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4 Orange County Kitchen and Bath Contractors 2025 Trends

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Orange Couty kitchen and bath contractors like Inspired Remodels constantly scan the horizon for new design trends. They then separate the flash-in-the-pan fads from enduring trends. For example, biophilic design continues in everything from flooring choices to décor.

Here are four kitchen and bathroom remodeling trends gaining traction and coming on strong in 2025. Incorporate these ideas into your design for function, beauty, and lasting style.

Large Islands

Kitchen islands started as additional space for food prep tasks. They slowly evolved into additional spaces for cooking and cleaning.

Now, supersized islands double as in-kitchen dining areas. Large islands serve as the base for your holiday buffet and home of weeknight dinners.

No longer the spot to grab a bowl of cereal before school or work, they literally serve as the proverbial kitchen table.

Furniture-style legs on islands evoke memories of dine-in kitchens of the past.

But today’s kitchen dining surfaces include easy-care surfaces.

If you add an island to your kitchen in 2025, super-size it!

Color in the Kitchen and Bath

Sure, grey remains a favored neutral along with white. But in 2025, color comes on stronger than in 2024.

Instead of a blast of in-your-face color, new hues debut in contrasting upper or lower cabinets. Backsplash areas transform into palettes for colorful tiles and exquisite patterns.

Take inspiration from our beautiful and varied Orange County environment (in a nod to biophilic design). Cool blues and greens pay homage to our beautiful seaside; while tans, rust, beige, and brown pull inspiration from the mountain landscape.

Kitchen and bath contractors tell you that even the choice of wood provides an opportunity to incorporate more color in the kitchen or bath.

Minimalist and Scandinavian Design

Spa-like bathrooms take inspiration from Asian aesthetics. In 2025, the pivot to Scandinavian design continues. No, not Ikea. But clean, minimalist spaces that serve as sanctuaries.

Floating vanities grace en-suite bathrooms as well as secondary bathrooms and half baths. Their visual magic makes small spaces look larger.

Linen-look flooring and light-colored flooring contribute to the Scan visual appeal.

Minimalism doesn’t mean industrial or austere. Find pure beauty in simple kitchen and bath design.

Mixed Metals

Mixing metals like brass, chrome, and matte black is a trend that adds depth and character to your bathroom. This combination creates visual interest.

Plumbing hardware no longer determines cabinet hardware.

Even kitchen and bath hardware mix it up.

Want to do a quick update without a complete remodel? Update the fixtures or cabinet hardware and then mix those metals!

Inspired Orange County Kitchen and Bath Contractors

For an inspired kitchen or bath remodel, look to Inspired Remodels. These Orange County kitchen and bath contractors create functional and beautiful spaces.

From one room to the whole house, their design and build approach gives you a single point of contact and reduced friction.

Schedule a consultation today.

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Orange County Kitchen Remodeler Storage Tips

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A kitchen update offers the perfect opportunity to maximize space in the kitchen. One Orange County kitchen remodeler shares 4 tips to incorporate to improve storage. Incorporate one or all of these tips to add storage to your kitchen.

Pullout Storage

Drawers and pull-outs make storage and access easy. Storage drawers allow you to better utilize the space than a base cabinet with a shelf. That’s so old hat.

Modern kitchens swap base cabinets for pull-out drawers for pots, pans, and pantry items. Base cabinets fitted with pull-out hardware store pots, pans, mixing bowls, and other kitchen essentials.
Inspired Remodels created this storage for the homeowner’s beloved stand mixer.

Open Shelves

Convert unused wall space into storage space with open shelves. Not only do open shelves add storage, but these days they provide an important design element. Use open shelves to display decorative serving pieces or be a spot for your best drinkware.

When used with decorative lighting, open shelves also make small kitchens feel larger. Where upper cabinets suck the air out of small spaces, open shelves expand the look of the kitchen.

Whether you use open shelves as décor or storage, be sure to include them in your kitchen remodel.

Built-In Trash & Recycling Storage

Base cabinets easily convert into ideal spaces to hide trash and recycling bins. The limited size forces you to empty the bins more often, but that’s not a bad thing. You’ll enjoy fresher air because rubbish doesn’t linger in the kitchen. Odors don’t have a chance.

Simply add hardware to create a pull-out rack for the trash and the recycling bin and store it out of sight. Metal hardware slides easier than wood racks.

Utilize Toe Kick

Too often, the toe kick area gets ignored in a kitchen remodel. Many kitchen remodelers see this as empty space, not storage space.

However, the toe kick offers the perfect space to store flat items (think baking sheets and racks). It also serves as a hiding spot for a pull-out step stool. Either way, make use of the toe kick area in at least one base cabinet for additional storage.

Inspired Orange County Kitchen Remodeler

Get an inspired remodel when you partner with Inspired Remodels. As a kitchen remodeler, whole house remodeler, and overall general contractor you are in good hands. Their design and build approach to remodeling and renovating provides you a single point of contact through the entire process. Less stress for you and a streamlined process that improves communication for everyone. Schedule a consultation today.

Orange County General Contractor Finds and Creates Dream Homes

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Did you know that Orange County’s trusted home remodeling team also helps you buy and sell homes too? It’s true, Inspired Remodels the Orange County general contractor that creates dream spaces also helps you buy and sell as well. Through a partnership with a sister company, Inspired Realty, Joe Mueller acts not only as an Orange County general contractor but as a real estate broker as well.

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

The Clash rocked and jammed as they asked the question, “Should I stay or should I go now?”. Homeowners looking to upgrade or remodel major portions of their homes often ask the same question.

Maybe you need another bedroom or bathroom to accommodate a growing family or need renovations to make the home accessible for older family members.

If you love your neighborhood and have room for additions, Inspired Remodels provides all the general contractor services required for a full home remodel and update from top to bottom.

New bedrooms, new bathrooms, new kitchen, decorative stair railings, and updated flooring give an older house a new look. La Cantina doors that unite indoor living without outdoor entertaining double usable space. Inspired Remodels converts run-of-the-mill homes to family retreats.

Finding Your Dream Home

So, whether you opt for remodeling or moving, Inspired Remodels and Inspired Realty stand at the ready.
Tell the team about your dream home. If your existing home lacks the potential to realize your vision, you’ll find out. Then between Inspired Remodels and Inspired Realty, you’ll get all the help you need to get your existing home ready to sell and find your new home in the community you want.

When Joe takes off his Orange County general contractor hard hat and puts on his Orange County real estate broker polo shirt, he’s ready to scout for the perfect property for you.

Feel free to focus on the floorplan while Joe shares his vision for what the space can become. Most real estate agents lack the vision to see a home through the eyes of a general contractor.

Take out this wall, change this stairway, open up this room, and add windows, doors, or patios. The contractor sees what is possible and the realtor sees how to procure the property.

Orange County General Contractor Also Offer Real Estate Services

So, now you know. Inspired Remodels and Inspired Realty offer everything you need to sell a home, find a new home, or convert your existing home into the place of your dreams.

Share your vision and then find out whether it makes sense to stay or go. Either way, Inspired Remodels and Inspired Realty remain at the ready to help.