Cabinet Hinges

Concealed hinges — often called European or cup hinges — mount inside a bored cup on the back of the cabinet door and attach to a mounting plate on the cabinet interior. When the door is closed, the hinge is completely hidden from the front, giving a clean, uninterrupted look across the face of the cabinetry. Concealed hinges are the standard choice for modern frameless and face-frame cabinetry alike.

One of the biggest advantages of concealed European hinges is three-way adjustability. After installation, the door can be adjusted up and down, side to side, and in and out using the screws on the hinge and mounting plate. This makes it possible to align the gaps and reveals between doors precisely, which is essential for a professional-looking installation where every door lines up evenly across a cabinet run.

Concealed hinges are specified by the door overlay and the door boring pattern. Because the hinge cup requires a bored recess on the back of the door, coordinating the hinge with the door order matters — Trinity Doors can bore doors for concealed hinges as part of your cabinet door order so the doors arrive ready for the hardware you plan to use.

Soft-close cabinet hinges include a built-in dampening mechanism that catches the door as it swings shut and eases it closed quietly, eliminating the bang of a slamming cabinet door. Like soft-close drawer slides, soft-close hinges have become an expected feature in modern kitchen and bath cabinetry, and they noticeably improve how the finished cabinets feel to use every day.

Soft-close functionality is available on concealed European hinge styles, and on some hinges the soft-close mechanism is integrated directly into the hinge body. Upgrading to soft-close hinges is one of the simplest ways to give existing cabinetry a more refined feel without replacing the doors or boxes. For new cabinet door orders, specifying soft-close hinges up front keeps the whole project consistent.

Because Trinity Doors sells to both the trade and the general public, homeowners can buy soft-close hinges for a single kitchen and cabinet shops can order them in quantity for larger jobs. Either way, we can help you match the soft-close hinge to the overlay and door style you are ordering.

The hinge you need depends on how the door sits relative to the cabinet opening. In overlay applications, the door sits in front of the cabinet face and covers all or part of the opening — full overlay doors cover nearly the entire face frame, while partial overlay doors reveal more of the frame between doors. The overlay amount determines which concealed hinge and mounting plate combination is correct, so it is important to know the overlay before selecting hinges.

In inset applications, the door sits flush inside the cabinet opening rather than in front of it, creating a traditional furniture-style look where the door face is even with the cabinet frame. Inset doors require hinges made specifically for inset construction and demand tighter tolerances, because any misalignment shows immediately in the reveal around the door. Getting the hinge type matched to an inset door is critical to a clean result.

When you order cabinet doors from Trinity Doors, we can talk through your overlay or inset application and help identify the hinge type and boring pattern that fits. Matching the hinge decision to the door order avoids the common problem of doors arriving that are not bored or sized for the hinges the installer intended to use.

The most reliable way to get hinges and doors that work together is to coordinate them in the same order. Trinity Doors builds cabinet doors and drawer fronts in-house at our shop at 1025 Rose City Drive in Vidor, TX, and we can bore doors for concealed hinges and supply the hinges to match. Ordering both from one manufacturer removes the guesswork of trying to align hardware sourced separately from the doors.

As a manufacturer, Trinity Doors supplies the doors and the hardware to complete them, but we do not perform installation. Our role is to make sure the doors are built and bored correctly for the hinges you intend to use, so your installation — whether by a professional shop or a homeowner — goes as smoothly as possible.

For more than 27 years, cabinet shops, contractors, and homeowners across Texas and Louisiana have relied on Trinity Doors for cabinet doors and the hardware that finishes them. Call (409) 783-0600 or request a quote to discuss cabinet hinges matched to your door order.