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7 Tips for a Spa Bathroom from Bathroom Designers

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Spas are known for luxury and pampering. You go in stressed out and emerge rejuvenated. It’s possible to get an amazing bathroom spa that makes you feel as good as it looks. The Orange County bathroom designers at Inspired Remodels hope these 7 tips inspire you.

Minimalist Style

All spas begin with a clean look. Less is more should be your mantra. Minimalist style is not cold and industrial. When done properly it creates a serene ambiance and feel. For a restful aura begin with a minimalist style.

Natural Palette

Spas get their inspiration from nature. Let nature-inspired colors and materials be the basis of your design. You will get an organic look and a calming feel if you rely on: beige, light brown, light green, and grey. Use stone, wood, and tile materials.

Lighting

Don’t forget that your perfect spa bathroom also needs to be a place to get dressed and ready to tackle the day each morning. The lighting that you need for make-up and shaving isn’t the same lighting you want for a spa experience. Great bathroom designers know that the answer is dimmer controlled lights and recessed lights. Use lighting that can be controlled independently.

Crush the Clutter

Carry the minimalist style through to smaller elements. Clear all the clutter from the design. Clutter causes stress. Ever notice that spas keep all supplies stored until they are needed? Inspired Remodels are full service bathroom designers and can incorporate custom cabinets to organize and store toiletries. If your bathroom doesn’t have much storage, use decorative storage containers. They will give them an artistic look.

Upgrade the Tub or Shower

Switch your conventional tub for a soaking tub. Soaking tubs are smaller but deeper than traditional “bathing” bath tubs. These tubs are designed to soak away stress. Don’t want to wait for a tub to fill? Upgrade your conventional shower to a steam shower with bench. Just turn on the steam and plop down for 15 to 20 minutes of relaxing steam. When you’re done just turn on the regular shower and rinse off. You’ll swear you just went to the spa. swap regular tub for a soaking tub – smaller but deeper.

Upgrade the Shower Head

Upgrade your shower head for a spa experience. Pick from a large rain shower head or a massaging shower head. Either will wash away stress as well as grime. If you are installing a new shower, consider adding multiple shower heads and jets that can be controlled independently for a real shower massage experience.

Add Sound

For the ultimate in spa experience add mood setting sound. Just use waterproof Bluetooth speakers designed for swimming pool use and then create a calming playlist for spa use only. Include instrumental music and sounds from nature such as chirping birds and running water to create a calming experience.

Inspired Remodels from Expert Orange County Bathroom Designers

Don’t try to get that spa experience by doing-it-yourself. Hire the design/build experts at Inspired Remodels. Their talented team of bathroom designers and crack construction crew can make the spa bathroom of your dreams a reality. Need more ideas? Check out this portfolio of great bathroom remodels. Grab the phone and call (949) 716-1938 to schedule an appointment today. You have nothing to lose but an ugly bathroom.

Custom Cabinets for Any Room

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Custom cabinets are much more than boxes with doors to store shelves and drawers. And custom cabinets aren’t just for the kitchen. While they do bring a highly personalized functionality to kitchens, custom cabinets can be used in almost any room in the house. Custom cabinets are great for making odd shaped spaces usable or maximizing the storage space available.

Get the Benefits and Features You Want

Sure you can get cabinets from the big box home improvement stores, but you will be limited by what they want to sell you. When you opt for custom cabinets installed by Inspired Remodels, you get the cabinets with the benefits you want.

Did you know that custom cabinets can be built to any height? This is great news for any person that is very short or very tall. Why have your kitchen or bathroom countertops at average height when you are anything but average!

If you enjoy wine, you can have a wine storage cabinet built as part of your kitchen cabinetry. If you are into aromatherapy or essential oils, a storage rack can be added in the bathroom.

Are you an avid reader? Custom bookshelves and cabinets can turn any room into your own personal library.

Custom Cabinet Builders are Not Designers

Custom cabinet builders are masters at carpentry. They can make the custom cabinets you want from quality materials using highly skilled methods. They will make cabinets that last for years. But they aren’t designers.

To incorporate custom cabinetry into your next remodel, you need to work with a designer. A designer will help you determine the overall look you want to achieve and then suggest a layout that meets your needs. They will help you coordinate materials and finishes for a cohesive appearance. A skilled designer can even mix custom cabinet finishes for a seamless flow from one room to another.

See how this design incorporates a light finish in the kitchen and a dark finish on the island that joins the two rooms? This look works because the custom cabinets are the same basic design, just the finish was varied.

Get Inspired Custom Cabinet Design with Inspired Remodels

When you are looking to remodel the kitchen, bathroom, living room or bedroom don’t overlook the value of custom cabinets.

If you need some inspiration, check out the Inspired Remodels portfolio of work. Inspired Remodels has been installing custom cabinetry in Orange County to the delight of homeowners. Inspired Remodels is a complete design and build construction firm. They can take your remodeling dreams and turn them into reality.

Call (949) 716-1938 and turn your home from meh to marvelous.

5 tips to Selecting an Orange County Bathroom Contractor

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One of the best ways to increase the value and beauty of your home is with a kitchen or bathroom remodel. It’s also one place where things can go wrong, horribly wrong. That’s why you want to be in good hands when you pick an Orange County Bathroom Contractor.

Look for Extensive Plumbing Experience

An awesome bathroom remodel does more than look good, it functions properly as well. It’s very important to select a contractor with extensive experience in plumbing and bathroom fixtures. For an experienced Orange County bathroom contractor, moving tubs, sinks, and showers is just part of the bathroom remodel job. That means they only work with qualified and skilled plumbers with extensive experience. You can have the sleekest finishes and the most modern touches, but if your fixtures leak or your water pressure is too low, looks don’t matter. Bathrooms must function. Your general contractor is only as good as the trades they subcontract out, so ask about their experience in plumbing.

Also make sure your bathroom contractor and their subcontractors are well versed in the local building code as well. You want to pass inspections at each stage so you can proceed to the next.

Only Hire a Licensed Bathroom Contractor

The State of California does not issue a “bathroom contractor” license. But you will want to check and make sure the company you hire is a licensed contractor. You can use the State of California’s Check a License on-line database to check to see if your contractor is licensed, if they are bonded, and if they carry worker’s compensation insurance. In addition, civil judgments and public complaints associated with the contractor will also be disclosed as part of the license status. Most bathroom contractors will be licensed as General Contractors.

Recommendations – Reviews

You ask friends, family, and neighbors for recommendations about restaurants and movies. Why wouldn’t you ask them for a recommendation for a bathroom contractor? That’s great if your friends or family have done a bathroom remodel, not so great if they haven’t.

You can look on-line. You go to Yelp to check everything else, why not go there to check for reviews for an Orange County or Mission Viejo bathroom contractor. Post a shout out on your FaceBook page and see what type of response you get.

Once you narrow down a selection and have quotes, be sure to ask for referrals. Any good bathroom contractor will be more than happy to provide references.

Ability to Convert Vision to Reality

A good bathroom contractor can do much more than just follow your directions to implement changes in the bathroom. Your bathroom contractor should be able to guide you through selecting design elements that will achieve your goals and keep you on budget. If you only have a very vague idea of the changes you want, you need a bathroom contractor that can take your ideas and turn them into a design that meets your approval and your expectations. A full service bathroom contractor will offer design as part of their portfolio of services.

Pick a Partner

When you undertake any remodel operation in your house, understand that it is going to turn your living environment upside down. Most remodels don’t happen in 30 minutes like you see on TV. They can take weeks. That’s why you want to select a bathroom contractor that you are willing to have in your house for an extended period of time. They need to be a partner that will only bring in workers that are clean, courteous, and aware that it might be their job site, but it is your home. You want a partner that confines the job site to the room in question as much as possible and cleans up at the end of each day.

The Premier Bathroom Contractor for Orange County

Inspired Remodels is a 5 star bathroom contractor. Go ahead; look for yourself. You don’t have to go much further than Yelp to see rave reviews for Inspired Remodels. Mirella, D.K., and Kristin all relate their experience in detail.

Inspired Remodels is a fully licensed General Contractor and is bonded and insured. They provide design services if you need assistance with ideas and they can take your designs and bring them to life.

Joe and Jason are focused on meeting and exceeding customer expectations on every job. That’s why people call on Inspired Remodels again and again.

Call (949) 716-1938 drop an email to info@inspiredremodels.com or just Contact Us online to get started on your next project.