Soft Close Drawer Slides American Floating European Style Kitchen Cabinet Design1

What are Full Extension Drawer Slides?

           Full extension drawer slides as referred to in this tutorial are

· Side mount

· Usually silver metal in color

· Full extend from the cabinet so the entire drawer slides out of the cabinet

· Smooth ball bearing glide

· Most common drawer slide at hardware stores and online

· Usually come in even sizes (10", 12", 14" etc) 

· Can be "heavy duty" meaning can hold heavy loads

· Can be used for purposes beyond drawers (extending tables, sliding furniture, pullout hook bars etc)

Drawer Face

A drawer face is used to clean up the front of the cabinet and fully enclose the interior.  It is not essential to the function of the drawer, but can dress up the cabinet and make it finished.

Cut the drawer face to the desired size.  For inset drawers, I like to leave about an 1/8" gap all around the drawer face.

Drill holes for the hardware in the drawer face.

Position the drawer face over the drawer box and attach with temporary screws through the drawer hardware holes.  If you can't use the drawer hardware holes, you can use double sided tape or 1-1/4" brad nails.

Open the drawer and further screw the box to the back side of the drawer face with 1-1/4" screws (you can use pocket hole screws)

If you screwed through the hardware holes, remove the screws and finish installing the cabinet hardware.