ᐅ Handles, template, spacing, symmetry – frustration

Created on: 3 May 2016 19:19
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Strahlemann-69
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Strahlemann-69
3 May 2016 19:19
Hello everyone...
I can't decide how to install the handles... I have the template, but...

Some drawers are 10cm (4 inches), 20cm (8 inches), or 40cm (16 inches)...

I would like to lay the template flat and then use the lowest holes, but then it doesn't fit on the 10cm (4 inches) drawers...
I have chosen extra-wide handles...

Somehow, I'm stuck right now...
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IKEA-Experte
3 May 2016 19:56
Which handles are they?
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Strahlemann-69
3 May 2016 20:27
Oh sorry:

Two parallel stainless steel rods with end caps, wall mount for bathroom accessories.

VARNHEM
Handle, steel-colored

Varnhem 41cm (16 inches)
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IKEA-Experte
3 May 2016 20:37
So far, I have done it this way: for the narrow drawer in the middle and the others, maintaining the same distance from the top.
You can also start by sticking a few strips of, for example, masking tape and see how the positions look.
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Strahlemann-69
3 May 2016 21:24
That’s the supposed problem.
Somehow, I feel the handles are placed too high when I take the center of a 10cm (4 inch) unit. Especially the top ones are somehow harder to grip.

But maybe it’s just a feeling, because if it turns out to be a wrong decision, there will be a HOLE in the nice red glossy front... aaahhhhhhh I just can’t decide...

Using the IKEA catalog pictures as an example, in my layout I see the following...
10cm (4 inch) centered, 20cm (8 inch) and 40cm (16 inch) lower...
Hmm
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IKEA-Experte
3 May 2016 22:56
In the catalog, you hardly see drawers that are 10 cm (4 inches) high. On pages 10/11, the handles are even mounted above the center, exactly as with the taller fronts with frames – in the middle of the frame. Pages 22/23: The distance from the top fits eight times into the 40 cm (16 inches) front, so about 5 cm (2 inches) = half the height of the narrow drawer front.