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Custom Cabinets Personalize Your Space

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The cabinets you select for your kitchen or bathroom remodel offer an opportunity to put your mark on a room. And when you select custom cabinets, you get more than just wood boxes fitted with doors, shelves, and drawers.

You get storage solutions that set the tone for the rooms and that have been personalized for how you use the space. Enjoy custom cabinets in the kitchen, bathroom, living areas, and even outdoors.

Let custom cabinets make your odd-shaped spaces usable and maximize the space available for your specific needs.

Custom Cabinets Built for You

The cabinets sold in home improvement stores limit your possibilities. Those stock solutions fail when it comes to customizing a space.

But custom and semi-custom cabinetry installed by Inspired Remodels offers the look and benefits you want. You won’t be limited to a small number of finishes or door designs.

Get custom cabinets built to the height you want. Stock cabinets accommodate the height of the average person. Not great news if you are exceptionally tall or short. But custom cabinets let you set the countertop height at the height you want.

Orange County residents love wine and Inspired Remodels installs cabinets for wine storage in the kitchen, butler’s pantry, or dining area. You can even add cabinets built to display crystal barware or other decorative items.

Use custom cabinetry and turn a living area into a personal library to store and display your treasure trove of tomes.

white custom cabinets in laundry room over the washer and dryer

Custom Cabinets in Irvine Laundry room

Custom Cabinets by Design

One of the most important components in a kitchen or bathroom remodel is the selection of cabinets.

Before you think about countertops, sinks, doors, drawers, and finishes you must think about how you want to use the space.

The Inspired Remodels designers not only help you determine the overall look you want to achieve with the remodel, but they will also come up with a room layout that meets your needs.

Tell them about how you want to use the room. What storage needs do you have? Are you a casual entertainer or a gourmet chef?

Custom cabinets make the best use of the available space, squeeze out extra space, and personalize the room. And when it comes to making sure rooms flow from one to another, the designer can help you select finishes for a seamless flow.

This Orange County remodel uses custom kitchen cabinets to coordinate perfectly with the cabinets by the fireplace.

Enjoy Inspired Custom Cabinet Design with Inspired Remodels

When it comes time to remodel the kitchen, update the bathroom, or bring new life to a tired living room or bedroom, be sure to incorporate custom and semi-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.

Interior Remodeling for a Minimalist Aesthetic in Orange County

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Minimalist design strips down the excess to expose the essential. Interior remodeling removes the fluff and puff that clutter other designs. As a result, you experience clean lines, functionality, and the bare beauty of the space. Inspired Remodels takes your dreams and turns them into reality. Increasingly, our clients want the stress-relieving benefits of a minimalist design for their interior remodeling projects. Here’s how we deliver.

Interior Remodeling for Minimalist Kitchens

The minimalist kitchen design begins with a simple palette. Black and white play a major role. Grey provides support and shades of all three can be incorporated.

Surfaces are smooth with sleek lines. Interior remodeling with an eye to minimalism keeps an eye on the little things.

Subway tile makes the perfect backsplash material for a minimalist kitchen.

But minimal doesn’t mean boring. You find drama in unexpected places.

The unique grain of wood or the marbling of stone replaces ornate finishes. Just take a look at this recent interior remodeling job completed in Orange County.

The stone top of this kitchen island offers more than just a beautiful place to do food prep. The white is icy cool and keeps the room looking chill, even on the hottest summer day. The gray veining contrasts and adds interest that you can’t duplicate with synthetic products.

All you need are a few simple stools or chairs with straight backs and you’ve also got space for eating breakfast or catching a quick meal.

A minimalist kitchen is all business. And it looks gorgeous when it’s hard at work or simply at rest, awaiting your next move.

Interior Remodeling for Minimalist Bathrooms

Roman showers, soaking tubs, and dual sinks. These are hardworking elements in a minimalist bathroom. Every item has a function and takes on its role in an understated fashion.

Rimless glass showers are perfect for this aesthetic.

For example, this Ladera Ranch bathroom brings together black, white, and grey to create a space made for lingering just a bit longer.

Functionality exudes from every inch of this shower. Notice the integrated niche to keep grooming products at your fingertips. Anyone can appreciate the built-in bench for safely shaving or just enjoying the steam.

Clean lines on the showerhead and handle maintain the minimalist aesthetic while the rain shower delivers water in a minimalist style.

Light clearly abounds in this room. And that’s another hallmark of minimalist design.

Rooms are awash in light from natural sources.

Notice how this minimalist shower maximizes natural light? So many minimalist elements in this shower. It maximizes minimalism!

Interior Remodeling for Any Aesthetic in Orange County

Do you dream of minimalist living areas, Japanese-inspired spa bathrooms, or gourmet kitchens? Inspired Remodels is the Orange County interior remodeling company that can make it happen!

Nautical-inspired interior remodels with portholes windows? Been there and done that!

Mediterranean or ranch, what inspires you?

Share your dreams with Inspired Remodels and watch them come to life. Beautifully.

Picking an Orange County Home Improvement Contractor

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Thinking of a remodel? With prices on the rise and material inventories going down, now is the time to act. Whether you want a new bathroom, a remodeled kitchen, or a fresh fireplace make sure you pick an Orange County home improvement contractor that delivers on time and on budget. Here are a few tips.

Ask for Referrals

The best way to start your search is by casting a wide net. Ask friends, neighbors, family members, coworkers, and even your fellow gym rats.

See a sign in the neighbor’s yard? Don’t be afraid to ring the bell and ask about the work. The people you know are going to give you the most honest appraisal of the work they had done.

And, if someone shares a horror story, listen carefully and learn. Not only will you learn who to avoid, but you’ll also learn what mistakes were made in the selection process.

Ask for Quotes

Once you’ve identified a few home improvement contractors, ask them to give you a quote. It’s important to get multiple quotes for the project.

To make an apples-to-apples comparison easier, make sure that each contractor gives you a quote for the same work and the same quality finishes. For example, if you want bamboo flooring, then make sure all quotes include bamboo flooring.

Otherwise, you might compare click-lock luxury vinyl planks to woven-strand bamboo hardwood planks. That’s not an even comparison. Beware of any bid that is substantially lower than the others you receive.

During the quoting process, find out what work the contractor will perform and what work will be subcontracted out to another company or tradesman. Subcontracting for trades like plumbing and electrical is a common practice, but you want to know about it in advance.

Check for Home Improvement Contractor Licensing

Once you’ve narrowed your selection down to a few contractors, it is time to check their licenses.

A handyman or casual remodeler won’t have a license. However, a professional home improvement contractor will be licensed by the State of California as a building contractor.

You can call (800) 321- 2752 or search online at the Department of Consumer Affairs.

You might be tempted to check with the Better Business Bureau too. But remember that companies pay to be a member of the BBB and membership doesn’t necessarily mean they provide quality services.

Ask for References

Ask the contractor for references. A quality home improvement contractor has a long list of satisfied customers and won’t hesitate to offer their contact information.

Be sure to follow through and call the references. Find out what they liked about the process and what they disliked.

Were there problems during the work? If so, were they resolved to the homeowner’s satisfaction?

Check Social Media

Once you are ready to make a selection, go and check social media sites for reviews. You may find contractor reviews on Yelp and Houzz.

As you read reviews, notice if projects are completed on time, and on budget, and how any bumps are smoothed out. This provides insight into the contractor’s business practices.

If the company is like Inspired Remodels, you’ll find loads of happy customers and pictures of stunning bathrooms, kitchens, patios, fireplaces, and whole-house remodeling.

Are you still looking for ideas and not ready to hire a contractor? Find out how working with a design/build home improvement contractor simplifies the process.