Floor plan: More cabinets the higher the cost. (One 48" wide is less than two 24" wide cabinets)

Door Style: Solid wood style usually cost more than flat or veneer panel styles. Wood type and difficulty of style also crash cost.

Finish: Specialty finishes such as glazes, complex colors or upsetting may cost more. Heat catalyzed varnish finishes cost more than lacquers, but are longer lasting. Hand rub stains may cost more, but go through more carefully than machine applied stains.

Options: Company offering a better variety of features may charge more, but allow more customization. Install options cost more than kits you install, but the contractor may charge more to install them for you. Choose options that you want helps you set priority for the whole project, control cost and promise a satisfactory result.

Modification: Built-to-order and Custom cabinets allow certain dimensional modification to normal products that stock cabinets do not.

Ask the seller where you shop for your cabinets about the availability of each of these before you select your cabinetry. You may want to make a list of option or dimensional modification so you won't forget to ask about each one, then compare, based on your own needs and budget.

Cabinet Type	Pros	Cons
Stock	The majority economically priced - can leave room in your budget for other upgrades elsewhere. Completely assembled. Obtainable immediately or in a couple of days after purchase.	Limited choice of wood types,styles, and finishes beyond drawers and cupboards. Can't be adjusted to exact measurements - constructed in standard sizes such as 3" increments.
Semi-Custom/ Built-to-Order	Larger variety of design, storage space options, standard sizes, finishes, and styles. Can include optional modification and factory-installed accessories.	Made-to-order, but with set widths that could maybe require inserts for non-standard dimensions
Custom	Can be built to specially requested capacity and dimensions Designed to fit exact tastes and styles of exact kitchens	Most costly Often not factory constructed, meaning less assurance of construction standards/uniformity Can take a long while, even weeks, to get the final product

If you are living on a little pad and it's the small kitchen plan that's been bother you, then you have to plan as to how you can put those creative thoughts to good use. Initially, one has to conceptualize what you want your small kitchen to look like. Are you the type who wanted the small kitchen plan to speak more of function and need? Or do you want a small kitchen that shows a bit of your personality?


If it's function and necessity that are of utmost importance, then you have learn to make use of the space well. There is a wide array of choices with regard to the appliance that you can include. However, since you value function, you have to choose only those which you will actually use every day. You might have the money to buy an espresso machine but will you really have the time to use it everyday for your daily dose of caffeine? If not, then don’t even start thinking about acquiring one.

One of the most sensible things that you can add in your small kitchen plan is a small island. The island can serve as your working space as well as provide you with a storage space where you can store a few kitchen stuffs like kitchen utensils and the likes. Another thing that you can add in your kitchen that can save you a lot of storage spaces are cabinets that can be lined up and hanged on both sides of the kitchen isle to make use of the space in the middle.

Also, make sure to have good lighting, one that is neither too bright nor too dim for you to work on. As to your pots and pans, it's your choice as to whether you want to hang it and give the kitchen a homely feel, or you can use the storage spaces like the little island or the cabinets to store your pots and pans with. Making use of small space while still boasting of purpose is the best design one can have in any kitchen, big or small.

A plinth, or kickboard, is often extra along he bottom edge of the foot units, to make them appear to stand straight on the floor, and give the kitchen a solid over look. While these are often useful in a material that matches the cupboards, using contrasting materials such as stainless steel can add an interesting contemporary twist to a kitchen.


Otherwise, it's becoming increasingly popular nowadays to do away with plinths entirely and instead make a feature of the cabinets’ legs. With the help of lighting under the units in particular, this can create a more open look in the room, making it feel more spacious.

There are a lot of types of kitchen sinks to place into your countertop. Some method of fitting may be cheaper the others and some will be harder. Here are some methods of install your kitchen sink.

Undermount sinks or undercounter kitchen sinks blend with the countertop to make a soft look. The rims are not shown above the countertop. The bowl is installed under the countertop. Deep kitchen sinks are one type of undermount sinks obtainable as single bowl kitchen sinks, double bowl sinks, or triple bowl kitchen sinks. The extra bowls may cost you extra, but it might be worth the money if it helps you with everyday chores such as wash dishes or wash twins.


Tile-In sinks are used with tile countertops. Tile-in sinks are planned to mount on the tile surface so there aren’t any visible separation between the sink and the surface.

Drop in kitchen sinks, also known as rimmed sinks need metal strips in the countertop for the sink to lie on. This is the least luxurious type of sink and can be used with any type of countertop material. Apron front sinks is a case of a drop in sink. Farmhouse sinks can be a drop-in kitchen sink or undermount kitchen sink. Corner kitchen sinks are shaped as a double bowl sink.

Wall mount sinks lets you place a sink in the laundry room, in-between cabinets, bathroom, anywhere you satisfy.


Drainboard kitchen sinks are normal for some kitchen sinks. Drain board kitchen sinks establish useful for drying dishes. The drain board allow liquid to run into the drainboard in its place of moving off the kitchen countertop.