New handles on a dime
New handles, new look.
You can find handles anywhere. At a garage sale, at your local hardware ormY favorite, on eBay. Remember what you see doesn’t have to be what you finih with. Want black handles and found the perfect shape? Buy some spray paint, put some newspaper on the found outside and go for gold, or well, black in this example.
We got our new handles from bunnings. For about $8 a pair our new stainless steel-look-handles were set to add some contemper-ism to our now only partially outdated kitchen.
I personally couldn’t see the point in Paying top dollar for real stainless steel when I could get all of the stainless-steel-look-a-like handles I needed (13 in total) for the same price as what 1 pair pair would have cost me. The only telling difference between the plastic and the stainless steel is the lacking of that coldness you get when you touch steel. So unless you are a total stickler for the real thing then why not save yourself a dollar or two.
New holes in your cupboard or drawer are needed so it is important to measure your holes, preferably with a spirit level (see post on spirit levels) and a measuring tape. Once you have your two holes for each handle marked you will also need to drill a pilot hole.
This is much easier than it sounds. You are simply drilling a hole first before you drill in with your screws.
Now that’s done; Method:
1.Open your drawer
2.press the handle up against the outside of the drawer, lined up with the pilot hole
3. Place your screw on the end of your drill (that part is called a drill bit) the magnetic pull of your drill bit should lightly hold onto your screw.
4. Line your drill with the screw on it up with the inside of the drawer
5. Slowly start to drill the screw through the pilot hole into your handle
-You should now have one half of your handle attached to the cupboard!-
6. Repeat the same for the other screw hole and viola! You should now have one handle attached.
Inside of a cupboard after drilling both ends of handle in:
Finished product
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