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Flooring Contractor Dishes on Top 3 2024 Flooring Trends

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Whether you plan to renovate an entire room or just update the flooring this year, you’ll want to select something trending. Inspired Remodels, an Orange County flooring contractor, shares the top 3 trends for Orange County flooring

Hardwood Still Hot

Nothing can be finer than to be with Carolina hardwood in the morning. Well, that’s not exactly how the song goes, but the sentiment remains strong.

Nothing is finer than hardwood flooring in the morning, as well as mid-day and night. And the wider the plank, the better.

Ask any Orange County flooring contractor and they will tell you hardwood flooring tops the list for durability and beauty.

These days, hardwood flooring adorns kitchen floors too! Advances in floor finishing create hardwood floors that stand up to the rigors of kitchen life.

In almost any room except the bathroom or laundry room, hardwood reigns supreme, and wood-look porcelain tile serves as its queen.

Warm Tones Heating Up

Using warm tones heats up in 2024. Cool tones still make an appearance, but now they are used in cabinets and countertops.

Look no further than the floor to find a little warmth.

Warm tones found in tile, stone, and wood make their mark on 2024 designs. They set a table where even little pops of color stand out.

Whether it’s the floor of the bathroom shower or the kitchen or entryway floor, you’ll find warm tones abound.

Neutral Tones for the Bathroom

Move over greige, taupe takes the lead. While grey and warm tones continue as the base of popular palettes, taupe takes the market head-on.

Any flooring contractor in the know understands taupe brings a super-power few other colors possess. Its chameleon-like characteristics allow it to transform color based on the colors around it.

Put taupe tiles near off-white or gray cabinets and they appear gray. However, take the same taupe tile and place it near oak or other light wood cabinets (Shaker of course), and voila, you have a brown or beige-looking tile.

Ask the Orange County Flooring Contractor

Got questions about Orange County flooring trends? Ask the experts at Inspired Remodels. Whether it’s one room or the entire house, Inspired Remodels stays on top of Orange County flooring trends as well as design trends in general.

Orange County Flooring Contractor Floors Trends 2024

Inspired Remodels, a leading Orange County flooring contractor, never stops looking forward. Orange County homeowners thinking of new floors for the new year, should take a look at these trends for 2024. And when it comes time to hire a flooring contractor, don’t forget to look at Inspired Remodels.

Dark Floors

Dark flooring doesn’t have to be intimidating when it comes to interior design. Brightening up a space is as simple as using a lighter color scheme in other areas. If you’re installing black flooring throughout an entire room, for instance, a rug in a light color like beige, cream, or white would be a nice accent. This won’t take away from the floor, but rather add brightness to an otherwise dim area.

Paint walls a light color and instantly the room appears taller and more spacious.

Notice how light paint on the walls and light subway tile in the shower combine with the dark floor to make this bathroom appear more spacious and airy. You also enjoy a bit of drama with dark floors. Replace those dark floors with light tile and the drama melts away.

Timeless Stands

When a flooring contractor says “timeless”, they mean it. Some things really never go out of style.

What was timeless in 2014 stays timeless in 2024. Neutral tones rock floors through the decades. With beige, natural, neutral, and grey floors you have a timeless base for building a variety of styles.

This white and blue kitchen fits today’s interior style trends. But as styles for cabinet finishes and countertops come and go, the grey floor remains timeless.

Popular for Resale

Buyers want hardwood floors. Planks may get wider, but the demand for hardwood floors doesn’t fade away.

When it comes to recouping your money, wood flooring reigns supreme. Whether you go with the walnut featured above or pick a hickory or oak floor, you’ll make an investment in home value.

National Association of Realtors estimates that you recover 106% of the cost in added resale value. That’s more than completing a kitchen or bathroom remodel. If you think selling your home is on the 2024 or 2025 horizon, add wood floors now and beat inflation. You’ll pay less now and get more in the future.

Stone and Wood

Natural building materials add timeless charm to any design. In 2024, both stone and wood play well together in almost any combination.

Stone on the wall and wood on the floor? Check!

Stone on the floor and barn door wood? Check!

No matter how you pair these two materials in 2024, you’ll love the results.

Orange County Flooring Contractor, Home Remodeler and More

Inspired Remodels serves as a complete design-build contractor. When you work with Inspired Remodels, you get more than the services of a flooring contractor. You get one point of contract from the start of the design phase, through construction, down to the final post-construction clean-up.

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.

An Inspired Kitchen Renovation Starts with Inspired Remodels

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Stop by the Inspired Remodels showroom and see the latest in kitchen renovation fashion.