I Hate Hinges (additional info added)

So, the new ones I bought don’t really work either. See, the cabinets used to have hinges that looked like this:

We bought some that fit on the inside of the door because we thought they would work. We couldn’t find any that fit on the outside.

So, the problem is that the door fit *perfectly* into the space before. No room for an inner hinge. So, now when I try to put it back up, it is offset by something like 1/8 of an inch or some small annoying number.

So, options are:

1. Find hinge that will work.
2. Cut out enough space on each cabinet so the hinge will allow the door to sit flush.

Listening to all suggestions and considering hiring somebody to make this happen for me if I can’t figure it out soon.

The bad part is, I think we destroyed some of the hinges trying to get them off to start with, so I don’t think I can even use all the old ones.

Annoyed,

Chip

Added Friday Morning:

Bonnie sent a picture of two hinges that might work. But, let me add another picture or two.

This is how the outside hinges should fit. There is about a 1/4″ offset because of how the door fits. So, the hinge I find can’t be a flush hinge, it needs to have this offset. If I had known, I would have treated the old hinges better. I’m going to see if I can find them around the house. I know some were broken in the removal.

This is what is happening now. The hinge creates space so I could use a router (which kate has) to create a pocket for it, but that seems like an awful lot of work since I don’t know how to use a router.