If you\u2019re remodeling a half-million-dollar home\u2019s kitchen, you can probably afford to go with the very best cabinets, maybe something truly custom, hand-made for the space by a craftsman. For the rest of us, we need to do things a little bit more cheaply. Cabinetry is one of the big expenses in a kitchen remodel, along with appliances. Since with appliances, if you cheap out, you lose major features pretty quickly, most people wind up cutting corners on the cabinets.<\/p>\n
The thing is, cheap cabinets at the store are, well\u2026 cheap. They\u2019re often made with particle board at worst, or MDF at best, with iffy finishes that scratch easily, and shoddy construction that won\u2019t last five years in a real kitchen, to say nothing of twenty. So how do you get kitchen cabinets on a budget that aren\u2019t just a pile of junk?<\/p>\n
As with many things in home remodeling and maintenance, you can save tons of money if you do things yourself. But unless you\u2019re a carpenter, with a wood shop, you can\u2019t manufacture the cabinets yourself! However, you can build<\/em> them, if you order RTA cabinets. RTA stands for \u201cready to assemble,\u201d and means you get all the pieces and parts, finished, stained, and painted, and then you put them together yourself. Kind of like IKEA furniture.<\/p>\n All you need is a screwdriver, a drill for some models for the door hinges, since many doors come undrilled so you can install them on either side, and maybe some wood glue, and a free weekend. A helper to help hang the wall cabinets is also a must, but otherwise you can pretty much do the whole thing alone if you need to.<\/p>\n At RTACabinetStore.com, our RTA kitchen cabinets are made from premium materials. We use warp-resistant furniture-grade plywood for the boxes, and real hardwood for most face frames, doors, and drawer fronts. A few models do use MDF or HDF, but only where it has no impact on the quality or sturdiness.<\/p>\n They\u2019re easily assembled using cam-lock technology, and come with detailed instructions so that even if you\u2019re a DIY novice, they\u2019re well within the capabilities of the average homeowner. Then just pair them with a countertop from a local supplier (countertops are impossible to ship long distance!), and you\u2019ll be a huge step closer to realizing your dream kitchen, on a fraction of the cost.<\/p>\n Come check out our digital showroom. We have models starting as low as $1660 for a typical 10\u2019x10\u2019 kitchen<\/a>, and we have sales every month! While you\u2019re at it, check out our free expert design services<\/a>. Our designers can help you visualize and lay out your entire kitchen and then build the order for you when you\u2019re done. It\u2019s that simple. Get started today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you need to remodel a kitchen on a budget, don\u2019t buy cheap junk. Save money by investing in do-it-yourself RTA cabinets!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[4,1086],"class_list":["post-2741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kitchen-cabinets","tag-rta","tag-wall-cabinets"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=2741"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7644,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions\/7644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtacabinetstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Budget Kitchen Cabinets that Aren\u2019t \u201cCheap\u201d<\/h3>\n