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Kitchen Remodeler Tips for a Contemporary Kitchen

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With so many restaurants closed due to COVID-19, Californians have a newfound respect for their kitchen. The right kitchen environment makes eating in almost as fun as eating out. Except you still must do the dishes. If you’re looking to update your kitchen, here are tips from an Orange County kitchen remodeler on creating a contemporary space.

Let’s Look at Lighting

Contemporary design focuses on space. And to show space you’ve got to have light. From a style point of view, lighting is important in any room.

It’s seriously important in the kitchen. After all that’s where you keep those sharp knives and boiling water.

To get that contemporary feel, you’ve got to have more than task lighting. Your lighting must accentuate the clean lines inherent in contemporary designs.

In the kitchen above, the recessed lights and overhead lights are simple geometric shapes. The down light pendants incorporate sleek, industrial lines. In addition to the natural light from the window and the under cabinet task lighting, you’ve got all the light you need day or night.

In this kitchen, the frosted glass cabinet doors on the upper cabinets reflect light from the recessed ceiling light.

Polished subway tile reflects under cabinet lighting.

When you reflect light, you double the amount of light you have.

Light makes areas appear larger than they are.

When you have a small space, you make it look larger with the simplicity of the contemporary design.

Shaker Simplicity

Shaker style may date back to the 18th century, but the Shaker’s love for simple design melds perfectly with the 2020 contemporary aesthetic.

Simple cabinet fronts and an updated industrial take on the traditional farmhouse sink borrow from the designs of yesteryear to create a completely contemporary kitchen.

Instead of focusing on color, a contemporary kitchen is awash in neutral tones.

You could even use it’s neutrality as a backdrop for a splash of bold color with a rug or decorative canisters. Just don’t get carried away.

Keeping it contemporary means keeping it simple.

Lines are crucial in good contemporary design. The goose neck faucet provides curving lines that contrast with the stark vertical and horizontals of the cabinet hardware.

Shaker cabinetry contributes clean, straight lines that are always at home in any contemporary design.

For this design, the kitchen remodeler replicated the Shaker lines on the cabinet fronts with the lines of the subway tile backsplash. You can’t go wrong with subway tile in a contemporary kitchen.

Same for the use of brushed nickle. Save the rubbed bronze for other styles. Brushed nickle is a cornerstone of a contemporary kitchen.

Contemporary Kitchen Remodeler

Inspired Remodels is the kitchen remodeler for your contemporary kitchen, French country, Mediterranean, or any other style you love.

You’re going to be spending more time in the kitchen. Make sure its a space and design you love. Inspired Remodels makes it happen.

Call (949) 716-1938 or Contact Us online to schedule your consultation.

Bathroom Remodeler Tips for an Awesome Bathroom

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Spa. Sanctuary. Retreat. Everyone is looking for it, everyone is talking about it. But can you define it? What comes to mind when you think of your own bathroom getaway? The answer is different for different people. A great bathroom remodeler gets that and doesn’t push the same design on every person. So no matter what you want, Inspired Remodels has some tips and ideas to make sure that your new bathroom fits your definition of spa, sanctuary or retreat.

Think Differently About Dual Sinks

Just because you want two sinks, it doesn’t mean you must put them together. Traditionally, dual sinks in a master bath or large secondary bathroom were installed in the same vanity.

You might take a wall and install a 60″ or 72″ vanity and top it with a countertop with two sinks. So, even though you’ve got two sinks, you still have two people side by side. Inspired Remodels thinks about space differently.

In the design above, a beautiful soaking tub divides two separate single vanities. Now this is creative thinking. What the bathroom remodeler did was create a space for two people but each person not only has their own space, they really get the feeling of their own space. Each user has a separate:

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Even though the space is smaller, the concept is the same. Two people can use the space and still feel like they have their own individual place.

In addition, this set-up takes advantage of the walls to provide each person their own personal towel loop. No sharing sinks, no sharing mirrors, and you don’t even have to share a towel.

This set up would be perfect for teens or children of any age that are sharing a bathroom.

Plenty of room to get ready for school in the morning.

No room for squabbling.

Certainly makes for a smoother morning routine.

Wood You Be Mine?

Would you be, could you be, won’t you be my neighbor. Mr. Roger’s song was about being a friend, but this design was all about getting friendly with wood.

Wait, except no one puts wood in a wet shower. But they do when the wood is actually tile.

These days, porcelain and ceramic tiles are fashioned to emulate almost any wood. Some are so realistic they incorporate the feel of wood grain.

This time the bathroom remodeler finished the freestanding soaking tub with faux ceramic wood tile.

The same tile is used on the floor of the bathroom.

Notice the floor of the shower in the picture above? That stone look tile isn’t stone. It’s ceramic and the color was very carefully selected to coordinate with the cabinetry in the room.

The cabinets have very clean lines as do the marble vanity tops. That’s why the extra touch of molding at the baseboards doesn’t look over the top.

Instead it’s just a finishing touch.

Orange County Bathroom Remodeler Makes Dream Rooms Reality

Stop dreaming about a new bathroom. Start planning one.

Call Inspired Remodels at (949) 716-1938 or use the online Contact form.

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Kitchen Contractor Tips for a Great Kitchen

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What makes a great kitchen great? Is the the gleaming floor, the smudge free fridge, or the whimsical backsplash? All of those elements may be present in a great kitchen. But you don’t need them to have a great kitchen. A great kitchen is great because it’s got an easy-to-use design and no space is wasted. Inspired Remodels is the Orange County kitchen contractor that knows what makes a great kitchen. Here’s a few tips to make your kitchen great.

Let There Be Light

You never stumble around in the dark in a great kitchen. A great kitchen makes the best use of natural light and adds in room lighting and task lighting.

Recessed lighting brightens the kitchen. Lights under the upper cabinets sneaks in additional task lighting. Who doesn’t want to see clearly when you’re slicing, dicing, and chopping?

Decorative lighting helps set the mood. Dimmer switches are great when your kitchen is part of an open concept area.

This kitchen uses decorative pendant lights to provide task lighting. Now that’s a lighting two-fer. Two-fers are great in the kitchen; they are the antithesis of the unitasker loathed by TV chef and cultural icon, Alton Brown. Unitaskers serve one purpose and take up valuable space.

Great Kitchens Make Great Use of Space

There’s not an inch of wasted space in a great kitchen. It’s one of the things that makes it so great.

Above, the slender space between the custom cabinets and stove was used for a small pull-out cabinet. Now you aren’t storing 10 pounds of rice here, but what are you doing with 10 pounds of rice any way?

It’s size and location make it perfect for salt, pepper, and any other spices and seasonings you might want to grab while using the cook top.

Another place space is frequently wasted is the lower cabinet kick space. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

A savvy kitchen contractor knows one way to turn a kitchen into a great space is to add a pull out step in place of a kick space.

This is particularly helpful for reaching the top shelves of upper cabinets. Even those that aren’t vertically challenged appreciate this type of convenience.

Or how about a kitchen island that doubles as a table? Once again, this kitchen contractor slayed the evil unitasker by making the island large enough to double as a table. A normal island doesn’t seat 6 comfortably. This one does.

The eat-in kitchen isn’t dead, it just looks different. It’s one of those things that makes a great kitchen great.

A Great Kitchen Contractor Crafts Great Kitchens

Inspired Remodels is a great kitchen contractor serving the Orange County area. They design and build great kitchens. And, they turn your inspired kitchen dreams into inspired remodeled kitchens.

Ready for your great kitchen or want more ideas? Call (949) 716-1938 or Contact Us online today.

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