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Custom Cabinets for Orange County Remodels

Nothing sets the tone of a room like the cabinetry. If you’re remodeling an Orange County kitchen or bathroom, the cabinet choice is a big decision. The big box stores like Home Depot generally offer stock cabinets while the Ikea’s of the world sell ready-to-assemble cabinets. Choosing cabinets isn’t a conundrum. Semi-custom or custom cabinets offer maximum flexibility and value.

Schrock Semi-Custom Cabinets

Schrock is part of the MasterBrand family of cabinet companies. This American-based company has been making cabinets since 1926. Beautiful, functional, and durable describe their product line.

Currently, you can pick from 3 lines: Entra, Trademark, and Boutique. The style and level of customization vary with the line. If simple, modern, or industrial describes your taste, the Trademark series is for you. If you need high customization or want an artisanal look, Boutique is for you. Entra features fresh and clean lines and is the perfect choice for Shaker-style cabinets.

Semi-custom cabinets are factory-built to your specifications based on stock sizes. This holds down the price, so they cost less than completely custom cabinets. Think of them as a mid-range choice. They make modifications to create cabinets that fit the space you need. Semi-custom cabinets provide you with a selection of fronts and finishes.

Omega Custom Cabinets

Omega Custom Cabinets is also a member of the MasterBrand family. They build custom cabinets in the United States. As true artisans, they take raw hardwood lumber and convert it into cabinetry to your exact specifications. They bring your custom cabinet ideas to life through the Pinnacle and Dynasty series platforms. Pinnacle provides inset and framed styling and Dynasty provides the ultimate in flexibility in design.

Because these are completely custom cabinets, the cost is higher than semi-custom cabinets. The lead time is much longer as well. But, you will get completely bespoke wooden cabinetry that will last almost as long as your house. No matter the shape of the room, your cabinets will fit.

toe kick drawers in cabinets

Compare to Stock and Ready to Assemble with Custom

When you compare custom and semi-custom cabinets to stock or ready-to-assemble, the differences are clear. You may be able to get stock and ready-to-assemble cabinets quickly, but that is because they are mass-produced. If you need customization, you’re out of luck.

Stock and ready-to-assemble cabinets may be available very quickly, but custom work is worth the wait. Higher quality, more options, and greater satisfaction with the installed product.

Inspired Remodels Helps With Orange County Cabinets

Need help with cabinetry? Call the remodel experts Inspired Remodels. They can help you design a kitchen or bathroom that is beautiful and functional. Their expertise is bring dreams to life. Call (949) 716-1938 or Contact Us online.

Kitchen and Bath Remodeling with Shaker Cabinets

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There once was a tune that had a refrain, “Everything old is new again”. That ditty from the past might have been referring to the resurgence in popularity of Shaker cabinets for kitchen and bath remodeling. Match this clean, classic look with almost any decor.

Understand Shakers to Understand the Furniture

The cabinets that are so popular with kitchen and bath remodeling projects are just a take on classic Shaker furniture. To understand Shaker furniture, you’ve got to understand the Shakers.

The Shakers were members of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing. The religion was first organized in England in 1847 and members crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the 1780’s to set up communities in the new colonies.

Shaker is a shortened version of Shaking Quaker. The name refers to their movements during worship. As spiritualists, Shakers believed that they received messages from God as they moved during worship. Shaker furniture doesn’t shake however, it is rock solid and simple.

That’s because simplicity, utility and honesty guided their core beliefs. Instead of being adorned with ornate decoration, Shaker furniture was simple and functional. Those core beliefs are embodied in today’s Shaker cabinets, that aren’t made by Shakers.

While the Shakers had a very successful furniture empire by the 1860’s there is only one Shaker community left today. However, their timeless designs live on today.

Shaker Cabinets in the Bathroom

Recessed panels give Shaker cabinets their distinctive look. Clean and simple. Function fused with beauty that’s perfect for a variety of decor.

Use Shaker cabinets in a spa bathroom and they’ll contribute to the serene look.

Use a dark stain, match with brushed nickel and you’ve got a modern vibe from a very old design. It’s the simplicity of Shaker cabinets that make them so appealing.

Think of Shaker cabinets in the bathroom as a blank canvass. Different stains and different hardware make the same cabinet look completely different.

Ready for a new look? Switch out the hardware and the cabinets look different. Now that’s the easiest kitchen and bathroom remodeling project you will ever do!

Shaker Cabinets in the Kitchen

Shaker cabinets in the kitchen? Yes, please! Those clean lines that shine in the bathroom do their magic in kitchens too.

Shaker cabinets are showing up in kitchen all over Orange County. They are one of the most requested design elements when it comes to kitchen remodeling.

Once again, it’s because of their clean lines. You can take a Shaker cabinet and change the countertop and the entire room looks different.

Shakers never gazed on the Mediterranean Sea, but Shaker cabinets go perfectly with this kitchen remodel. The whimsical tile backsplash isn’t overwhelming because the cabinets are subtle. The subway tile replicates the lines of the recessed panels.

Shaker cabinets are at home in a traditional, modern, Mediterranean, ranch or farmhouse style kitchen. Where French Provincial is limiting, Shaker design is only limited by your imagination.

Inspired Kitchen and Bath Remodeling

Does the thought of new Shaker cabinets in the kitchen or bathroom inspire you? Then talk to Inspired Remodels and turn those kitchen and bathroom remodeling dreams into reality.

Complete design and remodeling services at your fingertips. With the honesty and integrity of Shaker cabinets, Joe and Jason Mueller transform your living spaces. Call (949) 716-1938 or Contact Us online today.

Bathroom Contractor Talks Bathroom Storage

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Storage is a big deal when designing a kitchen. Many homeowners poor over catalogs and scour the net looking for ways to maximize storage in the kitchen. But when it comes to bathrooms, they don’t give storage much thought. Well the design and build experts at Inspired Remodels think your bathroom design should look beautiful and function even better than it looks. That’s why they have so many ways to provide storage in the bathroom.

Cabinets or Vanities for Storage?

Remodeling means learning the design and build lingo. For instance, do you know the difference between a bathroom cabinet and a bathroom vanity? Well remember that all vanities are cabinets but not all cabinets are vanities. Confused?

Cabinet or Vanity? Yes it is!

Vanities are a cabinets topped with a sink. So, if it has a sink on top; it’s a vanity. If there is no sink on top; it is a cabinet. Vanities and cabinets perform several functions. They hide the plumbing and provide storage. In the case of a vanity, it also provides a base for the countertop and sink.

Freestanding or Wall Mount Vanity?

Freestanding vanities or cabinets are both very popular. These vanities can look like furniture or have the traditional look of kitchen-style cabinets. They go to the floor on all sides, but they may have toe kickouts or may be on furniture-style legs. Freestanding vanities give you much mores storage space, but can make a small bathroom look even smaller.

Freestanding Furniture Style Vanity

Wall mount vanities do not go all the way to the floor. As the name implies, they are mounted directly to the wall. They require more flooring material, because the floor under the vanity is finished, but the added expanse of flooring tricks the eye into thinking the room is larger than it is. These style vanities give a modern look to a room, but the trade-off comes with lost storage.

Drawers Doors and Niches

When designing for your bathroom remodel, it’s important to take into consideration the items you want to store in the bathroom. Talk to your bathroom contractor about your needs for storing towels, toiletries, personal care appliances, and if your bathroom should also have storage for cleaning supplies.

Depending on what you need to store, they can make a recommendation on the correct configuration of cabinets with interior shelves and doors and cabinets with drawers. For many items, storage in a deep drawer is not practical. Bath towels and toilet paper for example aren’t well suited for storage in drawers. Bath salts, cotton balls, feminine hygiene products, and many more items are better suited for drawers.

Inspired Remodels believes that with a little forward thinking, function can be beautiful. For example, in this bathroom, the makeup mirror was attached to the wall negating the need for storage.

In addition, the mirrors are on hinged and hide additional storage.

This shower stool not only provides a safe, stable place to sit and shower, it doubles as storage of personal care products as well.

Showers can include niches for storage as well. Bath soap, shampoo, conditioner can all be kept at the tip of your fingers.

Custom cabinets can be designed to fit just about any wall space. You just need a bathroom contractor that is also a creative designer.

The Designing Bathroom Contractor

Inspired Remodels is the Orange County bathroom contractor that is a full service design and remodel firm. When you hire Inspired Remodels for your bathroom, kitchen, or whole house remodel you get a full service contractor. From the initial design to the final touch, Inspired Remodels will be with you every step of a way.

As a licensed, insured, and bonded general contractor Inspired Remodels can handle all facets of your bathroom remodel. You bring the ideas and we bring them to life. Need some inspiration? Check out our portfolio of bathroom remodels.

Call (949) 716-1938 today for your consultation or use our online contact form.