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Orange County Remodeling Contractor Simplifies Interior Design

Inspired Remodels, the premier Orange County remodeling contractor, creates stunning interiors. Interiors that show simplicity is often the most stunning element of design.

Simplicity in the Bathroom

You just can’t beat the simplicity of white subway tile in a bathroom. Go ahead, try.

This Mission Viejo bathroom gets a stunning makeover with simple white subway tile. Now, simply contrast the white with black and increase the wow and simply gorgeous factor. Next, pop a little interest in the niche with geometric designs.

That’s how you achieve a stunning design with simplicity. Black and white top the list of most important elements of simple design, but that doesn’t mean they are boring.

Check out how white and black come together for another simple and stunning bathroom look. This time marble steals the show.

Black marble tile adds visual interest with white veining. Is there anything simpler than black marble?

Add Shaker-style cabinets and add another layer of simplicity. Shaker-style cabinetry features clean lines and avoids fussiness at all costs. Whether you decide to use Shaker cabinets in the bathroom or kitchen, you’ll find they work and play well with other elements. Why? Because of their simplicity of course.

Simplicity in the Kitchen

Once again, black and white reign supreme when it comes to simple elegance. There’s no fussiness in this room. Cool, clean neutral tones and straight lines set the stage. As a result, the simple curve from the goose-neck faucet at the large sink is almost breathtaking. The same applies to the curved handles on the refrigerator. Straight-rod style handles might have been functional, but they wouldn’t have worked as well.

Now, look at the gentle curve of the crown molding. Simply stunning.

That’s just another example of Inspired Remodel’s keen eye for detail. No element goes unnoticed when they create jaw-droppingly simply elegant and functional designs.

And just because you want a clean and simple design doesn’t mean you must use black and white.

On the contrary. Inspired Remodels used tones from the Earth in this kitchen. Tan quartz countertops, mossy and grassy green tiles for the backsplash, and the orange of a brilliant sunset are the artist’s palettes in this room.

Notice the Shaker cabinets? But this time, the cabinet hardware is round. Drawer pulls offer a half-moon design that’s easy to grip and pull and circular knobs complete the look. Hardware plays an important role in kitchen design. Too often, it’s overlooked. But not when Inspired Remodels is on the job!

Hiring the Right Orange County Remodeling Contractor Is Easy

Transform your living areas, inside and out by incorporating simplicity in your design. Then hire the right contractor. Luckily, hiring the right Orange County remodeling contractor is easy.

Just talk to Jason or Joe Mueller. They are Orange County’s design/build team for renovating, updating, and remodeling. Inside or outside, Inspired Remodels makes turning dreams into reality easy.

Call (949) 716-1938, Contact Us online, or stop by the showroom. Learn how simple becomes elegant when executed to perfection.

Flooring Contractor Recommends Hard Surface Floors for Orange County Homes

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Wood, wood look tiles, marble, and porcelain tiles dominate remodeling trends for at least 10 years now. And that’s for good reason. Some designers and decorators are starting to introduce carpeting again. But Inspired Remodels, the expert flooring contractor in Orange County still recommends hard surface floors. There are many reasons to love hard floors. Here are three:

Hard Flooring Improves Air Quality

Californians concern themselves with air pollution. But most of the focus is on the outside air. Breather cleaner indoor air when you have hard surface floors.

Carpeting provides a safe harbor for dust, dust mites, pet allergens, mold spores, and grains of pollen. These common household allergens are hard to get out of rugs and carpets. Carpet cleaning companies promise to “clean” carpets, but no company actually removes all soil and allergens to the depth of the backing. Unfortunately, too many carpet cleaning methods make surfaces dirtier. Improper extraction methods leave behind water and cleaning solutions and this promotes the growth of mold and increases dust mite populations. Ewww!

On the other hand, clean a hard surface floor and it is clean. Vacuum, damp mop, and Swiffer to your heart’s content. These actions remove dirt, debris, and allergens from your floors. Removing dust and allergens from the floor improves indoor air quality because once they are gone, you can’t breathe them.

Vacuum wood or tile floors with a HEPA filtered vacuum and clean the air even more.

Hard Flooring is Easy to Maintain

Hard floors like wood, tile, polished cement or stone are relatively easy to maintain. Solid flooring resists stains. Even when you track dirt and debris inside, it’s easy to remove.

Spill red wine on the tile floor in the kitchen and just wipe it up. There’s no crying over spilled milk, splashed cereal, or dropped peanut butter sandwiches. Just clean it up with a damp rag or paper towel. Grout may need sealing, but your tile floors will continue to be worry-free.

When you have carpet or rugs on the floor, every party and every dinner is a disaster waiting to happen. Your guests feel terrible for staining the floors and you feel bad too. Any flooring contractor will tell you the way to avoid the drama is to avoid the carpet.

Talk to the Best Flooring Contractor About the Best Floors For You

Talk to the flooring experts at Inspired Remodels about your flooring project.

Based on your lifestyle, budget, design preferences, and other considerations you’ll receive a custom recommendation. Every lifestyle is different, every flooring install should reflect these differences.

Contact Inspired Remodels, the flooring contractor that knows flooring for Orange County homes.

Orange County General Contractors Share 2021 Design Trends

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A new year means new design trends. Inspired Remodels, the Orange County general contractors with their finger on the pulse of design, share the big trends of 2021.

Wood and Wood Look Floors

Orange County loves wood and wood-look floors. That won’t change in 2021.

Pick a room, pick a look, pick the most appropriate flooring.

Living areas, dining rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and home offices sport wood and wood-look flooring.

2021 finds Orange County general contractors nailing and gluing down hardwoods, floating engineered click-lock flooring, and laying wood-look ceramic and porcelain tiles.

And wood-look tiles show up on more than floors. This beautiful shower liberally draws on nature. Wood-look tile for walls and the seat is the perfect complement to the river stone floor. This type of tile works perfectly in wet areas where wood just won’t do.

Wood or wood-look tile? Can you tell the difference? The wood-look tile of 2021 looks more like wood than the wood itself. Grain and color gradations emulate natural wood closely. Some flooring products feature distressed surfaces as well. So, you can get the look of weathered and repurposed wood in a more durable product that costs much less money as well.

2021 is going to be a great year for flooring.

Colored Cabinets

Colored cabinets are back. Whether it’s a contrasting color for upper and lower cabinets, a specimen piece for a bar, or even a kitchen island, colored cabinets turn up in unexpected places in 2021.

Gray trended for the last 5 years. So, it’s no surprise that green and blue would become two of the most popular cabinet colors. They pair perfectly with gray!

In the kitchen, green lower cabinets put the shine on stainless steel appliances and contrast beautifully with white upper cabinets. And green goes well with so many wood flooring options to boot!

Here’s a different room, a different color cabinet, and different flooring. But it still works wonderfully. The blue bathroom vanity with white top and wavy-textured ceramic tile takes all the drama from the kitchen above and creates a look that’s completely different.

That’s the flexibility of colored cabinets, and blue is the color for cabinets in 2021.

Bamboo Flooring

Eco-conscious consumers flock to bamboo flooring. It’s renewable and much harder than other hardwood floorings. Strand woven bamboo flooring goes to places where wood cowers.

Perfect for high-traffic areas like kitchens, entryways, and hallways. Contrary to popular belief, bamboo floors stand up to refinishing.

Be sure to look for bamboo flooring that’s FloorScore certified. You’ll breathe easier knowing your flooring does off-gas harmful chemicals.

To 2021 and Beyond!

Hope you enjoyed this brief look at home design trends. Follow Inspired Remodels on Facebook and Instagram and check back here frequently for design inspiration.

When it’s time to remodel, remember the Orange County general contractors that design and build. Remember Inspired Remodels.