Cabinet Door Hinges

For anyone who has ever considered refacing vs replacing their cabinetry, you’ve had to come to terms with the exposed hinges of yesteryear.

Older cabinets have quaint, exposed hinges while newer cabinets have sleek, euro-hinges that are hidden inside the cabinet box. Theoretically, not a big deal, but in reality, it’s a hint that this is not a new kitchen – rather a really nice old kitchen.

I have been thinking about our kitchen cabinet hinges for awhile now. When we got the house they had been painted white – saves time when painting cabinetry to just paint over the hardware. It actually looked nice because our cabinets which are white as well looked very uniform with white hinges. Now that we are stripping the cabinet doors and repainting, I had planned to replace the hinges with a brushed nickle version. After putting a few doors up, I was disappointed with how obvious the hinges were. I could go the white route again, but I’d hate for a couple of cheap looking hinges to ruin all of our hard work.

We have friends who had a carpenter add new frames to the back of the door to allow for euro-hinges and they look amazing – just like new cabinets. This is definilty a possible solution for us, however with 60 cabinet doors it could really blow our budget. I am still going to look into the cost, but I’m skeptical.  Why hasn’t someone invented a special hidden hinge for older cabinets??

Apparently they have! After trying a few searches in Google, I found this awesome video that very well could change my renovating life. I called Rockler Woodworking this morning to put in my order. Next week when we’re in Houston for the holidays I will take a door with me and see if it will work for us. I’m crossing my fingers so tight that it hurts. Even with the steep price tag of $25 for 2 hinges, I still think it will be much cheaper than retrofitting each door, plus the cost of the euro hinge. This could mean very good things for us.