Kitchen Cabinets Complete

Our cabinet doors are hung up and the hardware is installed! WooHoo! Here's a brief tutorial on how we installed our hardware. This was a little bit different than the first time because in our last house it was a blank slate. The previous owners had now existing hardware so we were able to drill holes wherever we pleased.

However, in this house, the cabinets already had holes drilled where the previous hardware had been. So instead of using wood putty and sanding down each hole, we chose to work with the existing holes for the knobs on the doors. However, for our drawers, we chose pulls that could cover up the existing holes. See below! (Please excuse the hideous countertops)

First, we Mike measured the width between the holes

Then we assumed (maybe that's too trusting - but I also think Mike measured) that the existing hole was correctly centered. So Mike divided the width of the previous measurement and marked the distance. Using a piece of tape helps with marking these measurements. It also keeps the wood from splitting when drilling the new holes.

 

It's literally that simple. Mike drilled holes at those markings and the screws tightened from inside the drawer. So simple and so lovely!

 

 

Oh, and in case you're wondering how we remembered which doors went where, I made a diagram where all the doors were numbered. It's not the prettiest looking thing but it definitely helped. We just taped a number on each door and, while painting, we put the number on the table so we could match them back.