There are many variations on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities. Prior to getting involved in renovation projects, I thought the obvious choice would be to go to a super store like the local Lowes or Home Depot. They advertise low prices on name brand cabinets, but I thought maybe I should do some research before I invest thousands into my new kitchen. I was getting a new floor, appliances, paint for the walls, counter tops, and the big ticket item would be the kitchen cabinets. I started getting involved in renovation projects, so I thought I could do most of it myself, but my first step was to make a budget and go from there.

Everything was in line with what I expected except for the cost of cabinets. I found that shopping online and comparing prices on kitchen cabinet websites showed much better pricing than retail stores. It caught be by surprise. I associated Big Box retail stores with savings and good pricing. But here were kitchen cabinets online and the prices were thirty to forty percent lower. I figured the higher priced cabinets they were selling had to be a better quality, but I was surprised to find that that wasn’t the case. The biggest surprise came from RTA Cabinets. They were not all what I remembered knockdown furniture to be, and they had higher quality materials than most of the name brand cabinet lines. The cabinets online were actually made of plywood sides and solid wood fronts. In comparison, the cabinets from the big box retail stores were mostly made of particle board sides, cheaper materials, and low grade wood fronts. I had to price compare the mega stores “top of the line” products to find the paneled wood sides, while the cabinet websites came with plywood side’s as a standard feature.

By now I was starting to develop an interest in RTA kitchen cabinets and hopefully if you’re reading this, you are too! I decided to go with these cabinets and I am so glad I did. I purchased the RTA cabinets online; it only took two and a half weeks to get them. They were delivered right to my door. You might say over two weeks is a long time, but actually in the cabinet business, this is a very short time to order and have cabinets delivered. I checked a few sites and most websites ship cabinets in three to four weeks. If you were to buy similar cabinets in the retail stores, you are actually looking at a 4 to 6 week time frame until delivery. When buying online, just make sure you have a good RTA site and they will ship in a much shorter time frame. When I priced cabinets at Home Depot, the estimated time for my cabinets was six weeks! So again, no comparison, everything about buying RTA kitchen cabinets online worked out for me.

I also compared buying cabinets assembled versus the RTA cabinets. As long as your buying from a quality RTA site, you will receive cabinets that are easy to assemble and very durable at the same time. The cabinets come with directions and usually take about ten to fifteen minutes per cabinet to assemble.

So to sum it up, it basically comes down to marketing and the way we perceive buying products. I was conditioned to think that buying from big box supply stores was the best choice, but after doing some research I found that there are better ways to buy kitchen cabinets.

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When we decided to renovate the kitchen, we quickly realized that kitchen cabinets are expensive. There are a large amount of choices ranging from your average cabinet on the store shelf to the RTA – ready to assemble cabinets that are becoming more popular. Keep in mind, there is an equal amount of junk cabinets that are over priced. So how do you find a good cabinet at a fair price?

We found various kitchen cabinet web sites and then stumbled across RTA cabinets. While laying out the kitchen ourselves, it became apparent that we could easily assemble the cabinets as well, so it then became an easy decision to choose RTA Cabinets.

Everyone is accustomed to going to a hardware store and paying high prices for kitchen cabinets. Now, you can go online, order cabinets, find a much larger and better selection, and have the kitchen cabinets delivered to your door. Another nice feature is that these cabinets are actually made of better material than the cabinets you would buy at Home Depot, IKEA, or Lowes. The preceding stores use wood faces (the door of the cabinets), but the rest of the cabinets are made of cardboard or particleboard. It sounds strange to say cardboard for a kitchen cabinet but these stores are selling cabinets that are made of high grade cardboard.

On the other hand, RTA cabinets are made of solid wood faces and solid plywood sides/backs. RTA cabinets are imported directly, saving you money because there is no retail to increase the overhead expenses. If there is a negative aspect about the cabinet, it could be that they have to be assembled. Fortunately, all these cabinets can be assembled with a screwdriver and nothing else. Each cabinet has only one page of directions, so assembly can be done by almost everyone.

So remember that the typical RTA Kitchen cabinet is 30% to 45% less than a retail cabinet! The RTA cabinets are a better choice because of the real wood used in the cabinets and because of the lower price. Also, include the convenience of home shopping and the delivery to your house. Because of all this, the best bet is going online and looking for an RTA kitchen cabinet website.

Shopping for Kitchen Cabinets: Let the Adventure Begin! is a post from: FunDKitchen

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