ULTIMATE or PLATINUM, TRADITIONAL or MODERN LINE - What is the difference?
Cabinets in all four of our RTA lines are very high quality: all plywood box construction with soft close doors and drawer glides. So what is the difference? This page will give an insight in differences between out two RTA Framed lines - Ultimate and Platinum and our Modern Frameless RTA line and scroll down for differences between framed lines - you will see close-up images of different shaker style doors and a gallery of our classic raised panel door styles.
ULTIMATE RTA | PLATINUM RTA | MODERN RTA |
5 styles + 1 builder line | 10 styles | 25 styles |
Assembly using clips and brackets, requires mainly a screw gun. | Assembly using pins, nails and glue, requires more professional tools. | Easy assembly using cam-lock and dowel system. |
Available assembled - 25$ per cabinet. | Available assembled: 10% from order price. | Available assembled: 25$ for regular cabinet, 50$ for tall cabinet |
3 Shaker styles - doors have sharp shaker style edges | 5 Shaker styles - doors have slightly rounded style edges | 2 shaker styles - frameless |
2 Classic raised panel styles with glaze | 3 high quality stained all-wood door styles | 23 modern slab door styles - textured and high gloss |
- | 2 raised panel & 2 recessed panel inlay frame styles. | Mix & match styles |
- | - | Handles and accessories available |
Lighter espresso stain, snow white shaker, sharp edge door | Darker espresso stain, off-white shaker, less sharp edge door | All slab doors except two shaker styles - bright white Dove White and dark gray Dusk Gray stained |
Soft close doors and drawers (except builder line) | Soft close doors and drawers | Soft close doors and drawers |
Dovetailed drawers, full extension (except builder line) | Dovetailed drawers, full extension | Full extension under-mount soft close glides with white steel drawer box sides and white melamine drawer bottom and back panel |
Framed assembly using face frame where the hinges and doors are mounted. | Framed assembly using face frame where the hinges and doors are mounted. | Frameless assembly - full overlay. Doors and drawers are attached directly to the cabinet box. Detachable adjustable plastic legs with toe-kick cover. |
1/2" plywood box with finished sides in door color and maple melamine interior.(except builder line) | 1/2" plywood box with finished sides in door color and maple melamine interior. | 3/4" plywood side panels with white melamine on both sides. 3/4" plywood picture frame for strength |
Glass door wall cabinets inside in door color. | Glass door wall cabinets inside in door color. | Glass door wall cabinets with aluminum doors and frosted glass |
Does not require end panels. Decorative door panels available. |
Does not require end panels. Decorative door panels available. |
Requires end panels for finished sides |
Shaker Styles Compared
Shaker White styles compared:
Compare Raised Panel Classic styles from Ultimate and Traditional Lines:
Compare our Antique white styles: Platinum Athena Cream, Ultimate Charleston White, Traditional Antique White
Interested in a particular Cabinet Sales Center line of cabinets, click on the link below:
Check out our Ultimate Line style guide HERE
Check out our Platinum Line style guide HERE
Check out our Modern Line style guide HERE
Check out our Traditional Line style guide HERE