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Interior Remodeling with Fireplaces? Yes, Please!

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Cozy time is coming! Our Orange County climate offers cool nights, perfect for cuddling up to a fireplace. Whether you want a functional fireplace for heat or just looking to add ambiance, Inspired Remodels never forgets the fireplace when interior remodeling.

Irvine interior remodel converts fireplace to electric

Surrounded by Design

Too often the fireplace mantle and hearth get all the design love. But this Irvine interior remodeling forgoes both. Instead, of a traditional mantle, wood molding takes its place. The result is clean and classic as a Roman column. While there’s still space to display a few items, the molding combination is the real design element.  And instead of a traditional hearth, the flooring comes right up to the fireplace front. When you aren’t burning wood, there’s no need to worry about embers.  Because the hearth protects from embers, when you get rid of the embers you eliminate the need for a hearth. A herringbone tile front finishes the look.

elements of interior remodeling move outside in Mission ViejoNotice how this patio fireplace retains a gas flame and thus retains a traditional hearth. And that raised hearth really elevates this fireplace. Literally and figuratively. Inside or out, there’s no need for a fireplace to be at floor level.

interior remodeling adds rustic stone fireplace

This rustic, wood-burning fireplace also features a raised hearth. The look of stacked stone is perfect for French Country or Mission-inspired interior remodeling projects. And once again, molding takes the place of a traditional hearth. 

interior remodeling updates fireplace with stacked stone

Interior Remodeling Updates Fireplaces Too!

Maybe you have a fireplace you feel doesn’t fit your sense of style. Or maybe it’s time to update your fireplace. Yes, that’s right – update your fireplace.

Inspired Remodels not only installs fireplaces but can also completely change the look of your existing fireplace. By adding moldings, changing the hearth, or refacing the fireplace your fireplace will be completely transformed.

In this fireplace, a light-colored stacked stone front provides a more modern look. The more traditional mantle gets a facelift with additional molding. And, everyone looks better with a new coat of paint.  This fireplace is ready to keep homeowners feeling the love for years to come.

This fireplace received a similar treatment. New stacked stone, an updated hearth, and fresh moldings and paint complete the look. The fireplace now serves as a focal point for the room, not a tired eyesore.

Sometimes that fireplace gets lonely. This interior remodeling project added custom cabinets on both sides of the fireplace. The entire wall makes a statement. Rustic stacked stone pairs perfectly with the simplicity of the Shaker-inspired cabinet doors. It’s a design that beckons you to take a book from the shelf and curl up in the chair and enjoy a fire.

Interior Remodeling and Design Services in Orange County

From kitchen and bathrooms to patios and fireplaces, Inspired Remodels offers full-service interior remodeling and design services in Orange County.

Inspired Remodels uses a design-build approach to take the hassle out of interior remodeling. You enjoy one point of contact and the assurance of knowing everyone is working from the same playbook.

 

5 Amazing Bathroom Remodels – 1 Orange County Bathroom Contractor

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Inspired Remodels creates amazing bathrooms to suit any style or taste. It’s easy for an Orange County bathroom contractor to fall into a rut, same design over and over again. Not so with Inspired Remodels. No two homeowners are the same. So, no two bathroom remodels should be the same either. Here’s a peek at the variety of work that’s happening in Orange County bathrooms.

Ladera Ranch Master Bath

A well-functioning bathroom begins with careful consideration of who will use the space and how the room will be used. In this case, the “master” bath serves the master and the lady of the house as well.  Dual sinks, a double vanity, two mirrors, a shower, and a soaking tub meet the needs of both. With Inspired Remodels, you get more than an Orange County bathroom contractor, you get a bathroom designer as well. And because function forms design, the resulting room looks great and works wonderfully as well.

Orange County bathroomm contractor adds a shower bench to a Ladera Ranch bathroom

The built-in bench is perfect for personal grooming or just sitting and taking in the steam. The beautiful gray river rock reflects the natural beauty of the Ladera Ranch community. Not only does it bring interest to the shower floor, but it turns the niche from a functional storage spot to a focal point.

The simplistic but elegant look of the shower extends to the dual sinks and vanity. Here you find plenty of space, lighting, and storage to accommodate two people. Whether getting ready to go to the office, attend the next Zoom call, or enjoy a night on the town, two will never be a crowd in this bathroom.

Lighting Up Laguna Niguel

When you don’t have much space, an Orange County bathroom contractor must pull out all the tricks for making a small space look large.

Inspired Remodels knows that light is key to opening up a space. This Laguna Niguel bathroom remodel combines strong natural light and reflective surfaces to trick the eye into seeing space as larger than life.

Orange County bathroom contractor uses reflective tile to make small bathroom look large

By placing the vanity near a window, you maximize the use of natural light. White makes everything look larger. So, white cabinets and a white vanity open the room up. White tiles on the accent wall reflect light back making the appearance of even more space.

Of course, the show stopper is the door. Notice how the shape of the tile is duplicated on the design of the door? When one element of a room flows to the next, it flawlessly brings the eye with it. Everything appears just a bit larger than life.

Mixing, Matching, and Making it Real

Inspired Remodels is the Orange County bathroom contractor that’s not afraid to mix things up when a homeowner wants that special eclectic look.

Who says cabinet hardware and faucets must be matchy matchy? Not this homeowner and Inspired Remodels agrees. The black accents provided by the black cabinet and drawer hardware perfectly complement the tile floor. The sink faucet finish and the door hardware work with the color palette beautifully. This room would be boring with a faucet, door handle, and cabinet hardware that matched. A floor tile this amazing deserves an amazing supporting cast.

 And finally, something completely different. The beauty of stacked stone, the elegance of ebony cabinets and mirrors create a bathroom filled with serenity.

The Only Orange County Bathroom Contractor You Need

As a design/build firm, Inspired Remodels provides all the services you need for a complete bathroom remodel. As a design firm, they work with you to create a truly inspired space. Helping you select the right elements and just the right finishes and color palette to achieve the look you want.

As a general contractor, they make it happen.

Inspired Remodels is the only Orange County bathroom design and remodel company you ever need.

Orange County Flooring Contractor Shares 3 Ways Hard Floors are Better

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Flooring for your home represents a significant financial outlay. Anytime you spend that much money, you want to know you are getting the best product for your home and health. So what floors are the best? Hard flooring in any form is the healthiest choice. Inspired Remodels, a popular Orange County flooring contractor shares why hard floors make the healthiest homes.

cat sitting on carpet

A cat and carpet together are not a good idea

Reason 1 – Hard Flooring Reduces Allergens

Hard floors make healthier floors because they reduce the number of allergens in your home. Place carpets and rugs on your floors and install allergen magnets.

Textile flooring collects dust, pollen, molds, dust, dust mites, and pet allergens. Then, each time a person walks on the carpet or rug, their feet send a cloud of allergens up into the air. Even if you run HEPA air cleaners, you aren’t going to collect all the allergens.

Orange County flooring contractor installs wood look tile in kitchenThat allergen cloud wafts up to sensitive noses and soon there’s sneezing, wheezing, coughing, and watery eyes. Textile flooring might be a good look for the floor, but it’s not a good look for your health.

And these days, everybody is concerned about health.

Wood, stone, and tile flooring refuse to collect allergens. They just won’t do it. That’s because they are easy to clean. This leads us to reason number 2.

Hard floors and cats are a better idea

Reason 2 – Hard Flooring is Easy to Keep Clean

Hard floors provide no place for dirt or allergens to hide. Unlike textile flooring with fibers, nooks, and crannies, hard flooring offers a smooth surface.

Whether you vacuum or damp mop, you’ll remove the dirt. Where vacuuming carpets sends dust flying, vacuuming hard floors with a horsehair brush dislodges dust without making it airborne.

Carpeting represents multiple layers of textiles. Not only does the carpet collect dirt, but dirt falls between the fibers to the padding underneath. Face it, you are never going to clean that padding. You can pay someone to clean your carpet, but it won’t really be clean. And, the padding stays dirty.

Clean a wood, tile, or stone floor and it is really clean. And it will stay clean longer provided you remove your shoes before coming inside.

Orange County flooring contractor installs bamboo flooring

Reason 3 – Hard Flooring Improves Planet Health

For the most part, textile flooring comes from synthetic materials. These materials are carbon-based. Oil and minerals are extracted, refined, processed, and spun to create fibers. It consumes vasts amounts of energy and isn’t renewable.

Compare that with bamboo flooring. Bamboo flooring provides the most eco-friendly option in hard flooring. Any Orange County flooring contractor in the know knows that bamboo beats other hardwoods when it comes to hardness. Bamboo harvested from managed farms renews in 5 to 7 years. You can’t say that for an oak tree.

Ceramic tile is also eco-friendly. Yes, it is mined but unlike carpet, ceramic lasts up to 50 years. So you enjoy many years of use when compared to carpeting or other textile floorings that must be continually replaced.

Orange County Flooring Contractor Knows Flooring

Talk to Inspired Remodels about your flooring needs. Inspired Remodels is the Orange County flooring contractor that matches your lifestyle and budget to the best flooring for your home.

Stop by the showroom, call (949) 716-1938, or Contact Us online.

From flooring to fixtures and finishes, Inspired Remodels is Orange County’s premier home remodeling company.

Psst – need a little inspiration? Check out the portfolio of Orange County flooring projects.