How to Replace Cabinet Pulls

Replace cabinet pulls to give your cabinets an inexpensive face-lift.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cabinet Pulls
• Paints
• Rulers Or Tape Measure
• Variable-speed Drills
• Wood Filler
• Wood Filler

1. Remove old door pulls.

2. Clean under old pulls.

3. Patch holes if your new pulls have different hole alignments.

4. Mark holes for new pulls - make sure pulls are centered.

5. Drill new holes from the front of the doors.

6. Hold pulls in place while you drill new screws into place.

Tips & Warnings

• Painted cabinets can be patched with paint; wood cabinets can be patched with wood filler that matches the door and coloring.

on 11/22/2005 You can get something called a backplate which is an long oval strip of metal that goes between your handle and the cabinet. Its a nice way of hiding the old holes and any imperfections in the wood.