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Lowe's Kitchen Cabinets Review: What Do Customers Think?

By: Andrew Saladino | min

Lowe's home improvement warehouse is a trusted source for kitchen cabinets.

When it's time for a kitchen remodel, you might think about a few big box stores like Home Depot and Lowes. So, how good are Lowes kitchen cabinets? Today, we'll take a look at customer reviews and also cover how the cabinets are constructed.

Overview of Lowe's Kitchen Cabinets

The home improvement warehouse offers three main types of cabinets: stock cabinets, semi-custom, and custom cabinets. For this article, we'll look at customer reviews and aspects of the company's stock cabinets.

The kitchen cabinetry selection is split between ready-to-assemble (RTA) and fully assembled cabinets. You can find cabinets by these four main brands at this time:

  • Project Source
  • Design House
  • Cambridge
  • Diamond NOW

Project Source are mid-tier cabinets that are unfinished and ready to be painted or stained. Cambridge and Design House brands are mid-range and above, while Diamond NOW is low to mid-range construction.

You can choose to pick up your order at a local store or have it delivered. The website claims delivery is within seven business days, which is a very short time (especially compared to IKEA's weeks or months).

If you go with the Diamond NOW line, you can use a free digital kitchen designer to pick and place your cabinets. And if you don't want to do the work yourself, the store can connect you with a pro to do the installation for you.

In terms of kitchen design, there are seven main styles within the Diamond NOW collection. As you use the online kitchen designer, you can swap out different styles and see which would look best in your home.

Construction

Diamond NOW cabinets are on the lower end as far as construction goes. The top, bottom, and sides are made from particle board, which has some disadvantages. This material is also called furniture board because it's so popular in affordable furniture pieces.

However, it has less strength than solid wood or plywood and can actually swell or warp with humidity over time. This wouldn't happen during the first few years, of course, unless you had a leak in your kitchen or your tile countertop wasn't sealed properly.

Furniture board is also not the best for holding screws. You should be fine using the supplied hardware and pre-drilled holes, but you should be careful if you want to drill your own holes or add fasteners yourself as the board can chip near the hole.

The Diamond NOW line has solid frames and wood drawer fronts and boxes, so that's good. However, the drawers don't use dovetail joinery.

Many in-stock styles use full-overlay cabinet doors which completely hide the frame. However, stock cabinets are only available in a framed style, not frameless. You'll have to go to the semi-custom or custom-made space for frameless construction.

When you move up to Cambridge and Design House brands, you'll see higher-end appointments like all-plywood construction, six-way soft-close hinges, solid wood doors, and undermount drawer slides.

Price

Next on our review is price. While Lowes doesn't offer dirt-cheap cabinets like some other big-box stores, the Diamond NOW line is still very affordable. Prices for three-drawer base cabinets start at about $200. Remember that this level is mostly fiber board with cheaper hardware.

To level the playing field, let's compare an all-plywood model by the Design House brand to a similar model by Kitchen Cabinet Kings:

Design House

  • Model: Espresso 3-drawer base cabinet
  • Dimensions: 18" x 34 1/2" x 24"
  • Price RTA: $349.06
  • Price Assembled: $394.92

Kitchen Cabinet Kings

  • Model: Espresso 3-drawer base cabinet
  • Dimensions: 18" x 34 1/2" x 24"
  • Price RTA: $315.35
  • Price Assembled: $367.29

These two cabinets are comparable because both use upgraded hardware, dovetail joinery, solid wood drawers, and plywood boxes. The Design House piece costs a bit more, and if you multiply that by an entire kitchen, the final cost difference could be significant.

Lowe's Kitchen Cabinet Reviews

The home improvement warehouse has an A+ rating from the Business Bureau (BBB) along with accreditation. However, it only has one star from over 500 customer reviews. The Arcadia style is a popular line of in-stock cabinets which has many reviews, so we'll go over some of those here.

In terms of positive reviews, many people say they are good cabinets for the price. They have a clean modern look and are sturdy. One review mentioned that their friends assumed the cabinets were much more expensive than they actually were.

There are some negative reviews as well. People mention things like excess glue, dents, and lopsided drawers. One review mentioned that the fiber board is soft and can get nicked and scratched easily. A few reviewers comment that you get what you pay for–the cabinets do the job, but they wouldn't use them for an entire kitchen remodel.

When people work with Lowes, they usually have a good experience. However, some reviewers have mentioned that delivery from Diamond NOW, which is a separate vendor, can take a long time. One review said the first delivery didn't have all the pieces needed for the project and some boxes came damaged.

Lowe's vs. Kitchen Cabinet Kings

Here's a top-level comparison:

Lowe's

  • Quality: Spectrum of low to high
  • Design Options: Multiple height and width options
  • Moldings & Accessories: Many options
  • Delivery Style: RTA or pre-assembled
  • Customer Service: The home improvement store gets good ratings, its vendor Design NOW not so much
  • Sides & Back Construction: Fiber board or plywood
  • Hinges: Concealed soft-close on higher-end models
  • Drawer Glides: Undermount on higher-end models
  • Drawer Construction: Dovetail joinery on higher-end models

Kitchen Cabinet Kings

  • Quality: Upper-mid tier and above
  • Design Options: Three height choices and multiple widths in three-inch increments
  • Moldings & Accessories: Many options
  • Delivery Style: RTA or pre-assembled
  • Customer Service: Live support from cabinet specialists
  • Sides & Back Construction: 1/2 inch A-grade plywood
  • Hinges: All concealed soft-close
  • Drawer Glides: All undermount with soft close
  • Drawer Construction: All dovetail joinery

Why Consider Kitchen Cabinet Kings

At Kitchen Cabinet Kings, we only use high-quality materials. All hardware comes upgraded, and we don't use furniture board in any product.

If you want your kitchen to continue to look amazing beyond the first couple of years, you might want to think outside of big-box retailers. Check out our pre-assembled cabinet selection to get started.

Lowe's Cabinet Design Inspiration

Home Depot kitchen cabinets in Satin White. Home Depot kitchen cabinets in Edson Shaker Gray. Home Depot kitchen cabinets in Cognac. Home Depot kitchen cabinets in Dove Gray. Home Depot kitchen cabinets in Medium Oak.

Lowe's Kitchen Cabinet FAQs

Are Lowes kitchen cabinets any good?

It depends on which brand you go with. Stock brands like Design House and Cambridge are good, but other brands like Diamond NOW are at the lower end of the range.

What is the best kitchen cabinet brand?

We might be biased but we'd say Kitchen Cabinet Kings, of course. We specialize in cabinets only, and we don't sell anything that's cheaply made.

How much does a Lowes Kitchen Cost?

An entire kitchen through the home improvement store could cost between $12,000 and $20,000 or more.

Are Diamond NOW cabinets good quality?

If you want to build a breakfast bar and need some extra storage, Diamond NOW cabinets could do the job. However, we think there are many other brands that are better for an entire kitchen, which would last longer and look better.

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