Door Handle Placement
Design wise the options fall into more traditional and more modern categories though the placement of your hardware won t sway the room s overall appearance on its own.
Door handle placement. A good rule of thumb is to set the first hole for the handle 2 inches in vertically from the outer edge. Center the hardware horizontally on the stile between 2 and 4 inches down from the top edge. Measure up vertically from the bottom corner of the door and make a mark on the edge of the door at the desired height. The backset is the corresponding vertical mark needed to center the knob.
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. And just like with knob placement cabinets will look busy when the pull handles are placed flush with the door frame. 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. When placing your pulls remember that the 1 to 4 range based on your personal preference from the top or bottom edge of the drawer is the ideal placement.
Kitchen cabinet knob and handle placement guide. Or in other words the knob is placed about 2 1 2 from the bottom of upper cabinet doors or 2 1 2 from the top of a bottom cabinet door. Lower cabinet pull or knob placement is similar to upper cabinet s.