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Placement of kitchen cabinet knobs and pulls how to#

Make sure it’s straight (use the edge of your page as a guide to make sure the distance stays uniform all the way down).

Draw a vertical line down from your mark.

Assuming that you want them to be 1″ from the corner, you can place a mark 1″ down and 1″ over from the corner of your page.

Determine the distance you want the pulls to be from the corner of the door front.

Get a piece of cardstock or firm paper.

Measure and draw your own–note, this is tricky because if you’re not perfectly straight you may end up unhappy. Here are two ways to make your own template for cabinet pulls If you want to make your own template, or if you’re worried that the downloadable template I provide below won’t work because you have unique sized pulls, you can easily create your own.

Placement of kitchen cabinet knobs and pulls how to#

If you’d like to purchase one, you can find one for under $10 (As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases) How to Make a Template to Install Kitchen Cabinet Pulls You can purchase a template, or you can make one.

So that you’ll align the pull so that it’s not crooked from left to right–lining up the edge of the template along the cabinet door edge will keep your pull vertically straight. To drill the holes at the proper distance for the screws–the pulls will require a screw at the top and at the bottom, you want to drill the holes for these properlyģ. So that you’ll place the pulls at the correct distance from the door cornerĢ. The template is essential for several reasons:ġ. No cabinet pull installation project will go well without first understanding where the cabinet pulls should be placed so that they look right. The best way to do this is by using a template for the installation of the pulls. Importantly, you want the pulls to be placed at the same spacing distance on all of the cabinet doors so that it will look uniform and professional. The exact distance is based on personal preference and what looks best for the size of the pulls you’re using. Where should cabinet pulls be placed? When placing your cabinet pulls, the ideal distance is 1″ to 4″ from the edge of the door.

I’d like to share with you how to do it properly.Īfter the photos of this blue kitchen project, I’ll provide a few pictures of how cabinets pulls transformed a white kitchen for us, as well as a photo of a home with “wrong” cabinet pull placement so you can see how that looks too.

My first experience was filled with mistakes that you can avoid. Avoid the mistakes I made when you install kitchen cabinet pulls.Īdding hardware can quickly change the look of a kitchen. We flipped this condo in just two weeks, and saving time on the kitchen while making it look great was essential to our success. Adding kitchen cabinet pulls transformed the look and feel of this renovated condo.