Pantry Door Handle Placement

You can cut circles out of painters tape to test placement.

Pantry door handle placement.

We used the 2 5 measurement on all of our cabinets. I ll admit it doesn t look as clean as beekeeperswive s gorgeous cabinets but we do generally use the pulls to open the door. Line the top edge of the hardware with the bottom edge of the top rail or center it on the frame. Center the hardware horizontally on the stile between 2 and 4 inches down from the top edge.

Divide the drawer in half and center a pull in each half and it will be perfectly balanced. For a more classic look consider offsetting your knobs from the rail a bit. Therefore each pull is centered 9 inches from the left and right edge of the drawer front. The typical height to place knobs is 2 5 3 from the bottom of the door on upper cabinets or from the top of the door on lower cabinets.

When it comes to installing cabinet door handles either knobs or pulls they are always placed on the opposite side from the door hinges. 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. You ll specifically want to place them anywhere between 1 and 4 from the top or bottom edge of the door. My cabinet maker recommended that we put the door knob at the same height as regular indoor doors 36 as that is what would feel natural.