This is a mistake however as you should actually move your cabinet door knobs a little further away vertically from the door s edge.
Door handle placement kitchen.
When it comes to installing cabinet door handles either knobs or pulls they are always placed on the opposite side from the door hinges.
For many people their first inclination is to position the knobs at the corners centered vertically on the stile and horizontally on the rail.
Adjust the screw hole placement accordingly if necessary.
Then center it horizontally on the door frame.
Let s look at a few options.
Most people attach cabinet pulls or handles to the stile.
The horizontal piece that frames the horizontal edge of your cabinet door is called a rail.
Uppers and lowers unlike drawer cabinetry hardware placement for door cabinetry is much more subjective.
Centering on the drawer vertically installed in the upper rail.
For pulls you will want the end of the pull to be in this position.
A good rule of thumb is to center the hardware horizontally on the stile.
The knob or pull can align with the rail or it could be higher or lower there are no rules.
For 5 piece cabinets like a shaker or any style that isn t one flat slab of wood the traditional placement is to center the knob in the corner of the face frame so that the knob is in the center of both the vertical and horizontal frame pieces.
Well except for this rule.
Well except for this rule.
2 is typically a good distance.
Using the horizontal rail of the door frame place your screw hole or orient the bottom end of the handle.
Cabinet knobs and pulls are almost always centered horizontally on the door stile vertical door frame piece.
The hardware spacing for the wall cabinets should match the base cabinets.
The vertical piece along the edge is the stile.
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.
Depending on the construction of the door there are two options here.
Slab doors for slab doors you will want the hole placement to be equidistant from the bottom and side of the cabinet.
Let s look at a few options.
On lower cabinets place knob holes 2 1 2 down from the top of the door.
Hardware placement on cabinet doors once you have decided on if you will use pulls or knobs or a mix of both it s time to decide where exactly to install them on doors and drawers.
Place the bottom hardware hole 2 1 2 to 3 from the bottom of the door front.
On upper cabinets handles usually go in the lower corners so they are easy to reach.
