New kitchen cabinets can add value and beauty to your home. But are custom-made cabinets worth the difference in price, when compared to prefabricated production cabinets from a home improvement chain store? You decide.
The quality difference becomes apparent when a door is flexed a little too hard. Door hinges attached to solid plywood will stay in place. Those in particleboard will tear out, usually making an indentation that cannot be repaired.
Particleboard expands and warps when wet-a bad feature around kitchens and bathrooms. Shelves made from particleboard will also sag in a few years from the weight of items stored on them. Plywood shelves with a good edge “nosing” can withstand the structural pressure without sagging indefinitely.
Custom cabinets do look better when first installed because of the difference in finish, but the practical part of this equation becomes apparent a few years down the road. When the homeowner decides to sell his house, say in five, ten, or even twenty years, custom cabinets will still look like new.
In addition, most cabinetmakers install their own work, ensuring that it’s done properly. While there are many tasks around the home that the enterprising homeowner can handle on his own, cabinets require a little more experience than the average homeowner has in this area. When a corner is slightly out-of-square, or a wall is not perfectly straight, or holes need to be cut for plumbing and wiring, the experienced cabinetmaker knows what to do. Even the trim will look better when installed by a professional cabinetmaker.
If a problem or question arises, you can “ask the expert” when a cabinetmaker is installing his own work. One of the vexations of modern mass merchandising, even in the better home improvement stores, is finding a real person who genuinely knows the answer to your question, from first-hand experience.
In fact, should you choose custom cabinets over boxed, you will be pleasantly surprised the next time your home is appraised. Instead of the dreaded word “average” in the column listing the appraiser’s valuation of your kitchen cabinets, you’ll see the word “custom”, with a higher overall value placed on the home.
Custom cabinets are more expensive than prefabricated ones, but when it comes to beauty, utility, and value in your home, there’s no comparison.
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