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Help cabinet doors are too short

7 years ago

Coming to the end of the cabin kitchen reno. The cabinets were from Craigslist and we had them painted. I'm not sure how this happened but the doors we put on either side of the stove are 1/2 inch too short. The original use was a corner lazy Susan we are using then as narrow pull outs. We assumed they were the same height as the rest of the lower cabinets. We thought about adding a strip to the top or bottom. Any ideas would be welcomed.

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Joseph Corlett, LLC

7 years ago

I'd fake it. Lower the adjacent doors and drawer fronts as much as possible. Any shortage at the bottom will hardly be visible.

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weedmeister
7 years ago
If its a pullout, can you raise it? Shave a little off the top?
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lynetta51
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks so much for the comments weedmeister and Joseph Corlett. Hubby and I never thought about moving used cabinets that were taken from an older home and putting them into an even older cabin. The floor in our place was a major mess. We had it replaced but the floor is still out. I notice it when we we measuring it for counters the further I moved to the outside wall the lower it got. I guess that's how the doors became out. We didn't realize how complicated cabinets were, now we do! These Craiglist cabinets have been a lot of work for a diy project, but the final look is nice. We will try raising the fronts, it will mean raising all the pullouts up a little as you said. There are three drawers in each bank I guess we need to try splitting the difference on all the drawers? I gotten so much help from this sight. Thanks again!!
palimpsest
7 years ago
if they were attached to the corner susan they had to be smaller to fit through the same sized opening that the other door overlap.
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emilyam819
7 years ago
Can you just move the one (former) lazy Susan door up? Nobody will notice if the bottom doesn't align.
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Troy Farwell
7 years ago
Move the door up and align the top. The bottom shouldn't make much difference.
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lynetta51
Original Author
7 years ago
We are going to move the doors up to match and try moving the fronts of the adjacent drawers down a bit each. The fronts all come off so I guess it is possible. If it doesn't work out exactly, like Troy, Joseph and emilyam819 pointed out it won't be that noticable. This site is filled with helpful advise, thanks so much.

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