Are custom kitchen cabinets worth the extra cost over pre-fab cabinets?
If you are planning a kitchen renovation, you already know that the beauty, functionality and convenience of your new kitchen will depend largely upon your choice of cabinets. Kitchen cabinets can make or break a kitchen remodel.
When choosing new cabinets for your kitchen renovation, you have a choice of pre-built cabinets, semi-custom cabinets or custom kitchen cabinets built to your specifications. Typically sold in home-improvement and lumber stores such as Ikea and Home Depot, stock or prefabricated kitchen cabinets come in various sizes, shapes and styles designed to appeal to the average homeowner. Accessories, features and options are also aimed at the "typical" buyer. By buying various units and putting them together, you can create a "semi-custom" cabinet layout that, hopefully, won't be too far from your actual needs.
The problem, of course, is that no one is truly average. Every homeowner has unique needs that cannot be easily filled with the standardized, cookie-cutter features available in prefabricated kitchen cabinets. Unfortunately, due to some common misconceptions about custom kitchen cabinets, many people fail to fully explore their options.
Misconceptions about custom kitchen cabinets
The most common misconception about custom kitchen cabinets is that there is no difference between custom and prefabricated cabinets. Nothing could be further from the truth. A custom kitchen cabinet builder can adjust the height of upper cabinets as well as countertops to suit you perfectly, saving you years of aggravation dealing with counters that are too high or low for comfort and stretching for items that are beyond your reach.
A custom kitchen cabinet builder can also design and implement features to suit your unique cooking and lifestyle needs. You can finally have that baking station, complete with heavy-duty pop-up mixer stand, built-in flour sifter, bins, specialized drawers and spice racks, or the leaded-glass cabinets you've always wanted to showcase your china. >
Still, many homeowners dismiss custom kitchen cabinets as too expensive and point to features that drive up the cost of typical custom cabinets without adding substantially to the value. In particular, some homeowners object to paying for hardwood panels used in hidden structural areas. These expensive panels are not necessary for strength or durability, and their decorative value is almost entirely lost due to the natural design of kitchen cabinets.
To address these concerns, at In Touch Interiors, we use low pressure laminated particleboard and medium density fiberboard to create strong, durable custom kitchen cabinets with all the beauty and benefits custom cabinets provide at substantially lower cost. There truly is no longer any reason for anyone to settle for prefabricated cabinets for your kitchen renovation.
Get started with your kitchen renovation today
We welcome you to look through our kitchen cabinet picture gallery to view some of the kitchen renovations we have done. We also invite you to visit our showroom or request a free personal design consultation and we will provide you with a kitchen redesign that fits your style and budget.
