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height placement for cabinet hardware?

2 years ago

Hi,

I am having these installed on the upper/wall cabinets today (drawers are getting something else). I’m supposed to meet the installer to tell him where. Is there a standard distance from the bottom and from the open side for placement? Are there pro/cons to certain placements. The cabinets will start 18” above the counter. Also, the cabinets are 46” in height.

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JAN MOYER
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Is the door a "slab"? No trim? Then put it where it is comfortable, approximately 1 1/2 to 2" up and 1 1/2 inches to 2" in...........from lower edges.

Why "something else" on lowers? Why? Same style, adjust sizing depending drawer size......and single pull on a drawer.
Sarah Do
Original Author
2 years ago
JAN MOYER, yes doors are a slab. Lower drawers are all getting edge pulls. The handles stick out farther and we have a small galley kitchen and I wanted the least amount of projection from the drawers.
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Sarah Do
Original Author
2 years ago
Top pic is the edge pull going on the drawers
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
2 years ago
# different types of hardware IMO at least one too many . As for placement I use painters tape to figure out what works for placement and it should be where it feels natural to pull and BTW never 2 pulls on a drawer just a longer pull . As for saving space most pulls do not project past the edge of the counter so not really an issue
Sarah Do
Original Author
2 years ago
Patricia thanks. Only using two types. The others were options but we ruled them all out. Also agreed on 1 only. Drawing was from cabinet ppl but not doing what they suggested. Do you think 2 is too many?
Sarah Do
Original Author
2 years ago
Sorry rephrasing: one pull per drawer. Two styles total bc drawers and cabinets will have different styles.
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JAN MOYER
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Too late now. I'd have done knob upper, and the edge pull lower.......in sizes appropriate to drawer width .

No pull really extends beyond counter, and the USUAL annoyance is a bar pull with open ends...catching on pant pockets .

Or just use the closed pull....and get more. What size? Your drawing has no dimensions : ) and 18" above counter/hang for uppers is standard.

It's common to over think a space. Might be the case , here.
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Rosenhaus Design Group, Inc.
2 years ago
For upper cabinets handle placement: On each door draw a diagonal line from inside lower corner to outside upper corner. Place bottom of each handle on those lines. Make the open distance between them 3-1/2" to create the universally pleasing 62% golden rectangle proportion with the 5-1/2" handle. This takes the guess work out of eye-balling it.
Sarah Do
Original Author
2 years ago
Yes, agreed that I am overthinking it lol. That’s how my entire renovation has been. We have the mushroom knobs too, but they seem so small compared to such a tall door (we have 9 foot ceilings and the upper cabinets go almost all the way to the ceiling). For some reason I hate the way the closed bar looks on the “slab” drawers.

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