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Decor fronts and handles

A Decor drawer changes its whole look without reprinting the box: the plate slides on, the handle bolts on where one is needed, and the labels swap in seconds.

Sizes: W is width (1W = 88 mm) and H is height (1H = 56 mm, 0.5H is half of that). The collection number - 115, 185, 240 - is the case depth in mm.

4 stepsEvery collectionW and H must matchRelated: Creating labels
Which sizes fit which drawers?

Faceplates and back covers are sized by width and height, not by collection: a 2W-1H plate fits a 2W-1H Decor drawer in every collection. Depth never enters the question.

Watch the whole install first (3 min 26 s), then follow the steps below.

What you'll need

Quantities depend on your layout - the Planner works them out for your build, and every official kit lists them exactly.

1

Start from a Decor drawer

Only Decor drawers take a swappable front - the flat face with clips is the interface. A Classic drawer prints its grip in and is already finished.

FIVE SERIESEssential and Chevron take a bolt-on handle; Classic, EdgeLabel and Classic Pro print their grip into the plate.
A white Decor drawer with an orange floor on a wooden bench, its front face open, a purple faceplate lying beside itPhoto · a current Decor drawer: the front is open
2

Slide the faceplate on

Pull the drawer out about 40 mm so the front is clear, slide the assembled faceplate DOWN onto the drawer front until it snaps into its clips, then push the drawer home.

HANDLE FIRSTIf your plate takes a bolt-on handle, fit it before this step: two M3x6mm button head screws go in from behind the plate. The screws bite straight into plastic - overtightening strips the hole. Snug is done.
NO HARDWARECurrent faceplates snap on firmly and need no screw. The screw slot you may see in a plate is there for older drawers.
WANT IT LOCKED?Every current faceplate set includes Faceplate Pins. Push one into the slot at each side of the plate: the pin crosses the dovetail on the drawer front, so the plate cannot slide back up until you pull the pin out.
SWAP ANYTIMEThe same motion in reverse frees the plate - the drawer body never reprints for a new look.
Two hands holding an assembled EdgeLabel faceplate, labeled USB-C ADAPTERS, against the open front of a white Decor drawerPhoto · a finished plate going onto the drawer front
Photo · a Faceplate Pin going in at the side of the plate
A thumb pushing a small yellow Faceplate Pin into the slot in the side edge of a translucent purple faceplate, seen from behind
3

Labels and accents

EdgeLabel: slide the label into its window. Classic Pro: press the accent panel into the face and lay the label onto the grip slope. Both swap whenever the contents change.

MAKE LABELSThe free generators build print-ready labels for both series - or emboss your own text in the slicer.

Label workflows live in Creating labels.

Fingers sliding a white printed label reading USB-C ADAPTERS into the angled window of a purple EdgeLabel faceplate with an orange accentPhoto · an EdgeLabel label sliding into its angled window
4

The back cover, if you want one

A back cover matching the plate's W and H closes the open back of a current Decor drawer - the same cover fits every faceplate series of that size.

LEGACY DRAWERSOn an older closed-front Decor drawer, leave the cover out - the plates fit those only without it.
The back of a translucent purple faceplate held in two hands, a flat gray back cover seated in itPhoto · a back cover seated in the back of a plate