Buying kitchen cabinets or bathroom vanities can be an expensive adventure if you do not find the right place to buy cabinets. If you attempt to buy kitchen cabinets or bathroom vanities from a retail store, you will defiantly be paying too much. Yes, even the big box hardware stores do not offer the best prices on these products.



If you go to your local hardware super store you will see many kitchen cabinets. The kitchen cabinets and vanities range from assembled and expensive to RTA (ready to assemble) and less expensive; but the one thing you will find at a retail store is higher prices. Instead the lower prices for kitchen cabinets (especially RTA kitchen cabinets) are online. Buying kitchen cabinets or bathroom vanities through the internet will save you thirty to forty percent over retail.

Some things to keep in mind: First of all not all kitchen cabinet websites were created equal. This simply means that you should visit multiple RTA kitchen cabinet websites. You will see a big difference in prices. Also visit regular cabinet websites and you will see an increase in prices.

At this point you should realize that RTA kitchen cabinets or RTA bathroom vanities are a better buy than assembled cabinets. Essentially they are the same cabinet; it's just that you have to assemble the product. You will want to do that because again, you can save a lot of money by building cabinets yourself. Don't worry, most RTA product are easy to assemble, unless you go to a store like IKEA. The RTA products from this store are very difficult to assemble and take a lot of time. Better RTA products, that you can buy online, are easy to assemble and have few directions because of the simplicity.

At this point it sounds simple. Go online and buy kitchen cabinets. Search for RTA cabinets and save even more money. So what else do you need to know?

You should realize that large chain stores that sell kitchen cabinets or bathroom vanities cannot compete with online retailers. The reasons for this are two fold. First these big box retailers (Home Depot, Lowe's, 84 Lumber, Lumber Liquidators) spend millions of dollars on advertising. Because of this, they have to keep their prices high. You will see some products at good prices. Things like drywall and lumber are usually priced well, but even things like nails and screws are over priced. The key here is that these stores already have you in the door with a few low prices, but you end up buying other products because you are at the store.

The same holds true for kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities. You can get your 2 x 4's and drywall at these stores, but buy your kitchen cabinets online. You will see a huge price difference and this will save you hundreds and maybe thousands of dollars.

Just look online and do a search for RTA kitchen cabinets or RTA bathroom vanities. You will be pleasantly surprised at the savings you will find.