IKEA Cabinets vs HOME DEPOT Cabinets | Which is better?

ikea cabinets versus home depot cabinets which is better so if you live in the united states the choice to purchase ikea is pretty clear and there are three main reasons why the first main reason is selection home depot has a very weak rta cabinet selection they only have four options one being hampton bay which is a shaker white door the other three are all the same style of what's called cambridge of course ikea has a very wide selection of styles for their section line of cabinets plus it is very easy to outsource other door styles from other manufacturers that are made specifically for ikea kitchens so ikea is a very clear choice if you're looking at just the selection in what you can purchase the reason for this might be that home depot really doesn't want to sell rta cabinets they have to have them because it's just part of what they have to have to you know get that market share but they're really interested in selling you custom kitchens that's where they're making the most margin that's where they want to focus their attention on so while home depot has a very poor line of rta cabinets their custom line is very good and they do a great job of giving you a really good quality custom kitchen but if you're just talking about stock kitchen cabinets it's not the way to go home depot does not have a planning tool for designing kitchens you need to go into the store and speak to a designer so you're at the mercy of the designer how quick they're going to be how much they care about doing your job how busy the store is there's a lot of factors at play where ikea has their online kitchen planning tool which is pretty easy to use even for someone who's unsure about you know cabinets and where they're supposed to go and how you're even supposed to design a kitchen for just the average consumer that has kind of a basic idea of what a kitchen looks like they can easily use ikea's design tool to at least get a pretty good idea of what their cabinets are going to look like and what they're going to cost being able to design it at home yourself is a pretty big plus in my opinion because lots of people just don't want to make the trip to go do that because one maybe they're not really going to be buying a kitchen they're just looking for some ideas they're trying to plan for the future they don't want to be pressured by a salesman having their information calling them so having the opportunity to do it online by yourself with no commitment or anything like that is is a big plus home depot does have a kitchen estimator it's a little different than a planner in that you can't design your kitchen it does give you some basic ideas on what a kitchen would cost for a particular style of cabinets a particular layout and the type of cabinet you select or the type of size of your kitchen whether or not you want an island or not how much decoration you need it goes through quite a list of things how good of a construction of cabinet you want to go with and then on the side after you select all your options it gives you a summary of what your cabinets would cost what your countertops would cost if you chose them and a total estimate for the product and for the installation now again you need to go into the store to make an appointment to sit down with a designer which if you're going to go with home depot this is the best way to do it because their designers are trained to design kitchens and so it's a good option however this is not a kitchen planning tool it's just a way for you to get an idea of what a kitchen of that particular size and those types of cabinets might cost and the number three big reason if you live in the us to purchase your cabinets from ikea is warranty ikea has a 25-year warranty on their cabinets and it covers quite a bit this is an extensive warranty 25 years i've had three kitchens in the last 20 years so to cover cabinets for 25 years is a really really good warranty i sold custom kitchens for a long time from a really good custom manufacturer and they couldn't touch a 25 year warranty so ikea is giving you a really good opportunity here now you have to save your receipt so my suggestion is put that thing in a plastic bag and tape it to the inside of the back of your fridge cabinet somewhere where it'll never get lost but you always will have it in case you ever need it but if you look at home depot's warranties on their cabinets hampton bay has a five-year warranty okay well that's not so bad but it does not even compare to 25-year warranty and the cambridge cabinets have a 90-day warranty 90 days who is going to buy a cabinet that has a 90-day warranty i can't even believe that they put a 90-day warranty they might as well say listen there's no warranty forget it these are things are going to fall apart in like a week don't call us back we don't want to hear about it 90 days that's what we call a tailgate warranty like as soon as the truck leaves the yard and when they deliver it like your warranty's up so if you're looking at the fact that ikea really stands behind their product and for some reason this home depot product is only warranted for 90 days that's a huge red flag in my eyes so ikea has great selection a great kitchen planner and a really great warranty whereas in the united states home depot does not have great selection there's no online planning tool and the warranty is really bad so hands down for me if you live in the u.s ikea is the place to go to buy your kitchens unless unless you can't get around their odd cabinet sizes that's the only thing about ikea that can be a little bit of a hurdle it's well known that ikea has some really different cabinet sizes they're just non-standard they have 15-inch deep wall cabinets some of their heights are a little bit different their tall cabinets are a little bit different and so if you can't get around that and you just want standard cabinet sizes then home depot would be a good option because they sell the standard selection run-of-the-mill sizes that you'd find almost anywhere except ikea they for some reason have their own sizing of cabinets and the reason is is because they want to sell their cabinets as modular units that will all fit within each other the different colors and different door styles everything fits together to be modular so that you can make something interesting and unique using their cabinetry so for one ikea's not trying to be standard they're they're trying to offer you something unique and they're doing a good job of that so in the u.s ikea is definitely the way to go if you want to buy cabinets as opposed to home depot's stock lineup but everything changes once we come up north if you live in canada the choice isn't so clear and here's why home depot canada sell a different line of rta cabinets than their counterparts in the united states home people canada sell what's called euro style cabinets it's a canadian made rta selection of cabinets that is very very extensive so the cabinets come 80 pre-assembled meaning that the drawer rails the hinges everything's pre-mounted for you so there's that extra step that you don't have to worry about whereas ikea is a ton of assembly and a ton of pieces there's a huge selection of sizes styles and options and just like ikea they have a 25 year warranty which again surprises me i can't believe that anyone's offering 25 years on cabinets of course it's limited and yes you have to have your receipt and there's stipulations to it but just the fact that there is a 25 year warranty is really good for the consumer and of course home depot still doesn't have a planning tool but euro style does have a planning tool now for some reason it's down but that's just a technical issue so add this to all the odd sizes again of ikea's cabinet lineup and you have a lot of reasons to shop at home depot for your rta cabinets in canada so the reason the choice isn't so clear is because there is a really good reason to purchase home depot's cabinets and if you just like ikea then they have a really great product lineup so it's like if you like ikea then go for ikea but if you like home depot go for home depot now for me i like the home depot option in canada because of this selection of styles and the amount of options that they have for their cabinetry they have more sizes and just more available for you to put into your design so in canada i'd choose home depot over ikea but that's not because ikea has less of a product it's just those are the factors for me that matter but if you just like ikea then i would definitely go there now i have some ikea cabinets on my house not in my kitchen of course but i did purchase some ikea cabinets and this is where ikea is really great and home depot is not is that ikea know how to make displays that really sell their product they have everything in their store on display everything and you walk through there and it's really an experience where if you go to home depot or any other big box store it feels like a big box store yeah they have nice displays but you don't get the feeling that you do when you go to ikea i mean if you've ever walked through ikea you know what i'm talking about i walked through ikea and i just i'm like i just want to buy that i want to buy it my wife's in the background laughing because you just can't leave me alone in there with any amount of money to spend i'm gonna spend it all there's so much because they do such a great job of marketing the stuff to me and that's where ikea get you and you know i applaud them for that because they do a really great job they do the best job of anybody i've ever seen at marketing their products to sell i mean you walk out of there with everything they have everything for you i never mentioned anything about pricing and that's because the pricing is very comparable at least in canada i threw together just a basic 114 inch section of cabinets with a pantry three base cabinets and three wall cabinets same basic style for each and the price is very very close only 25 dollars in the difference where ikea came in at 1182 and home depot came in at 1207. in the grand scheme of things if it's down to price you're really not getting that much better of a price until you start going with options and door styles and really changing things up that's why it's not really always the easiest thing to compare prices because we are comparing apples to apples but we're comparing different apples different apples are different prices honey crisp are going to be more expensive than a macintosh and that's what you really have to look at yeah they are rta cabinets but they do differ quite a bit so keep that in mind when you're shopping around shopping for a kitchen that although you're getting maybe the basic same layout you're not getting the exact same thing now i will say this because ikea does have odd sizes and they are deeper you are actually getting a little more for your money when you purchase an ikea kitchen you are getting a little more space now i think it's too deep for a wall cabinet to be 15 inches but that's just my opinion and you know whatever so overall in conclusion if you live in the united states definitely go to ikea if you live in canada definitely go to ikea but i would definitely also check out home depot because they have a really great product line and i think it's a great option if you're looking for an rta cabinet now if you don't know how to design a kitchen or the online planning tool is a little too clunky for you you're unsure how to use it or you want to purchase home depot cabinets but you don't want to go into the store and deal with the sales people and all that kind of stuff i have an online design solution that might be right for you check the link in the description below for all the details of course as always here's a couple other videos of mine that if you enjoyed this video you might like these if you are still 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Channel: Mark Tobin Kitchen Design

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Length: 11min 55sec (715 seconds)

Published: Thu May 06 2021