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Inspiring Orange County House Remodeling Projects

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Not all remodeling projects take place in the kitchen and bathroom. Inspired Remodels completes house remodeling projects inside and outside. No room is too big or space too small.

Looking for some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing? Check out these recent Orange County house remodeling projects for pinnable ideas!

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Styling Unusual Places

Who says laundry rooms must look boring and dull? Not Inspired Remodels, that’s for sure! This laundry room gets a makeover to improve the function and look of the room.

Upper cabinets in a white finish with black hardware offer a contrast in color. The rectangular recessed panels on the Shaker door fronts highlight the square shape of the cabinet knobs.

There’s plenty of light, so no confusion when matching dark socks, and the crown molding matches the door molding perfectly.

Wine lovers get ready to pop your cork!

This Dove Canyon house remodeling included a wine cellar that doesn’t require a cellar. The stacked stone and black metal racking provide style. Controlled refrigeration and sealed glass doors keep the wine at just the right temperature. It’s the perfect addition to any oenophile’s home.

Now, some house remodeling companies remodel bathrooms and others remodel fireplaces. But Inspired Remodels isn’t afraid to style a fireplace into a bathroom. Especially when it’s a fireplace as stylish as this Costa Mesa fireplace.

Remodeling Orange County – Inside and Out

This Irvine remodel features a fabulous water feature.

Relax in the sun or shade and let the sound of falling water lull you to sleep. Or, get ready to watch your favorite game!

The bar features a wide-screen TV that tucks away when not in use. And don’t forget to stay hydrated! Take advantage of the mini-fridge to grab a cold beverage.

Rather relax in the shade? The covered patio extends to the pool deck. This means you can take a dip without hardly getting your toesies wet!

Orange County provides awesome weather. Inspired Remodels creates spaces where you can enjoy it at home.

Inspiring Orange County House Remodeling by Inspired Remodels

Bring us your dreams and watch us bring them to life.

This Costa Mesa beverage bar features a glass tile that sparked serenity as it adds style. Our client showed us a picture of the tile and we went to work. It required sourcing from the East Coast, but Inspired Remodels made it happen.

Bring us your inspiration and watch as it comes to life.

Interior Remodeling with Fireplaces? Yes, Please!

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Cozy time is coming! Our Orange County climate offers cool nights, perfect for cuddling up to a fireplace. Whether you want a functional fireplace for heat or just looking to add ambiance, Inspired Remodels never forgets the fireplace when interior remodeling.

Surrounded by Design

Too often the fireplace mantle and hearth get all the design love. But this Irvine interior remodeling forgoes both. Instead, of a traditional mantle, wood molding takes its place. The result is clean and classic as a Roman column. While there’s still space to display a few items, the molding combination is the real design element. And instead of a traditional hearth, the flooring comes right up to the fireplace front. When you aren’t burning wood, there’s no need to worry about embers. Because the hearth protects from embers, when you get rid of the embers you eliminate the need for a hearth. A herringbone tile front finishes the look.

Notice how this patio fireplace retains a gas flame and thus retains a traditional hearth. And that raised hearth really elevates this fireplace. Literally and figuratively. Inside or out, there’s no need for a fireplace to be at floor level.

This rustic, wood-burning fireplace also features a raised hearth. The look of stacked stone is perfect for French Country or Mission-inspired interior remodeling projects. And once again, molding takes the place of a traditional hearth.

Interior Remodeling Updates Fireplaces Too!

Maybe you have a fireplace you feel doesn’t fit your sense of style. Or maybe it’s time to update your fireplace. Yes, that’s right – update your fireplace.

Inspired Remodels not only installs fireplaces but can also completely change the look of your existing fireplace. By adding moldings, changing the hearth, or refacing the fireplace your fireplace will be completely transformed.

In this fireplace, a light-colored stacked stone front provides a more modern look. The more traditional mantle gets a facelift with additional molding. And, everyone looks better with a new coat of paint. This fireplace is ready to keep homeowners feeling the love for years to come.

This fireplace received a similar treatment. New stacked stone, an updated hearth, and fresh moldings and paint complete the look. The fireplace now serves as a focal point for the room, not a tired eyesore.

Sometimes that fireplace gets lonely. This interior remodeling project added custom cabinets on both sides of the fireplace. The entire wall makes a statement. Rustic stacked stone pairs perfectly with the simplicity of the Shaker-inspired cabinet doors. It’s a design that beckons you to take a book from the shelf and curl up in the chair and enjoy a fire.

Interior Remodeling and Design Services in Orange County

From kitchen and bathrooms to patios and fireplaces, Inspired Remodels offers full-service interior remodeling and design services in Orange County.

Inspired Remodels uses a design-build approach to take the hassle out of interior remodeling. You enjoy one point of contact and the assurance of knowing everyone is working from the same playbook.

Orange County Flooring Contractor Shares 3 Ways Hard Floors are Better

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Flooring for your home represents a significant financial outlay. Anytime you spend that much money, you want to know you are getting the best product for your home and health. So what floors are the best? Hard flooring in any form is the healthiest choice. Inspired Remodels, a popular Orange County flooring contractor shares why hard floors make the healthiest homes.

A cat and carpet together are not a good idea

Reason 1 – Hard Flooring Reduces Allergens

Hard floors make healthier floors because they reduce the number of allergens in your home. Place carpets and rugs on your floors and install allergen magnets.

Textile flooring collects dust, pollen, molds, dust, dust mites, and pet allergens. Then, each time a person walks on the carpet or rug, their feet send a cloud of allergens up into the air. Even if you run HEPA air cleaners, you aren’t going to collect all the allergens.

That allergen cloud wafts up to sensitive noses and soon there’s sneezing, wheezing, coughing, and watery eyes. Textile flooring might be a good look for the floor, but it’s not a good look for your health.

And these days, everybody is concerned about health.

Wood, stone, and tile flooring refuse to collect allergens. They just won’t do it. That’s because they are easy to clean. This leads us to reason number 2.

Hard floors and cats are a better idea

Reason 2 – Hard Flooring is Easy to Keep Clean

Hard floors provide no place for dirt or allergens to hide. Unlike textile flooring with fibers, nooks, and crannies, hard flooring offers a smooth surface.

Whether you vacuum or damp mop, you’ll remove the dirt. Where vacuuming carpets sends dust flying, vacuuming hard floors with a horsehair brush dislodges dust without making it airborne.

Carpeting represents multiple layers of textiles. Not only does the carpet collect dirt, but dirt falls between the fibers to the padding underneath. Face it, you are never going to clean that padding. You can pay someone to clean your carpet, but it won’t really be clean. And, the padding stays dirty.

Clean a wood, tile, or stone floor and it is really clean. And it will stay clean longer provided you remove your shoes before coming inside.

Reason 3 – Hard Flooring Improves Planet Health

For the most part, textile flooring comes from synthetic materials. These materials are carbon-based. Oil and minerals are extracted, refined, processed, and spun to create fibers. It consumes vasts amounts of energy and isn’t renewable.

Compare that with bamboo flooring. Bamboo flooring provides the most eco-friendly option in hard flooring. Any Orange County flooring contractor in the know knows that bamboo beats other hardwoods when it comes to hardness. Bamboo harvested from managed farms renews in 5 to 7 years. You can’t say that for an oak tree.

Ceramic tile is also eco-friendly. Yes, it is mined but unlike carpet, ceramic lasts up to 50 years. So you enjoy many years of use when compared to carpeting or other textile floorings that must be continually replaced.

Orange County Flooring Contractor Knows Flooring

Talk to Inspired Remodels about your flooring needs. Inspired Remodels is the Orange County flooring contractor that matches your lifestyle and budget to the best flooring for your home.

Stop by the showroom, call (949) 716-1938, or Contact Us online.

From flooring to fixtures and finishes, Inspired Remodels is Orange County’s premier home remodeling company.

Psst – need a little inspiration? Check out the portfolio of Orange County flooring projects.