Along with appliances, kitchen cabinets are a serious part of your kitchenremodel budget.
How Much Do Kitchen Cabinets Cost?
Since the national average to replace orinstall cabinetsis around $5,000 to $6,000.
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Use Stock or Semi-Custom Cabinets
Stock cabinets come in a very limited range of sizes and styles.
Stock cabinets are oftenquite literallyin stock: flat or pre-assembled on the shelves of local home centers.
Semi-custom cabinets are a lower-cost alternative to custom cabinets.
Semi-custom cabinets are much like stock cabinets: standard sizes, styles, and finishes.
Yet you’ll find a far greater selection of sizes, styles, and finishes.
You’ll also find more options to add details.
With a cam-lock system and pre-drilled holes, cabinet assembly is easier than many homeowners expect.
Typically, shipping costs are waived when your order price exceeds a certain amount.
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ManyRTA companiesprovide assembly as an option, for a fee.
When the cabinets are flat-packed, though, shipping costs are reduced due to the smaller boxes.
IKEA tends to offer low prices on kitchen cabinets.
AndIKEA kitchen cabinetsare stylish, sleek, and contemporary.
Like their RTA counterparts, IKEA cabinets require assembly.
The cabinet boxes are largely made with particleboard.
For an additional fee, you’re able to have outside contractors deliver and assemble the cabinets.
Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets
Painting wood cabinetsis no different than painting any other wood surface.
But it gets more complicated when dealing with melamine or laminate kitchen cabinets.
All-inclusive kits like Cabinet Transformations work on wood, melamine, and laminate.
Reface Your Cabinets
Cabinet refacingfalls between a total replacement of cabinets and a high-end paint job.
Cabinet refacing isn’t usually a do-it-yourself project, as veneering the cabinets can be a tricky process.
The insides of the boxes are usually not refaced.
Expect refacing to cut yourcabinet replacement costsby about half.
Purchase Quality Used Cabinets
Homeowners frequently dispose of cabinets simply because they have better cabinets coming in.
If the homeowner is concerned about landfilling cabinets, they will not want to toss them in the trash.
Not only that but disposing of cabinets costs money.
By giving the cabinets away, these homeowners save on hauling or roll-off costs.
Search Craigslist for cabinets to buy at low cost or to haul away for free from a private party.
Facebook Marketplace is another prime place to look for free or very cheap kitchen cabinets.
Check out your local Habitat For Humanity ReStore, as well.
A well-designed kitchen remodel will usually increase the resale value of a home.
Purchasing kitchen cabinets that you better assemble yourself will save you money.
