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Custom Cabinets and Built-Ins for Any Room in the House

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Custom cabinets and built-ins are the ultimate for making a space uniquely yours. They are also the answer to maximizing available space and turning unusable space into usable.

custom cabinets and bookcasesBuilt-Ins for Any Room

Personalize any room in the house with built-ins and custom cabinetry. This fireplace looks complete with the addition of built-ins. Display books and art on the open shelves. Crown molding marries wall and ceiling spaces perfectly. Custom-built cabinetry finishes the bottom. That’s plenty of places to store the things you don’t want to display!

Bookcases are some of the most common built-ins, but they certainly aren’t the only ones.

Built-ins can also take the form of a custom bar. In this space, you get room for glassware, liquor bottles, mixers, and refrigeration. This small space between a door and a corner might not be large enough to do much, but it is large enough for a mighty nice bar.

In this case, the woodwork and countertop match the kitchen decor. However, you could easily create the same bar with contrasting or complementary finishes. Since the kitchen tends to be the center of entertainment, it only makes sense to use unused kitchen space for a bar.

Built-ins by the fireplace take many forms. Think beyond shelves and bookcases. Inspired Remodels incorporated built-in drawers for this room. The custom built-ins with drawers fill the small space between the fireplace and the wall. The room looks finished and the homeowner has additional storage. Storage tucked out of sight, but still in plain sight. That’s the power of built-ins and custom cabinetry to transform a space. 

Custom Cabinets and Customized Cabinets

Custom cabinets provide additional flexibility when maximizing space. That’s why semi-custom cabinets are a great option. While custom cabinets are generally built on-site, customized cabinets are built by the manufacturer based on specifications. Think of them as stock cabinets, only customized. shower remodeling job included new custom cabinets

This bathroom provides not only cabinetry to support dual sinks but provides a vanity space as well. The customized space between the semi-custom cabinets makes the most use of the wall. The lowered countertop is much more comfortable for a seated person. The space between the cabinets provides a place to store a vanity bench when not in use.  That’s important because this room didn’t have much width between the cabinets and the shower.

Custom cabinets and semi-custom cabinets are great for solving problems with problem areas.

For example, this kitchen needed to maximize the storage space. The custom cabinets in the corner were perfect. Not only do these cabinets fit perfectly into this spot, but the trim at the top of the cabinets makes them look more like furniture than cabinets.

Custom cabinets also let you mix and match finishes and styles. In this same kitchen, Shaker-style doors and drawers are the stars. But unlike most Shaker cabinets, these cabinets aren’t finished in white.

Are Custom Cabinets and Built-Ins a Solution for You?

Thinking about a home renovation? Do you think custom cabinetry or built-ins are the solution for you? Contact Inspired Remodels to see how custom solutions can provide storage, add beauty, and maximize your space. It’s a great way to add a great deal of value. Call us at (949) 716-1938 today to schedule a consultation.

Hello Spring – Interior Remodeling Company Updates Whole House

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Spring cleaning time is here. While some people are cleaning out closets and tidying up the garage, others are completely changing their entire home. Inspired Remodels, an Orange County interior remodeling company, is here to help. We won’t scrub the bathroom windows, but we will take tired old bathrooms and make them new again. Like spring flowers bring a breath of freshness to the yard, Inspired Remodels breathes new life into tired kitchens and bathrooms.

Interior Remodeling Transforms Cottage to Contemporary

The challenge: take a Laguna Beach cottage and transform it to a modern residence. The interior remodeling company: Inspired Remodels and brothers Jason and Joe Mueller. The result: a home with a tranquil, neutral hotel vibe that’s incredibly inviting.

interior remodeling company uses contrast of light and dark in contemporary bathroomIn one bathroom, grey hexagon tile is cooling and soothing. Like a high-end hotel bathroom or a luxury spa, this tile sets the tone for the rest of the room.

The surface is not only aesthetically pleasing, but it is calming in its neutrality. That’s because neutral doesn’t necessarily mean vanilla. This floor is a great example of using dark and light tones as neutrals. 

Contemporary beauty!

White subway tile contrasts with the dark wood ceiling and continues the spa feel to the room.

The clean contemporary lines continue with chrome fixtures, accessories, and vanity pulls. Integrated sinks are spacious while being incredibly easy to keep clean. Contemporary gets practical while keeping the flair and refinement of a jet-setting hotel.

Privacy glass in the windows allows light to stream into the room and is complemented by the frosted detail on the mirrors.

 

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Contemporary Kitchen Remodel

Making good use of space was crucial to this kitchen remodel. Ingress and egress with sliding glass doors floods the room with natural light and artfully incorporates the natural beauty of the surrounding area. Light makes small spaces appear larger and this room makes the most of natural and artificial light.

The dark wood floor against the white and grey cabinets give the room a clean and finished feeling. This contemporary kitchen combines refined quiet and a clean sense of style.

The stainless appliances and chrome fixtures amplify the cool, contemporary look and banish any remainders of old, cottage style. An island and ample counter space provide plenty of room for multiple cooks. The island doubles as a base for entertaining as well as a spot for quick morning breakfasts.

This room works hard and looks good.

Contemporary Bathrooms

Two additional bathrooms were part of this total interior remodeling job. Using the same design elements as in the other rooms, two bathrooms were transformed into luxe, spa-like spaces.

Large hexagonal tiles on the wall continue the pattern from the floor in the first bathroom. Two dual outlets under the mirror provide all the power you need for charging electronics and energizing personal grooming appliances.

Chrome and brushed nickle accents and fixtures cement the contemporary vibe.

As in the kitchen, dark wood and light stone are the ying and yang that make this room look so complete.

 

The final bathroom continues the combination of dark and light to create a comfortable and contemporary space.

Dark wood floors contrast with light cabinetry as in the other rooms. The white cabinetry once again uses light to make the room appear more spacious. Contrasting wall tiles and countertop stone keep the room from appearing too vanilla.

Dark accents on cabinetry, mirrors, and lights provide just enough pops of color to keep the mostly monochrome palette feeling lively.

Spring cleaning this room will be a breeze in years to come. Hard surfaces resist water stains and easily wipe clean.

 

Spring Into a New Look for Your Home

Let Inspired Remodels help you spring forward with a new look for your Orange County home. Whether you lean to contemporary or nautical, our design/model approach to interior remodeling reduces your stress and increases your pleasure with the final result.

Call (949) 716-1938, Contact Us online, or stop in our showroom to get started.

 

House Remodeling Tips for that New TV

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Is a new TV in your future? If Santa is bring that new flat screen you need to think about how and where to install it for maximum viewing pleasure. Here are a few tips to help with this simple DIY house remodeling project.

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How High?

Today’s rooms can have competing focal points. What’s the best spot for the TV? You don’t want to detract from other areas of interest. But, honestly you know you will watch TV more than the fireplace or the backyard.

Install the TV so the center of the screen is at eye level of the viewer. So, consider where you will sit when watching the screen. Sitting in a chair next to the fireplace and watching a screen mounted above the fireplace is a pain in the neck. Literally.

Viewing distance is about 2.5 times the diagonal size of the screen. Some HD nerds swear this drops to 1.5 with high definition screens. We say it’s personal.

Figure about 42″ from the floor for a standard set. As shown above, it may be necessary to wall mount to achieve this height.

Hiding the Magic

Thankfully multimedia is embracing wireless technology. That makes hiding the wires and cables that deliver the magic easier.

But, make sure you have an electrical source before you settle on a spot. It may require a call to an electrician if you need to add an outlet, but that’s one call you want to make. Better than a call to 911 when adding an electrical outlet becomes a house remodeling project fail.

See how this screen is mounted above for easy viewing and doesn’t sport a tangle of wires and cables? That’s your goal.

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OLED versus LED

LED televisions really have an LCD screen. It works like a bunch of little shutters that open and close to let light through. Works great, but they must be viewed from just the correct angle or the picture is washed out. Boo!

You can get a mounting mechanism that allows you to adjust the angle of the screen. That will help. But even better is to skip the LED and get OLED.  Not only does OLED win with the best picture quality, but it can be seen from an infinite number of angles. OLED has come down considerably in price, so it’s a real option to consider if the spaces to place your TV are limited.

 

Focus on Family

It’s a TV, not a family member. Despite what the kids say, there is no reason to have a screen in every room. This house remodeling established a room without a TV. Try it, you might like it. A room without a TV encourages family members to interact and provides a quiet, tranquil retreat from the busyness of life. No TV in this room, but it does have a large conversation area, a convenient table, and two focal points. Next remodel, consider establishing a screen-free zone.

When House Remodeling Isn’t DIY

Not all house remodeling projects are as easy as installing that new flat screen TV. If you need a kitchen remodel, a bathroom update, barn doors, new flooring or any other remodeling, contact Inspired Remodels. Jason and Joe Mueller design and build. They can even build custom cabinets for your new TV! Turn dreams into reality. Call (949) 716-1938.