Door Handle Placement

When placing your pulls remember that the 1 to 4 range based on your personal preference from the top or bottom edge of the drawer is the ideal placement.

Door handle placement.

Lower cabinet pull or knob placement is similar to upper cabinet s. Use the try square to make a light 3 inch long horizontal line perpendicular to the grain inward from the mark. And you ll want them positioned so that there is still some space between the edge of the handle and the edge of the door. Or in other words the knob is placed about 2 1 2 from the bottom of upper cabinet doors or 2 1 2 from the top of a bottom cabinet door.

Center the hardware horizontally on the stile between 2 and 4 inches down from the top edge. Kitchen cabinet knob and handle placement guide. 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. The backset is the corresponding vertical mark needed to center the knob.

Measure up vertically from the bottom corner of the door and make a mark on the edge of the door at the desired height. And just like with knob placement cabinets will look busy when the pull handles are placed flush with the door frame. Design wise the options fall into more traditional and more modern categories though the placement of your hardware won t sway the room s overall appearance on its own.