Pulls on upper cabs. Options, please.

10 years ago

I really love and want horizontal pulls on my upper cabinets. Unfortunately, one of the cabinets (glass) is next to the refrigerator, so it will hit the side panel of the fridge. There is a doorway to the dining room on the other side of the cabinet.

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The elevation that you see is the top run of cabinets and from left to right includes the cooktop, open shelving, ovens and glass cabinet beside the dining room door. I am looking for a solution and would love some advice. My thought is to either

1) take down the offending cabinet, cut it down and add a filler between it and the fridge or

2) have the door open into doorway (don't think I like that idea) or alternatively

3) don't put any handles on the glass cabinets which are all in that corner and flank the dining room doorway.

Any other thoughts? Thanks for your help!!

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herbflavor

10 years ago

is the cabinet in question between a window and wall on far right? how about take it down and reposition it to the left...change hinge to stop from banging the wall, if that still happens......or else remove doors and have open cabinet....but the interior surface must look approprate......paint the whole cabinet...get it refaced...if it's glassware that is in circulation[daily use]...I'd veer toward removal of doors and adjust the interior to look good. With daily use items, voiding a door can be fine with "dust issues " having no time to occur....and this would be only one cabinet. Retrieval of the glasses would be quicker..and because it is a doorway area ,might be a good idea.

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sherri1058
Original Author
10 years ago
Bump.
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daisychain Zn3b
10 years ago
On our bathroom door, we have a stopper on the hinges that won't let it open past a certain point because we have a cabinet behind the door. Not sure if I'm understanding your issue correctly, but maybe this would help?

Otherwise, I would just leave the handles off the glass cab
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zorroslw1
10 years ago
I have a cabinet where the door opens against the fridge. I put a plastic magnetized clip on the fridge to stop the door from hitting it. Works great!
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sherri1058
Original Author
10 years ago
The cabinet is between the fridge and the dining room door. On second thought having it hinged on the dining room door side may not be so bad? It is a 21" cabinet if that helps. We have checked all the hinge restrictions, but none will work because of the handle projection and the small spacer between cabinet and fridge. Open cabinets are not an option. Thanks for your input! Keep the ideas coming.
raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio
10 years ago
Having it open toward the DR side shouldn't be a problem -- it isn't going to open 180 degrees, is it? and how often will it be open for any more than a minute or 3?

I have one door handle that will bump into the wall if allowed -- I put one of those clear bumpers that are used inside cabinet doors on the exact spot so that it protects the wall and the handle, and isn't really noticeable.
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