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Orange County Kitchen Remodel Planner

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A complete kitchen remodel represents a major investment of money and time spent without a kitchen. You don’t want to screw this up! If a new kitchen is on the horizon, take the time to lay the groundwork. Utilize online and offline kitchen remodel planner tools to make the most of your space and budget.

Start with Your Present Position

The longest trip starts with the first step. And before you go anywhere you must know your current location. A kitchen remodel is no different.

Start by drawing, either on paper or on the computer, a scale rendering of your existing kitchen. Be sure to notate elements such as electrical outlets, light switches, plumbing, HVAC and heating vents, windows, and doors.

Now, create a list of the things you dislike most about your kitchen. Is it lacking space or too dark? Do you feel it’s a Brady Bunch kitchen straight from the ’60s?

Get it all out! Begin the purge of those kitchen demons by identifying them.

Start Dreaming

Now that you’ve taken a cold, hard look at your present situation it’s time to dream. Create your wish list.

When you think about what you want in a kitchen remodel, identify broad goals first. These can be:

More storage
Room for an island
Eat-in area
Display cabinets
Better lighting
Additional prep areas

You know you’re on the right track when your wish list goals address those demons identified in step one of your kitchen remodel planner.

Now is the time to create your lookbook. This can literally be a binder or folder with clippings of kitchens that appeal to you or a special Pinterest board. When you see something appealing, save it, and determine what it is about the look that appeals to you. Is it the cabinet style or are there certain colors, finishes, or textures that appeal to you?

Not sure where to start? Stop by the Inspired Remodels showroom. Get inspiration from the pros who know what it takes to turn kitchen dreams into real dream kitchens.

Start planning with Online Kitchen Remodel Planner Tools

Take the This Old House cooking style quiz. It will help you determine how to best allocate your resources.

Use the Kitchenplanner.net tool to create a new kitchen layout complete with upper and lower cabinets and appliances. Or use RoomSketcher and create a new kitchen that you can visualize with a 3D rendering.

At this stage, you are solidifying your remodel elements in broad strokes.

Fix Your Budget and Pick a Partner

Once you know roughly what it is you want in your kitchen remodel, it’s time to look at the budget. Here’s when a kitchen remodel pro can help.

When you work with a design/build firm like Inspired Remodels, they partner with you through the entire process. So, when it comes to matching the goals and the budget, they know how to make it work. Think of them as the kitchen remodel planner and executor.

If you want drama but the budget is limited, they know how to add spectacular elements, like a focal-point backsplash, that produce the results you want.

Orange County Kitchen Remodel Planner and Remodeler

Do your homework.

Check references and make apples-to-apples comparisons on your kitchen remodeling quotes.

See what others say about your contractor.

A kitchen remodel represents a large investment. Make the most of it by planning carefully and working with the pros at Inspired Remodels.

What’s Happening with Custom Kitchen Remodeling

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Ready for a new kitchen in 2021? Look what Inspired Remodels has been doing with custom kitchen remodeling in Orange County. Get inspired or compare your ideas with what’s happening with other Orange County kitchen remodeling projects. Either way, 2021 is a great year for new cabinets, more meal prep or storage space, or the addition of a bar or wine storage.

Drink Where You Eat

Inspired Remodels finished a few custom kitchen remodeling jobs where the entire focus wasn’t on meal prep and dining. The kitchen provides a great space to incorporate a bar or a space for beverage storage. Check this out!

This Dove Canyon custom kitchen remodeling job includes a lovely and spacious wine storage space. Faux brick wall offers a rustic look. Refrigeration keeps wine and correct temperature and abundant lighting keeps the area looking spectacular.

A recent Mission Viejo custom kitchen remodeling project added a complete bar area off the kitchen. As a result of this upgrade, everyone delights in the stunning clean lines and subtle lighting.

Looking for small scale wine storage? So, install a built-in unit under the cabinet. Just dedicate the space of one cabinet and multiply wine storage space.

Herringbone Everywhere

In 2021, herringbone shows up everywhere. Find herringbone on backsplashes and floors. Herringbone provides an economical way to incorporate a chevron-like pattern. That’s because herringbone forgoes the mitered edges. Still, get a spectacular look.

Subway tile gets a new look! Seriously, staggering the tile in a herringbone pattern makes ordinary subway tile anything but ordinary.

Herringbone improves the look of planks on the floor as well. Add visual interest to your backsplash and floor elements with your next kitchen project.

Custom Kitchen Remodeling – Inspired Remodels Makes It Happen

Have a custom kitchen remodeling idea in mind? Then talk to Inspired Remodels and bring it to life. Inspired Remodels provides full-service design built general contracting services. As a result, you never worry about plumbers, carpenters, electricians, and other professionals needed to work on your kitchen.

Call (949) 716-1938 and schedule a consultation.

Custom Kitchen Remodeling 2020

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Custom kitchen remodeling is big in 2020. People are staying home more and eating at home more. The kitchen in 2020 must be functional and beautiful. If you’re thinking of custom kitchen remodeling, here’s what your neighbors are doing in Orange County.

Making the Most of What You Have

What makes a custom kitchen custom? It’s those little custom touches that set your kitchen apart from the others. Little things like designing for every inch of space.

Hidden drawers in the toe kick space provide a place for sheet pans and other flat items to snuggle in out of site. Wasted space becomes WOW space in an instant. Who would have thunk it? Inspired Remodels!

Of course, that space could be a built-in step stool.

Perfect for the vertically challenged.

And even for those that aren’t. Since most everyone needs help reaching those top-most cabinets, convert kick space into a pull-out step and easily reach those hard-to-reach uppers.

If you aren’t using the kick space for storage or step stools, then you aren’t making the most of what you have.

But those aren’t the only ways that custom kitchen remodeling can add little touches.

Pull-out spice racks and pantry shelves are another way to make the most of the space you have in the kitchen.

This space isn’t large enough for a full-size cabinet. While some custom kitchen remodeling contractors may just cover the space with a false front, not Inspired Remodels.

This Orange County kitchen makeover made the highest and best use of all space available.

Spices and herbs are stored in a pull-out spice rack that’s large enough to accommodate even the largest selection of flavorings.

Enhance the food and enhance the cooking experience. That’s the Orange County kitchen in 2020.

Kitchen Islands are Cool

2020 has everyone dreaming of an island getaway. In the kitchen. That’s because kitchen islands are hot. But the hottest kitchen islands keep their cool through the use of color, texture, and surface elements.

This kitchen island keeps its cool through the use of a pale paint color. It’s a spectacular complement to the white and stainless steel tones used elsewhere in the kitchen.

White marble on the island countertop reduces the visual temperature by 10 degrees. The CFL lights in the fixtures above provide light without heat. Cool.

Now this kitchen island was built with a busy cook in mind. It forms an essential part of the kitchen triangle during food prep.

Then once the meal is ready to eat, it provides a spacious spot to savor the latest creation.

With seating for four, this island doesn’t run the cook ragged as serving and clean up are a cool breeze.

Clean lines from the Shaker-style cabinets and brushed nickel hardware also contribute to the cool, clean look.

Custom Kitchen Remodeling in Orange County

For custom kitchen remodeling in Orange County, look no further than Inspired Remodels.

Whether you stop in the showroom to browse or meet with a designer, you’ll get a warm, socially distant greeting. It is 2020 after all.

You’ll also get inspired to turn those remodeling dreams into reality. Call (949) 716-1938, Contact Us online, or stop in our Lake Forest showroom.