Door Handle Placement On Kitchen Cabinets

Cabinet knob placement jigs and supplies 1 door and drawer cabinet knob placement jig.

Door handle placement on kitchen cabinets. Depending on the design of the door the style of handle and your personal preferences you can place the handle along the top edge of the door or at the top of the vertical edge. Unlike drawer cabinetry hardware placement for door cabinetry is much more subjective. The main difference is you ll place them near the top of the door on the stile so you can reach them without bending over too far.

A template or jig makes it easy to mark the same measurement holes on each cabinet. 2 bradpoint drill bits. However as you can see by pairing this placement with a cleaner more modern micro knob like velinda did it instantly makes the combo more modern.

The knob or pull can align with the rail or it could be higher or lower there are no rules. The hardware spacing for the wall cabinets should match the base cabinets. Place the handle at the top of the door you won t want to stoop to open the door every time you need something from the cupboard.

Alternatively you can build. Gripping and opening the cabinet should feel good in your hand. Center the hardware horizontally on the stile between 2 and 4 inches down from the top edge.

The trick is to completely center your knob vertically and horizontally to the face frame of your shaker style cabinet. Let s look at a few options. You ll specifically want to place them anywhere between 1 and 4 from the top or bottom edge of the door.

Cabinet door hardware placement guidelines taylorcraft cabinet door company. Well except for this rule. Lower cabinet pull or knob placement is similar to upper cabinet s.