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4 Custom Kitchen Remodeling Ideas for 2024

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Trends come and go. Inspired Remodels keeps an eagle eye on kitchen remodeling trends so every kitchen they design and build is perfect for its time. Here are four custom kitchen remodeling ideas you need to incorporate for an updated 2024 kitchen.

Statement Range Hoods

The rarely noticed range hood works hard to vent odors and grease from the cooking area. It’s a dirty job, but as Mike Rowe says, “somebody’s got to do it.” In the past, range hoods suffered neglect from designers. Those days are gone!

In 2024, these hoods will leave their shrinking violet heritage behind and make a bold statement.

Incorporate a statement range hood in your custom kitchen remodel and you’ll find it is a game changer.

Warmer Tones

Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2024, Peach Fuzz, sets the stage for warmer tones throughout the house. So, it’s no wonder that custom kitchen remodels incorporate warmer and moodier colors.

custom kitchen kitchen remodeling after photo stainless steel stove and hood with green, black & white backsplash

Warm green hues add a cozy vibe to a white & gray kitchen

Stark white-on-white kitchens aren’t the cream of the crop in 2024. While many stunning white kitchens come into being in 2024, the real winners will be those that opt for warm tones.

Think terracotta accents if you can’t wrap your head around peach.

Kitchen remodeling after creating open concept kitchen and built in eating area

Earthy tones bring coziness to large spaces

Opt for comforting tones for a cost and trendy kitchen. Luckily, these warm tones play well with mosaic tiles and a variety of cabinet and countertop colors.

Statement Backsplashes

Backsplashes traditionally put function over form. They prevent water, food, and grease from staining and sticking to kitchen walls.

Yeah, but one super-hot custom kitchen remodeling trend for 2024 lets the backsplash become fashion-forward.

Inspired Remodels led the way in 2023, incorporating statement backsplashes into their kitchen remodeling projects.

Now the backsplash provides an important design element in the kitchen remodel. Watch out bathrooms – you may be next.

Colors, textures, and designs all play a part in creating a beautiful statement backsplash. This trend also supports the final trend for 2024 – death of perfectly matched design elements.

Eclectic Elements

If you feel a need for every element of your kitchen to be a perfect match, 2024 might be a bad year for you.

One of the hottest upcoming kitchen remodeling ideas for Orange County kitchens is a mix-and-match approach to everything from lighting to hardware.

Mixed metals add an eclectic touch

Even upper and lower cabinets stray from an everything must match aesthetic.

Mix up cabinet hardware. Install pulls here and knobs there. Heck, toss a few handles in for good measure.

Why must all walls be the same color?

Nothing customizes a kitchen like adding your own eclectic elements and when you do so in 2024, you’ll be riding a rising wave.

Comparing Custom Cabinets – Shaker versus Raised Panel

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When it comes to renovating Orange County kitchens, most homeowners split their preference for custom cabinets. Shaker door fronts remain popular, but raised panel custom cabinets are popular as well.

Let’s compare the two custom cabinet styles.

Shaker Custom Cabinets

Shaker cabinets date back to the early 1800’s. The cabinet aesthetic grew from the Shaker’s commitment to designs that exhibited their belief in simplicity. The clean lines represent the purity that the Shakers sought in all corners of their lives – including their cabinets and furniture.

A simple center recessed panel sets Shaker cabinets apart from all others. At a glance, you recognize the Shaker style.

On the plus side

Shaker custom cabinets offer the opportunity to customize by adding ornamental hardware. You can swap the look of the door by simply swapping out the hardware.

In addition, Shaker-style cabinets have a timeless appeal that won’t go out of style and will be a draw when selling the house.

On the negative side

Let’s face it, Shaker-style cabinets are popular. Really popular. Really, really popular. That means if you want your kitchen to stand out or you are a fan of Avant Garde design, stay away from these cabinets. While Shaker custom cabinets can be finished in amazing colors, that recessed panel will still be an obvious design element.

Raised Panel Cabinets

Where Shaker cabinets feature a center recessed panel, raised panel cabinets veer into the more ornate. Think shaped, raised center panels accentuated by grooves and additional molding. They instantly add a more formal feel to any kitchen.

Raised panel-style cabinetry is newer than Shaker-style cabinetry. It only gained popularity at the beginning of the 21^st century, when the modern kitchen was born. Artisans carefully routed and carved doors to create the iconic raised panels we treasure today.

On the plus side

Raised panel custom cabinets certainly elevate the look and feel of any kitchen. They provide an avenue for creating a posh, upscale feel to the room. In addition, you get the ultimate in customization. Bespoke panels and molding make your cabinets like no other.

On the negative side

All that ornamentation adds to the cost of materials and labor that go into the custom cabinets. That makes the price for raised panel cabinets generally higher than their Shaker counterparts. In addition, the nooks and crannies created by the ornamentation capture grease, dust, and food particles. This means they are slightly more difficult to clean.

Custom Cabinet Pop Quiz

Inspired Remodels works with all types of custom cabinets. Take a look at these kitchens and see if you can identify the Shaker cabinets from the raised panel cabinets.

White and navy kitchen cabinets with Spanish influenced backsplash tile

Orange County General Contractors in the Kitchen

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Wonder what’s cooking in kitchen design? Inspired Remodels, local Orange County general contractors, have been busy whipping up beautiful and functional kitchens.

The personal style of the homeowner gets baked into every kitchen remodel and renovation when Inspired Remodels is on the job.

Here is a look at what can happen in the kitchen in the hands of awesome general contractors with a design-build approach to kitchen renovation.

Turning Up the Heat on Functionality in Coto de Caza Kitchens

It doesn’t matter how great a kitchen looks, if it isn’t functional it isn’t a kitchen. Inspired Remodels created this dream Coto de Caza kitchen to work as well as it looks.

And it looks great! The soft green, gray, and white tones create a room that’s soothing to the senses. Ample drawers and cabinets offer storage space aplenty.

And this busy baker gets a workstation and storage for the essential Kitchen-Aid stand mixer.

This small touch represents the large amount of thought that goes into kitchen design when pro design-build general contractors do the work.

Take a step back and you’ll see the kitchen flows seamlessly into the living area. Now that’s an open concept that works beautifully.

Black and White and Style All Over

What’s black and white with style all over? Why another incredible kitchen renovation in the hands of Inspired Remodels!

A bar creates the transition from kitchen, to living, to outdoors. And La Cantina doors bring all three spaces together.

Bold black with gold accents goes big in the style department.

This kitchen renovation uses black and white to create a clean and classic style that endures. That little touch of black from custom cabinet hardware and the kitchen faucet are all this kitchen needs. Remember, hardware acts as jewelry for your cabinets. Every classic ensemble uses just a bit of jewelry, and every classic kitchen remodel does the same.

Let’s close out with a look at how design-build general contractors can take the same palette and create a completely different look.

The same black, white, and gold used in the first kitchen come together for a completely different look. Same colors, used differently and you get a completely different look!

Inspired Remodels Design Build General Contractors

When you work with Inspired Remodels, you get a design-and-build approach to kitchen renovation. That means one point of contact from start to finish.

Share your dreams with the design team and watch the construction team make them come true.

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