{"id":1714,"date":"2016-08-18T01:39:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T01:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2016-08-18T01:39:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T01:39:56","slug":"refacing-kitchen-cabinets-save-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/refacing-kitchen-cabinets-save-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Refacing Kitchen Cabinets Save Money?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"expensive<\/a>Refacing kitchen cabinets has come a long way.\u00a0 Plastic veneers in every color and pattern you can think of are available, and many places will create beautiful wooden veneers which can give your cabinets a very high quality look.\u00a0 In the short term, this may be a great money saver and help you get the kitchen you desire.\u00a0 In the long term, things aren\u2019t as cut and dried, and based upon your situation, it may actually save you money to replace your kitchen cabinets.<\/p>\n

Taking a Closer Look<\/strong><\/p>\n

One quick and easy answer is that replacing kitchen cabinets is always going to be more expensive than refacing them.\u00a0 This statement is true, on the surface.\u00a0 Most cabinet makers, though, give their kitchen cabinets a usable life of 15-25 years, based on normal daily usage.<\/p>\n

The average kitchen reface comes somewhere in the middle of that time, and costs about half that of replacing the kitchen with cabinets of the same style and quality.\u00a0 All of this boils down to the fact that when refacing your kitchen cabinets, you can expect an approximate life of 10 years for the reface, after which, you will either need to reface again or, which is most likely, you will need to replace the cabinets.\u00a0 This means that you have spent at least the same amount of money over time that you would have spent on a new kitchen, or 1.5 times that amount with a combination of refacing and replacing.<\/p>\n

Out With the Old, In With the New<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want to save money when replacing cabinets, go for RTA<\/a> cabinets.\u00a0 They have come into their own, and, with a reliable seller, such as RTA Cabinet Store, you know you will be getting high quality, stable cabinets that will stand the test of time.\u00a0 And they are much cheaper than custom cabinets.\u00a0 If you install them yourself, you can save a ton of money on contractor costs too.\u00a0 Factor in the fact that these cabinets will last more than 20 years and your costs per year of life of your cabinetry are significantly lower than a reface.<\/p>\n

Other Considerations<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have custom, high quality cabinets, it may be better for you to reface, as the life of the cabinets could be much higher than average.\u00a0 Most of the time, these types of cabinets are wood, and will require wood veneers, which can be close to the cost of installing a brand new kitchen.\u00a0 Refaced cabinets also are a money saver if you are looking to raise your short term home value, and are planning on selling.\u00a0 Overall, though, the decision to replace cabinets is the one which will save money over time, and allow you to get a brand new kitchen from the bottom up in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Refacing kitchen cabinets has come a long way.\u00a0 Plastic veneers in every color and pattern you can think of are available, and many places will create beautiful wooden veneers which can give your cabinets a very high quality look.\u00a0 In the short term, this may be a great money saver and help you get theContinue reading “Does Refacing Kitchen Cabinets Save Money?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[114,1],"tags":[1245,1257,1246],"amp_validity":null,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/1715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}