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Now that you're ready to replace the cabinets in your kitchen, you have to decide whether to go custom-made or prefab. Here are just a few good reasons to skip the prefab options and invest in custom-made kitchen cabinets instead.

Enjoy Higher Quality

One great reason to choose custom-made cabinets for your kitchen over the myriad of prefabricated options that are on the market is to ensure that you'll enjoy high quality workmanship and a long life of reliable performance. Many prefab cabinets are made with poor quality materials, such as board and laminate surfacing. These materials don't last nearly as long as cabinets made from solid wood.

For example the baseboards can quickly become water damaged and develop mold over time, so you might find yourself having to replace at least some parts of your prefab cabinets as time goes on. But custom cabinets are typically made with all solid wood materials, so you can count on them lasting for many years to come without having to make any major repairs or replacements.

Ensure a Design You Love

While prefabricated kitchen cabinets come in a wide variety of style, designs, and even colors, you can't make structural changes to the cabinets in order to customize them to your specific wants and needs. But when investing in custom cabinets, you can create the exact design you want for your kitchen without having to worry about any structural limitations.

If you want custom shelves built over your kitchen sink to match the exact design of your new custom cabinets, you can do that. And if you want glass insets installed in some of your cabinets so you can see the dishes or condiments that are stored inside, it won't be a problem. The options are almost limitless when working with custom kitchen cabinet designs.

Take Advantage of Custom Expansions

Another great reason to choose custom kitchen cabinets over prefab options is to easily take advantage of future expansions. In the future you may want to add new cabinets to the wall over your dining table that match the ones you've already installed over the kitchen counters. Or you might want to replace your bathroom cabinets to match your kitchen and streamline the overall design of your home.

But if you installed prefab cabinets, there's a chance that you won't be able to find the same exact design available on the market. However, having installed custom cabinets you should be able to make expansions as you see fit whether it's a month or ten years down the line.