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Orange County Custom Kitchen Remodeling Ideas

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When you start gathering custom kitchen remodeling ideas, most people go straight for the big elements. What cabinets will look best? Which countertop material is absolutely essential? Should you pick tile or wood floors?

Inspired Remodels knows that the little things add up quickly to make a big impact. That’s why they suggest remembering little things when you collect ideas for your kitchen remodel.

If you need a few ideas for your next kitchen remodel, take a look at these pictures from custom kitchen remodeling jobs in Orange County.

Hoods Are More Than Functional

Ventilation plays a major part in managing cooking odors, grease, and vapor. But just because a hood has a job doesn’t mean it can’t look great while doing it.

This Coto de Caza kitchen remodel incorporates ventilation in the form of a hood with architectural elements. Notice how the fascia matches the cabinetry? Graceful hood lines contrast nicely with the simplicity of the cabinets. This hood carries the industrial vibe that starts with the stainless steel appliances, cabinet hardware, and faucet. It marries marvelously with the gray and white marble counters too.

Accent Tile Backsplashes

Backsplashes create easy-to-clean surfaces where water and food splatter are common. But that doesn’t mean you must fall back on common tile.

These unique backsplashes make a statement heard loud and clear from every angle.

Subway tile provides the utilitarian area of the backsplash, but the statement tile behind the range does the heavy lifting. Neutral-tone greys and whites contribute just the pop of color the white and black palette needs.

This Laguna Hills kitchen remodel uses tone-on-tone tile to create a true work of wall art. Fanciful fans steal the show while pencil tile creates a faux frame.

Decorative Lighting

Everyone is incorporating an island these days. But Inspired Remodels incorporates decorative lighting so every island looks great and performs beautifully.

Pendant downlights chase away the darkness with a bit of country charm. The metal trim coordinates perfectly with the copper from the pot filler and simple clear glass globes. Who wouldn’t want to linger over breakfast here?

Teardrop lights bring tears of joy to this Orange County homeowner. Asymmetry makes these groupings special. No matchy matchy number of lights in each grouping and each pendant hangs at a different height.

Bringing Orange County Custom Kitchen Remodeling Ideas to Life

Inspired Remodels takes dreams and turns them into reality. They bring Orange County kitchen remodeling ideas to life through careful design and meticulous execution, for exquisite results.

kitchen renovation after picture of undercabinet lighting, clear globe pendant lights, and recessed lights in the ceiling

5 Orange County Kitchen Renovation Ideas to Inspire

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Want a new look for your kitchen? Here are 5 Orange County kitchen renovations by Inspired Remodels that are sure to inspire you. Elevate function with elements that double as workhorses and aesthetics. Get more functionality in less space.

Get inspired by Inspired Remodels, the Orange County kitchen renovation design/build contractors.

Undercabinet Lighting

Task lighting provides the necessary illumination for the cook to work safely. But lighting from recessed lights or pendant lights doesn’t always shine where you need it to.

Enter undercabinet lighting.

This lighting provides the illumination necessary to chop, mince, measure, and mix accurately and safely. And after the kitchen closes, it provides soft accent lighting.

This kitchen uses recessed, pendant, and undercabinet lighting for the right light for any situation.

Two-Tone Cabinets

Mix it up and make color work for you. Whether you mix upper and lower cabinet colors or use contrasting cabinets for an island, two-tone cabinets create fabulous spaces.

In this kitchen, the white Shaker-style cabinets get a bit of warmth from the contrasting dark wood cabinets in the island.

But add a splash of blue and create an icy cool spot you’ll want to enjoy even on the hottest days.

More Than a Backsplash

Backsplashes provide an easy-to-clean surface between the countertop and the base of the upper cabinet. Traditionally, they are used where heat or water comes into play.

But why stop there? Take tile and create a work of art that carries through the entire wall.

Whether it’s the herringbone pattern that gives this wall a bit of complexity.

Or, the subway tile to the ceiling that provides clean lines in this stunning white kitchen. Tile gives you unlimited creativity to create a space as unique as your style.

Vent Hood as Art

Where there is fire there is heat and often smoke. A vent above the cooking surface provides essential ventilation to remove smoke and heat from the cooking area. Ideally, the vent moves the air outside taking cooking odors and smoke with it.

No matter where it vents, there’s no reason your ventilation must be functional. Since many hoods are metal, they can be shaped creatively. Sure, you can go for a straight industrial-style hood but why would you?

A covered hood crafted to match the cabinet is timeless.

All hoods aren’t stainless. This rubbed bronze hood is the perfect foil for stainless appliances.

Flooring You’ll Fall For

A major part of any Orange County kitchen renovation is new flooring. Kitchen flooring must provide a durable surface that’s easy to clean.

That doesn’t mean it needs to be boring. Pick an Emser tile or hardwood flooring from Shaw and see your floor as a blank palette.

Use patterns to bring interest to your flooring.

The natural variations in the wood create a beautiful pattern when the planks are properly racked before installation.

Make the floors an accent piece by using a contrasting color.

Light floors and dark cabinets spell drama for this kitchen renovation.

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Orange County Kitchen Renovation Projects

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Looking for kitchen renovation ideas? Look no further than Inspired Remodels, the inspired pros when it comes to Orange County kitchen renovation.

Here is a look at what’s cooking in Orange County.

Showstoppers

In design, a showstopper causes you to pause. You stop and literally pay attention to a design element. It can be something as large as a stone countertop with unbelievable marbling or as ingenious as an island that runs the length of the kitchen.

Which of these showstoppers takes your breath away?

Is it this kitchen in Foothills Ranch? Have you ever seen stone with such a unique design? The countertop drops jaws and sparks awe in everyone that walks in the room.

How about this kitchen in Santa Ana?

The kitchen island spans the entire length of the room. That’s an island with 5, count them, 5 double cabinets underneath. Which makes you stop and say “WOW”. Next, you probably start plotting all the cookware and appliance you could store in that island. Holiday dishes, special dinner dishes, you could even have special table service just for Friday – just because.

Of course, the lights are stunning as well. But they literally don’t hold a candle to that vast expanse of island.

Or imagine waking up to this kitchen every morning!

A simply stunning eat-in kitchen exudes so much sophistication you feel as if you’ve walked onto a Hollywood set, not a newly finished Orange County kitchen renovation project.

Details, Details, Details

The devil may be in the details, but so is style and functionality. These Orange County kitchen remodels pay attention to every last detail for rooms that look incredible and are an incredible breeze to use.

Take a look at the attention paid to lighting in this kitchen remodel.

How many types of lighting do you see? Let’s start with the recessed lighting overhead. High hats provide light to the entire space. Next, pendant lights illuminate the island. Because this space doubles as a workspace and eating area, lighting is crucial.

Now, how about those under-the-cabinet lights? That’s great for task lighting while you work and ambient lighting at night. Finally, take a look at the shelves. See how the top shelf is illuminated by top lighting?

Those are the little details that make a big difference in the results of a kitchen renovation project.

Next, take a look at this little detail that makes cooking so much easier.

Decora cabinet company offers many options when it comes to custom storage solutions. This Orange County kitchen renovation project incorporated a small pull-out cabinet next to the stove. Think of the steps you save when you have a mini-pantry right next to your cooking area! You know you need salt and pepper, but do you really want to leave them out on the countertop? Probably not. This little detail solves the problem.

Orange County Kitchen Remodel Experts

Are you ready to turn your dreams into reality? Then stop wishing and start planning.

Stop by the Inspired Remodels showroom and bring your lookbook. You may find a few items to add.

Then schedule a consultation. Inspired Remodels is more than just a kitchen remodeling company. You receive full design and build services. That means from the initial design (incorporating your showstoppers and details) to the final sweep of the broom, Inspired Remodels takes care of the entire process.

You have one point of contact and much less stress when you work with Inspired Remodels. Visit the Lake Forest Showroom, give us a call at (949) 716-1938 or Contact Us online to get your project started.