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Kitchen Contractor Gets You Cooking With Kitchens that Work

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Are you dreading cooking for the holidays? Do you love cooking but hate cooking in your kitchen? Maybe your kitchen needs an overhaul to make it functional as well as beautiful. When you work with the right kitchen contractor, you end up with a kitchen that looks great and works even better. Ready to brainstorm a new kitchen? Here’s some inspiration from Inspired Remodels recent renovations.

Cooking Made Easier

Tired of moving those heavy pots and pans? Cooktops with continuous grates makes it easy to move pots and pans without lifting. Sealed burners make clean-up a breeze. Get a restaurant quality sear and boil water quickly with a high-quality gas cooktop. Cooktops allow you to maximize your storage space too.

By placing the knobs on the front, they stay cool while you cook and are easily accessible. This kitchen was made for cooking. The wall mounted hood effectively handles the output from high-heat cooking. Plenty of storage is still available under the cooktop for the items you want to keep at hand while cooking.

Drawers give you pull out storage that you can see at a glance. Gone are the days of digging in the back of a dark cabinet, when your kitchen contractor utilizes drawers for storage.

Double wall ovens give you the freedom to roast your turkey and bake a pecan pie at the same time. Speaking of pies, if baking is your passion select an oven with a convection setting for the consistent heating that is crucial for successful baking. Convection ovens use a fan to circulate the heated air; making for better kale chips for sure!

Clean Up Without Fuss

Sinks can make the difference between clean up that’s a chore and clean up that’s a breeze. A good kitchen contractor understands that for every meal that is cooked, there is a meal that requires clean up. Clean up should be as easy as the cooking. Take cleaning into consideration when designing your dream kitchen.

When this small kitchen was remodeled, it became functional as well as beautiful. The double sink is perfect for washing up. Undermount sinks are as functional as they are stylish. Brush those crumbs right into the sink. No grooves, cracks, or crevices will catch them. The location of the dishwasher immediately to the right of the sink makes rinsing and loading a breeze for the right-handed person. Placing the sink across from the cooktop also makes filling a pot of water for pasta as easy as a pivot.

Have large pots, pans, and roasters to wash? A farmhouse style sink may be what you need. A farmhouse sink is traditionally much deeper than a traditional sink and has a single basin. The design also sits slightly to the front of the cabinets beneath it. Farmhouse sinks originated in kitchens without running water and water splashed as the sink was filled. This slightly protruding design kept the cabinet underneath from getting wet in the fill process. We have running water in our kitchens these days, but the design has endured.

Inspired Remodels is the Kitchen Contractor for a Functional, Beautiful Kitchen

If you live in Orange County and are ready for a kitchen that works hard so you don’t have to, call Inspired Remodels.

Inspired Remodels is a full service design and built contractor. They can turn your dream of a fully functionally kitchen into a reality. Inspired Remodels will sit with you, review your lifestyle and cooking style, and design a kitchen that works for you.

Call (949) 716-1938 or use our on-line Contact Us form.

Kitchen Renovation Ideas to Fall in Love with this Fall

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Thinking about renovating your kitchen before the holidays? Inspired Remodels, the premier kitchen renovation company, has some ideas for touches that will give you a kitchen to fall in love with this fall. Just take a look.

Use Patterns in Your Kitchen Renovation

Chevron patterns are everywhere. We are finding them in upholstery, wallpaper, textiles and now they are even showing up in tile. Check out this chevron pattern we recently installed on a backsplash.

Chevron Tile Pattern installed by local kitchen renovation company

Backsplash Tile in Chevron Pattern

This is tilework is practical, easy to clean, and adds timeless style to the kitchen. Notice the use of grey? Grey is the new white in interior design.

Another popular pattern is achieved with subway tiles. These traditional 3 x 6 tiles are available in an incredible color palate and their appeal is timeless. Your kitchen renovation should be about creating a kitchen that you will fall in love with again and again.

gray glazed subway tile used for backsplash in this kitchen remodel

Grey glazed subway tile has timeless appeal

When you stay with classic colors and lines you get a kitchen that is ageless. Simply update the fixtures, lighting, and cabinet hardware when you are ready to freshen thing up.

Task Lighting to Love

Your kitchen needs to be more than beautiful; it needs to be functional as well. Having enough light to tell the parsley from the cilantro makes a real difference in the way your food tastes!

You can make the most of natural light and augment it with lighting for ambience but the key to a kitchen you love is task lighting. Task lighting gives you the light you need to get the job done. Chopping, kneading and mixing are easier and safer when you can see what you are doing.

Lighting mounted under the cabinet is a way to add light to your work areas. Notice how this kitchen renovation gets a lighting lift with under-cabinet lights.

Lights under the cabinets and pendant lights provide task lighting

pendant lighting used in kitchen renovation to provide task lights

Pendant lights provide task lighting

Pendant lights are another fabulous way to provide lighting over an island or prep station. Pendant lights direct the light exactly where you need it. They are also available in a wide variety of finishes and shades to match any décor. When you are ready to update, just change the shade and it looks like new lighting.

Little Touches – Big Impact

Sometime it’s just the little things that make you fall in love with your kitchen. Cabinet door knobs and drawer pulls are more than just a way to open the door/drawer they are an inexpensive way to highly customize your kitchen and make it yours.

Cabinet Hardware. Just take a look at this drawer pull. Yes, it is functional, but it is beautiful as well. Same for the cabinet door knobs.

Pulls and knobs are like jewelry for your cabinets

Personalized Storage. Make sure your kitchen renovation company understands your cooking style. Incorporate storage where you need it most. Do you like to stand over a simmering pot, stirring, tasting, and adding a dash of this or a touch of that? If so, the unique storage drawer have you falling in love with your kitchen every time you cook.

Pull Out Rack Keeps Spices Close at Hand

Storage can also be used to transition from the kitchen to the living area. This kitchen remodel included a transitional space that provides storage and display space and doubles as a wine bar too. Perfect for the family that entertains from the kitchen area.

Renovate Your Kitchen this Fall

If you are ready for a kitchen renovation that will give you a kitchen to fall in love with this fall, pick the kitchen renovation contractor that designs and builds. Pick Inspired Remodels.

Inspired Remodels will help you come up with a personal design that provides timeless appeal and can be easily updated in the future. Need some inspiration? Talk to one of our designers. They are experts at listening and turning dream kitchens into real kitchens.

Call (949) 716-1938 or Contact Us to schedule your consultation.

Kitchen and Bath Remodeling Tips

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Looking to give your kitchen or bathroom a facelift? If you are planning on updating your home, here are a few kitchen and bath remodeling tips to get the best results.

Light walls and reflective surfaces make room appear larger

Make the Room Feel Larger

We all like the feel of unlimited space when indoors. Maximize the space in even the smallest of rooms when you put color and light to work for you.

Light Colors. Make the kitchen or bath feel bigger without adding square footage when you use light colors. Any room feels bigger with light colors on the walls. It doesn’t matter whether you use paint, tile or wood; if it’s on the walls make it light.

Light finishes on the cabinets will also make a room feel larger. Light, bright, and smooth all give the illusion of space that really isn’t there.

Reflective Surfaces. Strategically place mirrors to add the appearance of space. Don’t forget that any reflective surface acts like a mirror. This means high gloss finishes on cabinets, floors, and shower walls, will make a room look bigger.

use LEDs in kitchen and bathroom remodel to save money

LEDs light the way

Go Green with LEDs

Lighting is an important part of any room. It’s especially important in the kitchen and bathroom. Whether you are considering recessed can-style lights, under cabinet lights, or interior cabinet lighting you should incorporate LED lighting where possible.

LEDs are small, so they are perfect for tiny spaces. They also emit very little heat. This is particularly important for installations inside cabinets. The use much less energy to produce the same amount of light as an incandescent bulb. The cost more initially, but you will recoup your money in savings over the life of the bulb; and LEDs have a long life. You can expect LEDs to last anywhere from 25,000 to 100,000 hours. On the low side that means you could leave the light on for 2 years and it still wouldn’t burn out!

Keep in Mind Resale Potential

You may plan to live in your home for many, many years but plans can change. A change in jobs, marital status or health may require a move. The more “unique” you make your kitchen and bath remodel, the harder it will be to sell your home. What appeals to you may not appeal to future potential buyers. An experienced kitchen and bath remodeling pro knows what unique touches are popular with others and can help you strike just the right balance.

Don’t Do it Yourself

Speaking of using a professional remodeler, make sure you do! A kitchen or bathroom remodeling project is not the same as remodeling the bedroom or dining room. Plumbing is involved and you also need to think of the practical logistics of using the room. Use an experienced professional. Pick someone who understands your style and taste. Make sure they are qualified professionals who are licensed and insured.

Kitchen and Bath Remodeling with a Design Build Firm

There are definite advantages to using the services of a design build firm on kitchen and bath remodeling projects. These type of projects involved several skilled trades and these services must be closely coordinated. A design build firm like Inspired Remodels will give you a realistic schedule for completion of the work. They have resources and connections that are invaluable if there are problems with materials or unforeseen issues arise. They handle all the plumbing and electrical subcontracting and can keep the project on time and on budget. They can do the legwork to reduce the stress involved with remodeling.

Call Inspired Remodels at (949) 716-1938 or use the handy on-line Contact Us form to set an appointment for a consultation. A new kitchen or bathroom doesn’t need to be a dream. Inspired Remodels can turn your dream into reality.