Pantry Door Handle Placement

Line the top edge of the hardware with the bottom edge of the top rail or center it on the frame.

Pantry door handle placement.

Center the hardware horizontally on the stile between 2 and 4 inches down from the top edge. We used the 2 5 measurement on all of our cabinets. For example if your drawers are 36 inches wide half of 36 is 18 half of 18 is 9. Therefore each pull is centered 9 inches from the left and right edge of the drawer front.

When it comes to installing cabinet door handles either knobs or pulls they are always placed on the opposite side from the door hinges. 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. For a more classic look consider offsetting your knobs from the rail a bit. Divide the drawer in half and center a pull in each half and it will be perfectly balanced.

Knobs should be centered horizontally on the door stile on the side opposite the hinge this goes for both upper and lower cabinetry. 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. If you are using elongated knobs such as egg knobs or t knobs place the installation hole so that the top of your knob is in line with the rail. 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.