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Custom Cabinets for Orange County Kitchens and Bathrooms

Inspired Remodels installs custom cabinets throughout Orange County. Get the most from your kitchen and bathroom space and opt for custom cabinetry. Because most Orange County kitchen and bathroom remodels involve semi-custom cabinets, the cost is probably less than you imagine.

Inspired Remodels offers custom cabinetry from three main brands: Schrock, Decora, and Waypoint.

Schrock Custom Cabinets

Schrock custom cabinets come to you proudly from Ohio. Feel good about including American-made products in your kitchen and bathroom remodel.

As part of the MasterBrand family of cabinet makers, Schrock operates as a semi-custom cabinet maker. This means the cabinets are made upon order, but feature your choice of cabinet door styles, finishes, hardware, and extra features.  By standardizing these features, they can deliver made-to-order cabinets at an affordable price point.

custom cabinet for kitchen in cherry finish

Functional End Cabinet from Schrock Cabinets

Look to Schrock for extras like appliance panels so your dishwasher disappears like magic, base microwave cabinets to free up valuable counter space, and functional end cabinets to recover what is often wasted space.

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Decora Custom Cabinets

If your design wishes include trendsetting finishes and special touches, look to Decora Cabinets. Like Schrock, Decora cabinets come from the American Midwest. But, instead of Ohio, Decora comes from Indiana.

Decora offers a wide range of colored cabinet finishes. In addition to traditional wood tones, Decora includes greens, blues, deep grays, and even a berry color option in their finish portfolio.

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In addition to a large variety of cabinet finishes, Decora offers moldings and decorative accents to complete the look of your custom kitchen or bathroom.

Waypoint Custom Cabinets

Waypoint comes from the American Woodmark company. This large cabinet manufacturer includes a portfolio of cabinet brands. If you’ve seen the Hampton Bay brand in a local Home Depot, you’ve seen American Woodmark products.

Waypoint serves as the custom cabinet arm of American Woodmark, making custom cabinets from hardwoods like cherry and maple. This isn’t the stock product you find in the big box store. They offer many cabinet styles and finishes. Look to Waypoint for many white and grey tones in addition to sage, navy blue, and black.

Designing Your Cabinets

As part of the design process, Inspired Remodels works with you to create a custom cabinet layout that maximizes kitchen or bath space while giving you that new, fresh updated look. It all starts with a consultation at our design studio. Schedule your appointment today and see how custom cabinets work for you.

 

4 Custom Kitchen Remodeling Ideas for 2024

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Trends come and go. Inspired Remodels keeps an eagle eye on kitchen remodeling trends so every kitchen they design and build is perfect for its time. Here are four custom kitchen remodeling ideas you need to incorporate for an updated 2024 kitchen.

Orange County General custom kitchen remodeling after featuring white statement hood over rangeStatement Range Hoods

The rarely noticed range hood works hard to vent odors and grease from the cooking area. It’s a dirty job, but as Mike Rowe says, “somebody’s got to do it.” In the past, range hoods suffered neglect from designers. Those days are gone!

custom kitchen remodeling after showing Marble kitchen countertops with black and white cabinetry

In 2024, these hoods will leave their shrinking violet heritage behind and make a bold statement.

Incorporate a statement range hood in your custom kitchen remodel and you’ll find it is a game changer.

 

Warmer Tones

Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2024, Peach Fuzz, sets the stage for warmer tones throughout the house. So, it’s no wonder that custom kitchen remodels incorporate warmer and moodier colors.

custom kitchen kitchen remodeling after photo stainless steel stove and hood with green, black & white backsplash

Warm green hues add a cozy vibe to a white & gray kitchen

Stark white-on-white kitchens aren’t the cream of the crop in 2024. While many stunning white kitchens come into being in 2024, the real winners will be those that opt for warm tones.

Think terracotta accents if you can’t wrap your head around peach.

Kitchen remodeling after creating open concept kitchen and built in eating area

Earthy tones bring coziness to large spaces

Opt for comforting tones for a cost and trendy kitchen. Luckily, these warm tones play well with mosaic tiles and a variety of cabinet and countertop colors.

Statement Backsplashes

Backsplashes traditionally put function over form. They prevent water, food, and grease from staining and sticking to kitchen walls.

Yeah, but one super-hot custom kitchen remodeling trend for 2024 lets the backsplash become fashion-forward.

Inspired Remodels led the way in 2023, incorporating statement backsplashes into their kitchen remodeling projects.

Now the backsplash provides an important design element in the kitchen remodel. Watch out bathrooms – you may be next.

Grey and white kitchen cabinetry with large island and stainless appliances

Colors, textures, and designs all play a part in creating a beautiful statement backsplash.  This trend also supports the final trend for 2024 – death of perfectly matched design elements.

Eclectic Elements

If you feel a need for every element of your kitchen to be a perfect match, 2024 might be a bad year for you. 

One of the hottest upcoming kitchen remodeling ideas for Orange County kitchens is a mix-and-match approach to everything from lighting to hardware.

Mixed metals add an eclectic touch

Even upper and lower cabinets stray from an everything must match aesthetic.

Mix up cabinet hardware. Install pulls here and knobs there. Heck, toss a few handles in for good measure.

Why must all walls be the same color?

Nothing customizes a kitchen like adding your own eclectic elements and when you do so in 2024, you’ll be riding a rising wave.

Comparing Custom Cabinets – Shaker versus Raised Panel

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When it comes to renovating Orange County kitchens, most homeowners split their preference for custom cabinets. Shaker door fronts remain popular, but raised panel custom cabinets are popular as well.

Let’s compare the two custom cabinet styles.

Green & white custom cabinets with black quartz countertops

Shaker Custom Cabinets

Shaker cabinets date back to the early 1800’s. The cabinet aesthetic grew from the Shaker’s commitment to designs that exhibited their belief in simplicity. The clean lines represent the purity that the Shakers sought in all corners of their lives – including their cabinets and furniture.

A simple center recessed panel sets Shaker cabinets apart from all others. At a glance, you recognize the Shaker style.

Teal and white custom cabinets in kitchen with white countertops and backsplash

On the plus side

Shaker custom cabinets offer the opportunity to customize by adding ornamental hardware. You can swap the look of the door by simply swapping out the hardware.

In addition, Shaker-style cabinets have a timeless appeal that won’t go out of style and will be a draw when selling the house.

Modern coastal kitchen design with black and white custom cabinets

On the negative side

Let’s face it, Shaker-style cabinets are popular. Really popular. Really, really popular. That means if you want your kitchen to stand out or you are a fan of Avant Garde design, stay away from these cabinets.  While Shaker custom cabinets can be finished in amazing colors, that recessed panel will still be an obvious design element.

Raised Panel Cabinets

Where Shaker cabinets feature a center recessed panel, raised panel cabinets veer into the more ornate. Think shaped, raised center panels accentuated by grooves and additional molding. They instantly add a more formal feel to any kitchen.

Raised panel-style cabinetry is newer than Shaker-style cabinetry. It only gained popularity at the beginning of the 21st century, when the modern kitchen was born. Artisans carefully routed and carved doors to create the iconic raised panels we treasure today.

On the plus side

Raised panel custom cabinets certainly elevate the look and feel of any kitchen. They provide an avenue for creating a posh, upscale feel to the room. In addition, you get the ultimate in customization. Bespoke panels and molding make your cabinets like no other.

On the negative side

All that ornamentation adds to the cost of materials and labor that go into the custom cabinets. That makes the price for raised panel cabinets generally higher than their Shaker counterparts. In addition, the nooks and crannies created by the ornamentation capture grease, dust, and food particles. This means they are slightly more difficult to clean.

Custom Cabinet Pop Quiz

Inspired Remodels works with all types of custom cabinets. Take a look at these kitchens and see if you can identify the Shaker cabinets from the raised panel cabinets.

 

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