title and description before you order. That's the first fork with any vanity: top in the box, or cabinet only.

Measure the drain and supply lines before you pick a width. The back panel has to clear them, and the sink has to land over the drain. A vanity with a stone top is a two-person lift, anchored to the wall as the maker's instructions show.

Jeffrey Alexander bathroom mirrors

The mirrors in our data split into four groups:

• Cade mirrors: 16 to 33 inches wide, 28 inches high, 1 inch deep, in Black, White, Grey, Weathered Grey, Blue Steel and Hale Blue
• Chatham mirrors: 22 to 40 inches wide, 34 inches high, 1 1/2 inches deep, in White, Grey, Chocolate and Hale Blue
• Rounded rectangle metal frame: 22, 24 and 33 inches wide, in matte black, satin nickel, satin bronze and brushed gold
• Circular metal frame: 30 inches, in the same four metal finishes

The Cade and Chatham mirrors share names with the vanity collections, and some share finish names too. If you're buying a matched set, check that the mirror's width sits inside the vanity's width. A mirror that runs past the counter's edges looks like it wandered over from another bathroom.

Mixing Jeffrey Alexander with hardware you already have

Most kitchens don't replace every piece at once. Maybe the drawers get new pulls and the doors keep their knobs for a year. That works if the finishes sit well together, and it's the one place where a sample beats any photo.

Three checks before you mix:

• Finish: hold the new sample against the old piece, in daylight and under the kitchen light at night
• Spacing: the new pull's CC has to match the old holes, or you're filling and drilling
• Scale: a 1 3/8-inch knob next to a long 192 mm pull can look like a kid standing next to a grown-up; step down a size if the drawers are small

In a bathroom, the vanity hardware also sits next to the faucet and towel bar. Those come from other makers, in other finish names. Matching names won't save you there. Matching samples will.

How to shop Jeffrey Alexander hardware, in order

1. Measure the CC on several of your old pulls, not just one.
2. Count drawers and doors, then add two spares.
3. Pick a collection with both a knob and a pull if you need both.
4. Order one sample in your finish and hold it in your own kitchen light.
5. Order the rest together, so the finish batch matches.
6. Keep the receipt and the packing slip.

Step 6 has a reason. Hardware Resources states that Jeffrey Alexander knobs and pulls are backed by a lifetime warranty. Dell's take, from a man with a notepad for every receipt in the house: "A lifetime warranty is worth exactly as much as the paper you kept." He's right. Tape the slip inside a drawer. The drawer won't lose it. You might.

Where Jeffrey Alexander sits among other hardware

On our type pages, Jeffrey Alexander pulls, knobs and vanities appear with every other brand, sorted by the same rules: spacing for pulls, diameter for knobs, width for vanities. No brand gets a better spot. If you want to compare, the cabinet pulls table sorts every pull in our data by center-to-center, and the bathroom vanities table sorts every vanity by width.

For all the hardware brands we cover, see the cabinet hardware brands directory. For the mirrors from every brand, see bathroom mirrors.

Measure first. Then pick a collection.