Tall Cabinet Door Handle Placement

Cabinet knobs and pulls are almost always centered horizontally on the door stile vertical door frame piece.

Tall cabinet door handle placement.

For many people their first inclination is to position the knobs at the corners centered vertically on the stile and horizontally on the rail. Door and drawer cabinet hardware placement is such an easy way to create a significant subtle style and functional impact on a space within your home. Lower cabinet pull or knob placement is similar to upper cabinet s. Cabinet doors are a little trickier because you are working with the outer framing edges the vertical stiles and horizontal rails of the cabinet door.

Basically the two bottom cabinets. On lower cabinets place knob holes 2 1 2 down from the top of the door. 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. This placement is also the most practical putting the handles as much within reach as possible.

Of course if you have really tall cabinet doors you ll want to give preference to longer pulls that will accentuate the door s size. I have a tall bathroom laundry cabinet with two top 15 doors for towels a counter than below a 30 draw and below that two 15 doors. Center the hardware horizontally on the stile between 2 and 4 inches down from the top edge. For knobs we recommend the knob holes be centered horizontally on the door stile and on upper cabinets place knob holes 2 1 2 up from the bottom of the door.

While on base cabinets knobs are usually placed 2 to 3 from the upper corner of the door. Whether it s swapping dated hardware for something new or picking cabinet hardware for a brand new space it adds so much to the overall design. I am trying to figure out the knob pulls placement. Most cabinet knobs today are installed by lining up the installation hole with the edge of the rail.

Or position the knob so it is centered with the top line of the door s frame like in the rendering below. Some companies place knobs a little higher or. When it comes to cabinet knob placement for drawers under 24 typically knobs are centered and installed perfectly in the middle of the drawer panel. Sometimes we ll break this rule for small drawers or small spaces like.

The same goes with pulls on cabinet doors. The bottom of the pull on upper cabinets and top of the pull on lower cabinets is centered on the corner. The general rule to follow is knobs on doors and pulls on drawers. Of course the flip side is that when cabinet hardware is poorly placed on doors and drawers it can make everything in the room look off wasting your time and your money.

One is a pull out for laundry and the other is a traditional swing door.