I built a faced framed kitchen cabinet under the desk area. I am about to build the rail and stile doors. The existing kitchen cabinet doors are hung on partial wrap 1/4 ” overlay hinges. Tops, bottoms, and non-hinge side of all doors are 1/4 ” overlay. I couldn’t locate 1/4 ” overlay hinges so I bought 1/2″ overlay hinges to match the style and finsh of the existing hinges.
Question # 1: Will the 1/2″ overlay hinge be noticeable?
Question #2: Using the 1/2″ overlay hinge should the top, bottom, and non-hinge overlays also be 1/2″ or could they be 1/4″ so that the rail and stile reveals would be similar to the existing cabinetr doors?
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Jim
Whatever looks right with the doors shut and all lining up is the way to go. What overlay means nothing - the lines of top/bottom and space in between are important. At least to me. You may have to (or should have) made stiles a different dimension if lining up with other doors in the original layout.
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The cabinet I made is shorter than all the other cabinets. I made a built in under the desk which abuts a full height counter. The area under the desk was kind of a storage area as we didn't use the desk. The doors to the built in are shorter than all the other doors and the built in doesn't have a middle stile between its doors whereas all the other cabinets do. But your comment regarding the spacing above, below, and around the doors seems like the key to having them look right in comparison to all the other doors. I did make the widths of the rails and stiles of the built in's face frame the same as all the other cabinets.
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3/8" overlay is most common.
3/8" overlay is most common. Why not use that?
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The hinges on all the other cabinet doors are from Amerock. I checked the Amerock catalog and they only have the type of hinge that I need in a 1/2 " overlay. Should look ok if I can get all the other reveals, i.e. top, bottom and unhinged side equal to the other cabinet doors reveals?
3/8" overlay is most common.
3/8" overlay is most common. Why not use that?