Hanging Cabinets - Part 4: uh, Hanging the Cabinets

Once we got the 2x4 up, we set the first cabinet on top. Bracing the cabinet against the wall, we drilled the first screw through the top part of the cabinet and into the stud. We put 3 screws into the top and then 3 into the bottom. Then we went on to the next cabinet and did the same thing.

The smaller cabinets we ended up stacking. They were all 15" high, so we just stacked 2 together and were able to fit 4 on the same wall next to the others. Our neighbor had to leave after we got the first two cabinets up, and the ones we put up all by ourselves didn't go on perfectly (the ones on top seemed to tilt a little somehow and weren't quite flush against the adjacent cabinets) but we decided we're just not all that picky. But if you're the "if you're not going to do a job right, then don't do it at all" type, then you'd probably want to take them down and re-do it. We, fortunately, don't have those kinds of standards.