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Bathroom Renovation Company Tips for Surviving Your Remodel

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You’ve likely spent months with magazines and Pinterest. You know the HGTV schedule by heart. Your bathroom remodel is one of the most highly anticipated events of the year. Now the contract is signed, a construction date is set and reality sets in. Your bathroom is going to be under construction for some time. You need a bathroom! Here’s tips to survive a remodel from a bathroom renovation company that’s seen the good, bad and ugly of people coping with construction.

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Avoid Major Renovations

This doesn’t mean you should avoid performing major renovations. It means you should avoid them. If more than half of your house is going to be under construction at one time, you should consider moving out temporarily.

It’s hard enough to live without a kitchen or a bathroom. But, if your kitchen, bathroom and bedroom are all under renovation at the same time you should probably move out. It’s a great time to take that vacation you’ve been planning.

Just make sure that your kitchen, bedroom and bathroom renovation company know how to reach you while you are gone. That way if problems or questions arise, they can be solved before you return.

Think of it this way, you’re probably going on vacation for a week or two this year. Why not do it during remodeling if a major portion of your house will be unlivable.

Memberships Matter

Got a membership at the local gym? Then take advantage of the shower and bathroom facilities while your bathroom is out of order.

Pack a bag with your personal care essentials and make it a habit to shower at the gym. Many gyms even provide hair dryers!

Honestly, the gym management doesn’t care that you didn’t work out. After all, they’ve got your monthly membership fee and that’s what matters to them. Shower at the gym in the morning before work or in the evening when your day is done.

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Plan Carefully

Plan with your bathroom renovation company very carefully. Before work begins, remove all items from the bathroom that you need on a regular basis. Talk to them about how they will contain debris and dust while they are working. Windows should be open if possible. Not only should doors be closed, but a containment area should be set up if sanding is involved.

Talk to the contractor about protecting your HVAC ducting system from construction debris. If your unit runs while construction is underway, dust will be picked up from the areas under construction and deposited all over the house. If the climate must be controlled to protect the materials being installed, then the AC might need to be left on. In this instance, make sure  a thorough cleaning of the blower motor, coils, and ductwork is performed once work is complete.

Bathroom Renovation Company that Cares

Inspired Remodels knows your home is more than our work area. Your home is your castle. We pledge to minimize the stress involved with a major renovation. Get a single point of contact for the entire project, get designers and remodelers that work as a team, and get a truly inspired remodel of your bathroom in Orange County. Call (949) 716-1938 and schedule a consultation today.

 

Custom Cabinets and Built-Ins for Any Room in the House

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Custom cabinets and built-ins are the ultimate for making a space uniquely yours. They are also the answer to maximizing available space and turning unusable space into usable.

custom cabinets and bookcasesBuilt-Ins for Any Room

Personalize any room in the house with built-ins and custom cabinetry. This fireplace looks complete with the addition of built-ins. Display books and art on the open shelves. Crown molding marries wall and ceiling spaces perfectly. Custom-built cabinetry finishes the bottom. That’s plenty of places to store the things you don’t want to display!

Bookcases are some of the most common built-ins, but they certainly aren’t the only ones.

Built-ins can also take the form of a custom bar. In this space, you get room for glassware, liquor bottles, mixers, and refrigeration. This small space between a door and a corner might not be large enough to do much, but it is large enough for a mighty nice bar.

In this case, the woodwork and countertop match the kitchen decor. However, you could easily create the same bar with contrasting or complementary finishes. Since the kitchen tends to be the center of entertainment, it only makes sense to use unused kitchen space for a bar.

Built-ins by the fireplace take many forms. Think beyond shelves and bookcases. Inspired Remodels incorporated built-in drawers for this room. The custom built-ins with drawers fill the small space between the fireplace and the wall. The room looks finished and the homeowner has additional storage. Storage tucked out of sight, but still in plain sight. That’s the power of built-ins and custom cabinetry to transform a space. 

Custom Cabinets and Customized Cabinets

Custom cabinets provide additional flexibility when maximizing space. That’s why semi-custom cabinets are a great option. While custom cabinets are generally built on-site, customized cabinets are built by the manufacturer based on specifications. Think of them as stock cabinets, only customized. shower remodeling job included new custom cabinets

This bathroom provides not only cabinetry to support dual sinks but provides a vanity space as well. The customized space between the semi-custom cabinets makes the most use of the wall. The lowered countertop is much more comfortable for a seated person. The space between the cabinets provides a place to store a vanity bench when not in use.  That’s important because this room didn’t have much width between the cabinets and the shower.

Custom cabinets and semi-custom cabinets are great for solving problems with problem areas.

For example, this kitchen needed to maximize the storage space. The custom cabinets in the corner were perfect. Not only do these cabinets fit perfectly into this spot, but the trim at the top of the cabinets makes them look more like furniture than cabinets.

Custom cabinets also let you mix and match finishes and styles. In this same kitchen, Shaker-style doors and drawers are the stars. But unlike most Shaker cabinets, these cabinets aren’t finished in white.

Are Custom Cabinets and Built-Ins a Solution for You?

Thinking about a home renovation? Do you think custom cabinetry or built-ins are the solution for you? Contact Inspired Remodels to see how custom solutions can provide storage, add beauty, and maximize your space. It’s a great way to add a great deal of value. Call us at (949) 716-1938 today to schedule a consultation.

Bathroom Remodeler Gets Creative with Tile

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Inspired Remodels, the inspired Orange County bathroom remodeler, has been getting creative with tile. Take a look at these recent jobs and you won’t look at tile the same way again.

Pebbles

Natural materials are so incredibly cool. That’s why they are hot. In the bathroom, pebbles bring to mind visions of bubbling brooks and babbling streams. Water and rock are paired in nature. That’s all the inspiration Jason and Joe Mueller need to create amazing bathrooms.

bathroom remodeler combines stone and wood for floorsThis soaking tub is perched on a pad of pebble tiles. The contrast with the wood is pleasing to the eye because wood and stone complement each other. Wood, water, and stone. It’s the beauty of the forest stream in your bathroom. Now your eyes may not see a forest stream, but your soul senses the spirit.

shower remodel uses tile that looks like woodPebbles are the basis of this shower floor and also provide an accent stripe on the wall. Once again, its wood, water, and rock. Except this time, the wood is tile. Just close your eyes and you are transported from your Orange County bathroom to the outdoors, showering peacefully in nature. It’s inspired!

Wouldn’t You Know – It’s Not Wood

While wood provides natural beauty to the bathroom, it’s not terribly practical. Water ruins wood. It softens wood. Water promotes the growth of mold and wood fibers provide the food for fungus to grow. That’s the last thing you want in the bathroom, mold growth. Water also causes wood to swell. So, Inspired Remodels is the bathroom remodeler that gets wood looks into the bathroom without using wood. They use tile!

These tiles so perfectly emulate wood many of them even have grain and texture. Your toes won’t know it’s not wood, your eyes won’t know it’s not wood, but your mop will know for sure it’s not wood. Wood look tile is cleaned like standard, ceramic or porcelain tile. Get out the vacuum, get out the mop, get out the Swiffer. However you prefer to clean, you can use that method to clean this wood-look tile.

 

Like the look of reclaimed or distressed wood but not the price tag? Wood-look tile is the perfect solution. You get the historic, rustic feeling without breaking the bank.

This tile gives you the look of reclaimed wood with the price and ease of care of tile. As a bonus, it’s much easier and more practical to install radiant heat under tile floor. Wood expands and contracts under heat. While it’s possible to install radiant heat under some wood floors, it’s not practical for all wood floors.

Radiant heat is perfect for keeping the chill in the bathroom at bay. Tile and radiant heat are easy to install together. Wood-look tile allows you to get the warmth of radiant heat and and warm look of wood without the hassle of actual wood floors.

 

Inspired Bathrooms Start with an Inspired Bathroom Remodeler

Need a little inspiration for your next bathroom remodel? Contact Inspired Remodels. Want to freshen up a guest bath, redo a half bath, remodel a shower, or create a new master bath spa? Harness the creativity of Inspired Remodels. From pebbles, to wood-look, to the latest pattern tiles, Jason and Joe make your dreams reality.

Call (949) 716-1938 or Contact Us online today.