Kitchen Cabinets Cheaper Than Ikea. This is less expensive. Or you can order ready-to-assemble (RTA) kitchen cabinets, and assemble them yourself. This is the most budget-friendly option of all. Plenty of people know that you can buy ready-to-assemble kitchen cabinets at IKEA, but there are also a lot of other sources out there. Materials — Cabinets made of MDF, particle board, or other mixed synthetic materials are going to be much less expensive than lacquered cabinets or those made of solid wood or glass.; Big Box vs Custom — If you purchase mass produced cabinets through large retailers like IKEA, it’ll usually be exponentially cheaper than paying to have custom cabinets made and installed.
Ikea's flat-pack cabinetry is cheaper than other lines of cabinets precisely because it needs to be assembled. It may seem like a great deal , but for those who get frustrated assembling an Ikea dresser, building an entire room of cabinets could prove to be a disagreeable amount of work. This would be for a small house, one 11' wall galley kitchen. We've done Lowe's but I understand IKEA is cheaper and in some ways better quality. Also: IKEA is 2.5 hours away, Lowes .5. Thanks for any input! We have IKEA cabinets with Semi Handmade doors. My husband installed it himself; we had pros do the counters (quartz from a local tile store, which was actually slightly cheaper than IKEA). I think the cabinet boxes are fine. They don’t really look custom, but they are sturdy enough.
According to DiClerico, IKEA's delivery is quicker––less than seven weeks as opposed to more than 10 weeks for Home Depot. Custom fronts for IKEA cabinets may take longer. Reform for instance lists 10 to 14 weeks as the standard time for delivery; Semihandmade has a two-to-six week lead time.
Lowe's and Home Depot do offer box cabinets for similar pricing to Ikea's cabinets. However, they are not made with as high-quality materials as Ikea cabinets. When comparing Home Depot versus Ikea cabinets, the Home Depot cabinets felt much cheaper and they weren’t made as well. Their base wasn’t as thick or as durable. We took a design from the Ikea kitchen planner to out local Wren Kitchens showroom and got them to quote for a near identical kitchen.. Cheaper than most and ready assembled cabinets. Materials — Cabinets made of MDF, particle board, or other mixed synthetic materials are going to be much less expensive than lacquered cabinets or those made of solid wood or glass.; Big Box vs Custom — If you purchase mass produced cabinets through large retailers like IKEA, it’ll usually be exponentially cheaper than paying to have custom cabinets made and installed. This is less expensive. Or you can order ready-to-assemble (RTA) kitchen cabinets, and assemble them yourself. This is the most budget-friendly option of all. Plenty of people know that you can buy ready-to-assemble kitchen cabinets at IKEA, but there are also a lot of other sources out there.