How to Save Money When Installing Kitchen Cabinets

The average cost of kitchen cabinets installed is around $1500, so it doesn't take a lot of money to give yourself some real bang for your buck. With a little planning and some DIY knowledge, you can save money and spend quality time with your family. Here are a few tips to help you achieve the look you want, the way you want it, and the way your friends will be impressed by.

Start by reading up on cabinet plans. These aren't complicated, but they do take some understanding to make sure that the plans are what you really want to have, and not a waste of money.

Do some research to see what styles and types of kitchen cabinets are available. You should find that there are all kinds of different materials to choose from, including: stainless steel, laminate, and wood.

The most important thing to keep in mind when thinking about how to install the cabinets is that they need to fit in the space available. If you only have the room for half of the cabinets, leave the ones that you don't need for those you do have, and the rest can go in the free space.

Take measurements of the area you want to use for the installation of the kitchen cabinets. You need to know where the corners are, the width, and the depth, so you can find out if your design will work in that space or not.

If you don't know how to do this, talk to a real estate agent or someone who has a lot of experience with remodeling, and ask them to give you the measurements they've taken. It's okay to use someone else's measurements as long as you know exactly what you're looking for, and know where you want to put the hardware that will attach the kitchen cabinets.

You'll need to figure out how big you want the hardware on the side of the kitchen cabinets to be. Most of the time, they're just big enough to be installed, but sometimes they're not, and they're in the way of other items on the wall or cabinet. By having everything perfectly lined up, your cabinets will be able to function the way you need them to, and be able to fit into the space you already have.

Once you've decided on how big you want the cabinet hardware to be, you need to decide where they'll be installed. On average, there's a couple of feet between the edge of the cabinet you're going to install and the edge of the kitchen ceiling, so you'll want to make sure that the hardware you choose is adequate for the length you need.

Take some measurements so you know how much free space you'll need for your cabinets to sit properly. If you can't find a pattern for your cabinets, or you can't find a free pattern, it's OK to use one of those available online that requires payment, but you'll probably still end up using an existing cabinet plan.

As soon as you have the measurements of the space you want to use for the installation of the kitchen cabinets, you'll be ready to start looking for the actual hardware you need. You can use a traditional manual design if you want, or you can find a woodworking plan that has already been created and designed for your project.

No matter which one you choose, you'll get a more accurate and complete result, and the kitchen cabinets you want will be installed perfectly to fit your space. All you need to do now is to figure out the cost of the materials, and you can see how much money you'll be saving by installing them yourself.

Installers are likely to charge you by the square foot, but if you choose a plan that includes the installation of the cabinet, then you might be able to find some type of discount. You'll also want to remember that installing kitchen cabinets isn't as difficult as people make it out to be, if you know how to do it correctly, then you can do it without any problems at all.