Custom or Stock Cabinets: Which to Choose?

When you decide it’s time to remodel your kitchen starting with your cabinets, which one should you choose? Should they be custom cabinets or regular cabinets? Both cabinets have their own advantages and disadvantages, but only after analyzing your requirements and lifestyle should you decide which one to buy. They can both serve their basic purposes and look great.

custom cabinets

This type of cabinet is made to fit your requirements in any given space and is made to order. There are no features specific to this type of cabinet, except that you can add the following and more to custom cabinets.

• Silent hinges
• Soft closing drawers
• Corner shelves
• Cabinets that are customized to the size of your cookware
• Ornate crown molding
• Sliding cutting boards
• Designer handles and knobs.

With custom cabinetry, you have the ability to include almost any feature you want with more texture, finish and design options. These cabinets can be made to fit into odd spaces, such as angled or curved walls. They also have a longer life, which can be fifteen to twenty or more years. They are easy to restore and can be designed to accommodate large items like large pots and pans. There are also drawbacks with these cabinets and one is that they can be very expensive. Since they are custom, the work to build them can be done on-site or off-site.

storage cabinets

This type of cabinet is built on a large scale with the wall cabinets built one day and the base cabinets built the next day. These are the cabinets you simply order off the shelf by looking at a brochure and letting the salesperson know which ones he wants and hopes will fit in his kitchen. Some of the common cabinet features include:

• They are ready to assemble.
• Comes in sizes with three-inch increments starting at nine inches wide and ending at forty-eight inches
• Standard height is between thirty and thirty-six inches
• Standard depth is twenty-four inches for base cabinets and twelve inches for wall cabinets.
• The most used material is particle board
• Standard Hardware

These cabinets are affordable and available with fast delivery and installation right out of the box. There is a wide range of finishes. The drawbacks are that styling options are limited, they cannot be restored, and they have a short shelf life of ten years.

If you’re remodeling your kitchen and want to make it unique, choose custom cabinets.