If youdon’thave a frame, a general rule of thumb is to place the knobs about 1.5-2″ in from the side, and between 2-3″ from the top or bottom, depending on your preference. So, to install these, I simply set my jig to 1.5″ (the frame on the cabinets is 3″ wide). Then...
If your old cabinets are going to a new home (a garage, laundry room, cabin or yard sale), be careful when removing them. Your ultimate goal is to strip the room down to a blank shell. At this point, it's a good idea to set out the new cabinets to verify the inventory and dete...
Ready-to-assemble cabinets arrive in parts that need to be put together before you can install them. Aside from that, they are similar to prefabricated cabinets in how they are mounted, and aren’t more or less difficult to remove.Frameless...
It’s hard to overstate how much of a difference this peel and stick kitchen backsplash makes in our home. It’s just that good. Not only does it bring your attention to that pretty tile rather than the ugly cabinets, it truly makes the small space feel much larger. This peel and stic...
Although in bathrooms, as opposed to say, closets, we tend to focus on cleaning over decluttering and organizing,an organized bathroomwith less stuff is a cleaner one. If you can, try to keep everything you use either in cabinets or drawers in order to minimize dust. Getting rid of what...
3. Install Curtains Close to the Ceiling Elongate the window and make the ceilings appear higher by hanging curtains close to the ceiling. With the curtains hanging from the floor to the ceiling, the fabric draws the eye upward and cuts down on the amount of visua...
Pros:Latch locks are widely available in a variety of styles. They were designed specifically for drawers, so you know they’ll work. Cons:Latch locks often require that you drill into your cabinets, and they take some time to install. If you opt for latch locks, make sure to give yours...
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Next, cabinets and cupboards! Or the lack of them. We all have a bunch of things stashed around our bathrooms for potential use, sometime in the future. Yet this need never seems to materialize, for years on end… So, step number one: declutter your bathroom. Throw out everything tha...
To find the studs, you can use a stud finder, or look at the underside of your cabinets to see where the cabinets have been screwed into the wall. That should be a stud. Then measure 16″ from that point and you should find another stud and so on. ...