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Orange County Kitchen Contractor Tips for a Great Kitchen

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With Thanksgiving right around the corner, Orange County cooks are discovering if their recent kitchen renovations created beautiful kitchens or beautiful and functional kitchens. There’s a big difference! Inspired Remodels is the Orange County kitchen contractor that creates beautifully functional kitchens that look good and work smart. Learn what it takes to create a great kitchen no matter the size.

Oh, Say Can You See?

Whether it’s by the dawn’s early light or the middle of the night, you’ve got to be able to see what you’re doing in the kitchen.

Orange County kitchen contractor remodel of Irvine kitchen after

This Irvine kitchen provides light in oh so many ways. There’s light from the recessed lights scattered throughout the room. And under the cabinet lights provide task lighting when prepping at the countertops. Globe lights hanging from the ceiling light the island and provide a decorative touch. Additional light could have been provided by additional can lights, but why go that route when you can go decorative instead?

This Mission Viejo kitchen remodel makes the most of natural light. Placing the kitchen by a window shows genius when it comes to design. Who doesn’t want a glimpse of the outside when washing a dish, rinsing greens, or grabbing a quick glass of water? Recessed lighting, can lights, and globe lights make an appearance, but appear completely different than in the Irvine job. A great kitchen begins with a great Orange County kitchen contractor that understands the importance of lighting.

Try on a Triangle

A truly functional kitchen makes use of the kitchen triangle to bring elements together in a usable design.

Orange County kitchen contractors shows concept of kitchen triangle using sink, stove, and fridge

In this Foothills Ranch remodel, the Orange County kitchen contractor placed the sink, the stove/oven, and the refrigerator in a triangle pattern. This increases the efficiency of the cook’s actions. A simple pivot takes the cook from the sink to the cooktop (imagine putting a pot of water on for a boil). Just a few steps take the cook from the fridge to the sink or from the fridge to the stove.

Or what about this design? Two triangles really make this Trabuco Canyon kitchen remodel hum. The addition of the prep sink creates additional work triangles. Of course, the kitchen sink, fridge, and wall ovens create a third kitchen triangle. The more triangles you create, the more functional your kitchen.  Come time to prepare a big meal, you’ll be thankful.

The Orange County Kitchen Contractor for Beautiful Functional Kitchens

When it comes to creating beautiful, functional kitchens no one beats Inspired Remodels. Just tell Jason and Joe Mueller your kitchen dreams and they bring them to life.

You’ll be thankful you hired Inspired Remodels as your kitchen contractor.

 

Kitchen Remodel Company Dishes on Islands

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In Orange County, no custom kitchen remodel is complete unless it includes an island. Inspired Remodels, Orange County’s inspired kitchen remodel company, dishes on what makes a kitchen island an asset, not a liability. From providing an extra dining space to adding an additional prep area, Orange County kitchen islands earn their keep.

Island-Style Dining

Island dining doesn’t always include ocean breezes, blue water, and tropical landscapes. In Orange County, you can enjoy a view of the Pacific with your bowl of cereal when Inspired Remodels adds an island to your kitchen. This is a kitchen remodel company that understands the versatility of the kitchen island.

kitchen remodel company adds island with 3 bar stools to create eating space in a small kitchen

Some want a casual dining experience.  This kitchen island provides seating for 3. When not in use, barstools tuck under the island. Legs add a table vibe to this kitchen island. Incorporating seating into the kitchen island converts this small kitchen into an eat-in kitchen. It’s island dining at its most functional.

 

Not all island dining is so informal. Now, this kitchen island can seat up to 12 or serve a buffet for a crowd. The more formal lighting gives the island a more formal feel. When you dream big, make sure you’ve got a kitchen remodel company that understands your vision.

kitchen remodel company moves cooktop to island to cut down number of steps needed to reach the sink

Islands that Work

Kitchen islands offer a great opportunity to create efficient work triangles.  Work triangles create a kitchen where key elements such as the sink, stovetop, and refrigerator are places for easy access. When you reduce the number of steps between work elements, you create a more efficient workspace. Genius!

The kitchen remodel above updated a large kitchen space. Large kitchens provide plenty of room for the cook, but they also present a challenge. How can the cook work without running ragged? Too many steps are like too many cooks, they ruin the dish.

By placing the cooktop on the kitchen island, the kitchen remodel company reduced the number of steps between the sink, fabulous fridge, and cooking area.

Here’s another take on the working island. In this instance, the sink resides in the island with the range/oven combo behind the island and the refrigerator on the side of the island.

Sometimes just one island won’t do.

This Cota da Caza kitchen remodel incorporates islands for dining and islands for work. It’s a fearless commitment to island living.

Seriously, one island incorporates a wine fridge and a sink. The sink placement completes a perfect work triangle. The second island offers seating for 5 and additional storage. In a large space, these two islands provide retain the feeling of spaciousness for entertaining large groups while creating an intimacy perfect for family dining.

Orange County’s Kitchen Remodel Company

Looking for the ultimate in kitchen remodeling? Look no further than Inspired Remodels. Orange County turns to Inspired Remodels when they want an inspired remodel.

  • Custom and semi-custom cabinets
  • Flooring
  • Lighting
  • Islands
  • Hoods
  • Appliances

What do you want in your dream kitchen? Inspired Remodels converts dreams into kitchens.

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Residential Remodeling Contractors Get Creative with Tile Backsplashes

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Where some residential remodeling contractors in Orange County see a bare space to paint, Inspired Remodels sees a design opportunity. With so many options available, kitchen backsplashes deserve more than a coat of paint. Backsplashes provide a space to personalize, dramatize, and get creative.

See what these contractors have been up to in Orange County kitchens.

Kitchen backsplash

A Study in Contrasts

Who said you can’t have contrasting tile on your backsplash? Tell them they are wrong.

This kitchen clearly reflects the results achieved when solid white subway tile gets a little design assist with contrasting decorative tile.

residential remodeling contractors put decorative tile in laguna hills home to contrast with white subway tileWhat’s fabulous about this tile? Everything! To start, each individual tile is a work of art.

And it’s a complete work. So, you get the impact of mosaic design using fewer tiles and less grout.

The soft grey provides a complementary accent that pairs perfectly with the stainless steel finishes on the stove and other kitchen appliances. Notice how the stainless pot filler almost fades away?

At the same time, deep maroon tones playfully pick up the color from the stove knobs.

Talk about remodeling contractors that think of every little detail!

This kitchen would have been light, airy, and run-of-the-mill if the entire backsplash had been white.

But Inspired Remodels added drama and a touch as unique as the homeowner’s fingerprint to this kitchen. All with a little contrasting tile. Amazing!

residential remodeling contractors use jolly tile trim to create look of a picture frame

A Study in Elegance

All while can be boring, But white done right is simply elegant. Jolly trim tile creates the frame while delicately etched tiles paint the picture. And it’s all done against a stunning white subway tile in this absolutely fabulous Laguna Hills kitchen remodel.

But all white isn’t the only way to achieve kitchen elegance.

Inspired Remodels added reflective tile to this backsplash to make the room appear larger and the result was entirely elegant.

As light dances off reflective tiles, it adds elegance with its sparkle and shimmer. Like the perfect piece of jewelry accessorizes an outfit, just the right decorative tile accessorizes the kitchen.

It keeps the dark countertops from overpowering the room and adds a bit of visual interest to an area that is generally boring, the backsplash behind the stovetop.

Now, because this glamour comes from tile, no splatter or spatter can break its stride. You get an easy-to-clean surface that will stay looking great for years. Now, you know you can’t say the same for a painted surface. Tile is simply superior.

Residential Remodeling  Contractors Look After All the Details

When you work with Inspired Remodels, Orange County’s premier residential remodeling contractors, you work with a design-build team that keeps an eye on every detail.

custom kitchen remodel features blue cabinets

From conception to completion, Inspired Remodels provides one source of contact and serves as your general contractor too.

How can a tile backsplash change the look of your kitchen? Talk to Inspired Remodels today.