What are the best white shaker kitchen cabinets to buy online?
The best white shaker kitchen cabinets have a real painted finish rather than a white wrap, a plywood box behind the door, and a white that suits the light in your kitchen. RTA Cabinets Plus sells white shaker cabinets online in two whites, Snow, a cool near-white paint, and Alabaster, a warm off-white paint, on two shaker doors: Sterling, with wider rails, and Studio, with slim rails. Each one is a plywood box with a solid wood face frame, ships ready to assemble, and the box goes together by hand in under 2 minutes. A full sample door is $19.99 and a quarter door sample is $4.99, shipping included on both, so you can see both whites in your own light first.
Four things to check on any white shaker cabinet.
White shaker is one of the most popular kitchen looks, so there are hundreds of versions online, and they are not built alike. The difference is in the finish and behind the door.
- Real paint or a white wrap
- The most important question for any white cabinet sold online. Many low priced white shaker doors are thermofoil: a vinyl skin heat-pressed over an MDF core. It can lift or yellow near heat, at the edges of a door beside the range or the oven, and it cannot be touched up the way paint can. Ours: real paint, never paper, thermofoil or melamine.
- The box behind the door
- Plywood or particle board. Plywood holds screws and survives a wet sink base. Ours: a plywood box with a solid wood face frame and 3/4" plywood shelves.
- The drawers and hinges
- Ours: a 5/8" solid wood dovetail drawer box on soft-close, full-extension glides, and full overlay doors on concealed soft-close hinges, standard rather than an upgrade.
- How the box goes together
- Traditional RTA boxes are built with metal connectors, dowels and glue. Ours go together by hand on the licensed SnapCore system, about 10x faster than traditional RTA, with screws only for the hinges, glides and pulls.
Snow or Alabaster?
The light in your kitchen decides more than the swatch does: a north-facing room makes a cool white look cooler, and warm evening bulbs make a warm white look warmer.
| Snow | Alabaster | |
|---|---|---|
| The white | A cool near-white paint. | A warm off-white paint. |
| How it reads | Crisp and bright; suits a modern room. | Soft and creamy; suits a traditional or farmhouse room. |
| Pairs with | Cool light, grey or white stone, stainless or black hardware. | Warm wood floors, brass hardware and warm bulbs. |
| Doors | Sterling and Studio. | Sterling and Studio. |
Wide rail or slim rail?
| Sterling | Studio | |
|---|---|---|
| The frame | The classic shaker, with wider rails. | A slim-rail shaker: a narrower frame and a bigger center panel. |
| Suits | A traditional, transitional or farmhouse kitchen, with almost any pull. | A cleaner, more modern line, with simple, slim pulls. |
| Whites | Snow and Alabaster. | Snow and Alabaster. |
| The box | The same plywood box, built the same way. | The same plywood box, built the same way. |
What people ask next.
What is the difference between Snow and Alabaster?
Snow is a cool near-white paint; Alabaster is a warm off-white paint. Both are real paint, and both come on the Sterling and Studio doors.
Is thermofoil as good as paint for white cabinets?
For most kitchens, no. Thermofoil can lift or yellow near heat and cannot be touched up. Real paint can be cleaned, and a chip can be touched up. Every white we sell is real paint.
Are your white shaker cabinets plywood?
Yes. Our Sterling and Studio kitchen cabinets, the whites included, are a plywood box with a solid wood face frame and 3/4" plywood shelves, not particle board.
How do I choose between two whites?
Order both as samples and look at them in your kitchen, morning and night. A full sample door is $19.99 and a quarter door sample is $4.99, shipping included on both. What you paid for sample doors is credited toward your cabinet order when you ask within 30 days of delivery. It is not refunded as cash, and you keep the doors.
Do white shaker cabinets come assembled?
Ours ship ready to assemble, and the box clicks together in under 2 minutes. Pre-assembled cabinets are made to order and take up to 21 business days, and both can go in one order.
Who we areRTA Cabinets Plus is an online retailer that sells ready to assemble kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities direct to homeowners, remodelers and trade buyers.
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Where can you buy white oak kitchen cabinets online?
White oak kitchen cabinets online: real oak under a real stain or a printed wrap, grain that varies, and Coastal, our greige stain on genuine white oak.
How do you get affordable kitchen cabinets that look custom?
How affordable kitchen cabinets look custom: full overlay shaker doors, a real finish, fillers, end panels, trim, drawers and a layout planned to the inch.
Want a person to check your plan?(305) 782-7587, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm ET. Or send your measurements for a free design.