How-to: Installing Cabinet Hardware
greetings friends
It’s time to add a new tool to your box!
Today’s lesson is a quick and easy tutorial on how to install cabinet hardware. If you are like me, pulling on the edges of your cabinets to open them can damage the door and can be very annoying when your fingers slip. And, if you are thinking the costs of both the hardware and paying someone to install them is not worth it, I agree!
Follow the below steps and you will find your confidence growing in a matter of minutes.
1. Grab your supplies:
(click on each below for direct links on where to purchase these specific supplies)
Choose your Hardware
Cabinet Template
Screwgun & Standard 3/16 Drill Bit
Pencil
2. Template
Using the template, place it in the corner of your cabinet (it is reversible so you can use it on both cabinet doors for upper and lower cabinets). Select the holes where you would like your hardware to be installed.
3. Pencil it in
Using your pencil, outline the hole(s) you selected.
4. Power up
Using the screwgun, predrill your hole(s) where the screw will go.
5. Time to screw
Slip your screws inside of the holes on the inside of the cabinet. Next, begin screwing your handle to fully install.
6. Celebrate
That’s all there is to it. Congratulations on your new-found skill and now you can tell your contractor, “No need, I got this”!
