Drawer front size calculator
Quick answer for the most common stack: a 720mm base cabinet with three equal drawers and 3mm gaps gives three fronts of 236mm; with a shallow top drawer (graduated) it is 140 / 285 / 285mm. Width is the cabinet width minus 4mm, the same as a door.
Enter your cabinet and the number of drawers. The calculator divides the height after taking out the gaps, then rounds down to whole millimetres so the stack never ends up too tall.
Notes on drawer stacks
Drawer fronts are made from the same board as doors and priced the same way, by area with a minimum per piece. A 596 × 236mm front is 0.14m², so it always lands on the minimum price for its finish.
Fronts fix to the drawer box with two screws through the box front or with the runner maker's front-fixing brackets (Blum Tandembox, Hettich, Häfele). New fronts for an existing kitchen need no drilling unless the old ones had screw holes you want copied; send a photo of the back of an old front and we will match them.
Match the top of the stack to the doors beside it: with a 2mm clearance at the top, the top drawer front and the neighbouring door should line up exactly.
Common stacks on a 720mm cabinet
| Drawers | Layout | Front heights (3mm gaps) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Equal | 356 / 356 |
| 2 | Shallow top | 140 / 573 |
| 3 | Equal | 236 / 236 / 236 |
| 3 | Shallow top | 140 / 285 / 285 |
| 4 | Equal | 176 / 176 / 176 / 176 |
| 4 | Shallow top | 140 / 189 / 189 / 189 |
| 5 | Equal | 140 × 5 |
Heights assume 2mm clearance top and bottom. IKEA METOD and Kaboodle use fixed front sizes; see standard sizes.
Questions people ask
How do I measure a cabinet door for replacement?
Take the door off and measure the door itself in millimetres, width first then height. Do not measure the cabinet opening. Then measure from the top and bottom edges of the door to the centre of each hinge cup, and note which side the hinges are on. Those four numbers plus the hinge side are everything we need.
What size door do I need for a 600mm kitchen cabinet?
For a full-overlay door on a standard 600mm wide, 720mm high base cabinet, the door is 596 × 716mm (2mm clearance on each side). If the 600mm cabinet has two doors, each is 296 × 716mm with a 4mm centre gap. Half-overlay doors on shared panels are 9mm narrower per shared side. Use our door size calculator for other cabinet sizes.
How many hinges does a kitchen cabinet door need?
Two hinges up to 900mm high, three from 900 to 1500mm, four from 1500 to 2000mm and five above 2000mm. Add one hinge for doors over 600mm wide or heavy finishes like 2-pac and PET on tall doors. The usual rule is a hinge every 400 to 500mm of door height.
Where are the hinge holes drilled on a cabinet door?
The 35mm hinge cup is usually centred 100mm from the top and bottom edges of the door (anywhere from 70 to 120mm is normal) and bored 21.5mm from the door edge to the cup centre, which gives a 4mm drilling distance for 18mm doors. Extra hinges go evenly between the two end hinges. Measure your old door and we drill to match.