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home and garden home appliancesWhat should I look for when buying kitchen cabinets?
Things to Consider Before Buying New Cabinets
- Budget. Cabinets account for 40 to 50 percent of the total cost of your kitchen or bathroom remodeling project, so setting your total budget figure will be one of the first things you'll need to do.
- Quality.
- Decorating Style.
- Measure Your Space.
- Stock, Semi-Custom, or Custom.
Herein, what should I look for in a quality kitchen cabinet?
How to Tell If You're Buying Quality Kitchen Cabinets
- Front pieces should be solid wood and relatively free of imperfections—no sanding marks, knots, or color or grain irregularities, etc.
- Corners should have mortise-and-tenon joinery, preferably with long tenons and deep mortises.
- Drawer fronts and cabinet panels should be made from solid wood.
Keeping this in view, what color is most popular for kitchen cabinets?
Most Popular Kitchen Cabinet Colors for 2019 And no surprises here—most homeowners are still choosing white cabinets (43 percent), which have held onto the top spot for the past three years. In second place is wood cabinets (25 percent), followed by gray cabinets (11 percent).
When to Buy Kitchen Cabinets: Late November and December This is the optimal window of opportunity to replace your kitchen cabinets because the demand for contractors is low, which creates more wiggle room for negotiation.