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Bathroom Designers Tips for Inviting Guest Bath

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Lucky you! This is the year friends and family will be descending on your home for the holidays. Lucky guest because you’ve taken the time to look over these bathroom designers tips for creating an inviting guest bath. They may be so comfortable they don’t want to leave. Lucky you!

Convenient and Accessible

Make convenient and accessible your mantra in the guest bath. Repeat it when looking at everything from flooring to decor. You want the room easy to clean and you want guests to find what they need without poking about.

This cabinet is a perfect example of convenient and accessible. Just tell guests everything they need from extra towels to an outlet for the air dryer can be found in this one location. You could even store towels in the upper cabinet and set toiletries on the countertop if you want. Easy for guests to find what they need. The smooth lines don’t collect dust so it is convenient for you to keep clean. This piece can be dusted in no more than a minute.

In the bath and shower area, niches do the same job. This niche is deep enough to accommodate most personal care items without being so deep that water collects and mold grows. Notice that it is also at a reasonable height. Guests come in all sizes. If you have a niche in the shower area, make sure all guests can reach it. Once again, easy to keep clean and convenient for guests. Get the idea?

Guests Need Storage Too

Guests come complete with their own personal items as well. Many guests travel with a bag filled with skin care and make-up products. Of course they will have their toothbrush and hairbrush (assuming your guests have teeth and hair). The simple addition of this small table between two cabinets gives guests a place to place their personal care bag and still keep it at their fingertips. If you don’t want to provide a small table, look at the space you do have and make the most of it.

This small freestanding cabinet not only provides a place to hang the toilet paper, it has a drawer and cabinet. You could designate either area as guest storage. That way guest’s grooming items stay out of view when the room doubles as a powder room for daytime guests. Savvy bathroom designers know that guest baths often pull double duty. First as a wash-up room for daytime guests and second as a full bathroom for overnight guests. Furniture such as this piece do double duty with ease.

Bathroom Designers Understand Luxury and Practicality

Good bathroom designers understand the need to balance practical use of the space with the luxury homeowner’s want. That applies in the guest bath, the powder room, and especially in the master bath. No matter what type of bathroom remodel you need, turn to Inspired Remodels for the perfect fusion of beauty and usability. From kitchens to bathrooms to entire house remodels, Inspired Remodels makes your interior dreams come true. Call (949) 716-1938 to schedule a no obligation appointment.

Shower remodel adds two niches to wall opposite shower head

Bathroom Contractor Talks Tile

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Bathrooms get wet. It’s their job. Every bathroom contractor knows that wet areas are no place for fiber surface floors. That’s why carpet isn’t used in bathrooms. Fibers plus water equals mold. That’s an equation for disaster. But tile plus water equals easy care. They are a match made in heaven. Tile provides a hard surface that doesn’t hold water. Mold dies a dry death without water. And when it comes to tile, you have so many options: natural stone, ceramic and porcelain are the most popular for the bathroom.

Carrara and Calcatta Tile

Italian Carrara marble has been revered for centuries. Michelangelo’s Pietà is carved from Carrara marble. Carrara and Calcatta tiles are natural stone options that are perfect for serene bathroom style.

Both are white with veins of black, gray, and gold. And, both of these materials are quarried in Italy. But, there are differences. The veins on Cararra are blurred and the white is not pure white. It’s still quite lovely, but it is less costly than Calcatta. When you compare Carrara and Calcatta the difference is obvious. Calcatta is very white and the vein lines are crisp and clear. It is a more costly marble.

Granite Tile

Like Carrara or Calcatta marble, granite is a hard-working, hard surface for the bathroom. It stands up to heat, humidity, and splashes of water. Granite is perfect for countertops, showers, shower benches, or floors. Did you know that granite is a great conductor of heat? Granite tiles installed over a heating mat make for toasty toesies on cool mornings.

Don’t think you need granite on every inch of the floor to enjoy the natural look of this stone. Here, granite accents make all the difference in this floor design.

And speaking of accents, notice how this granite tub surround plays well with the white of the soaking tub and the gray of the walls. Very soothing!

Porcelain Tile

When it comes to versatility, porcelain tile is the winner. Ceramic and porcelain are both made from clay and then fired. Porcelain clay is more refined and purer than plain ceramic clay. It’s also fired at a higher temperature. The result is tile with a low moisture absorption rate. It resists stains and water. The sky is the limit when it comes to sizes, shapes, colors, and styles. Just take a look at this bathroom.

Porcelain tile is used throughout. But, while the tiles are all in the same color palette, they are very different. Notice the different shapes. The hexagons on the floor contrast with the rectangles on the wall. This breaks up the space and successfully pairs large and small sized shapes for maximum eye appeal. Porcelain can even resemble wood.

This tile has all the warmth of the look of wood with all the durability of porcelain tile.

The Right Floor from the Right Bathroom Contractor

Get the right floor for your bathroom. Work with the right bathroom contractor. Inspired Remodels is the Orange County bathroom contractor that understand bathrooms are hard-working rooms. Jason and Joe Mueller design and then build functional and fabulous bathrooms using a variety of materials.

Dreams become reality when Inspired Remodels is on the job. Find out what tile works best with your sense of style and budget. Call (949) 716-1938 today. Need inspiration? Check out our bathroom remodel portfolio.

Feeling Blue? Local Home Remodeling Contractors Can Help

Feeling blue? You aren’t alone. Blue is a rising trend for 2019. It’s popping up in kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, as well as living and dining rooms. Not sure how to incorporate this trend in your Orange County home? Inspired Remodels, the local home remodeling contractors that design and build can help.

Feeling Blue in the Kitchen

The Behr paint company thinks blue is a blueprint for the modern kitchen. It’s their color choice for 2019. Layer it with other blues or pair it with terracotta. There are blues for jewel tones and blues in pastel. Dusty blues were made for grey. And everyone knows that grey is the new white in home décor.

In this Lake Forest kitchen remodel, blue accent tiles are paired with grey subway with stunning results.

local home remodelint contractors mix grey and blue tile in Lake Forest kitchen

Blue Accents + Grey Subway = Stunning

The dusty blue calms the contrast between dark wood cabinets and light wood floors. It plays well with the draperies in the adjoining dining room while keeping the kitchen area light and bright.

Backsplashes are a great place to insert blue in the kitchen. Local home remodeling contractors like Inspired Remodels are also skilled designers. That means you share the dream and they make it reality. Whether you want black with blue undertones like this backsplash or something inspired by the sea, Inspired Remodels brings it to life beautifully.

Bathroom Blues

Speaking of seas, blue is the color of water. That makes it perfect for bathrooms, master bath suites and powder rooms. Blue tiles on shower walls can take on a supporting role as an accent or be the star (and steal) the show. As in the kitchen, blue works and plays well with other colors particularly earth tones and whites.

This Laguna Niguel bathroom reminds the homeowners of the seas they love to sail, even when they are on terra firma. The shades of blue on the glass tile evoke the feelings of the ocean and the round window continues the nautical feel.

Blue is incredibly versatile when it comes to tile. You find blue tones naturally in white or black marble. Slate carries slight shades of blue. And when it comes to ceramic or porcelain tile, the sky is literally the limit.

This small powder room looks spacious because of the care used in picking the colors. Shades of blue mingle with grays and tans on the floor while blue plays with green on the walls. The white cabinets and fixtures give the look of natural light, even when it isn’t present.

Blue and white are a match inspired by the heavens. In this bathroom, blue glass accent tiles contrast with the white subway tiles that have just the slightest blush of grey. Think bluebird skies and snow covered mountains. Or, aqua blue Caribbean seas and white sails luffing in the wind. Blue is perfect for a cool, clean look. That’s why blue is perfect for the bathroom.

The Right Local Home Remodeling Contractors Beat the Remodeling Blues

Just the idea of interviewing and hiring local home remodeling contractors, living in a construction zone that feels like a war zone, and wondering if the project will turn out right is enough to make anyone blue. But, hiring the right contractor can beats the remodeling blues. Whether you’re ready to embrace the blue trend or lean towards more classic tones, Inspired Remodels is here to help. We work with you to create rooms with the colors and finishes that delight the senses and beat budget blues to boot. Contact Us online or call (949) 625-6820 to schedule an appointment today.

Embrace the blue!

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