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Bathroom Remodeler Gets Creative with Tile

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Inspired Remodels, the inspired Orange County bathroom remodeler, has been getting creative with tile. Take a look at these recent jobs and you won’t look at tile the same way again.

Pebbles

Natural materials are so incredibly cool. That’s why they are hot. In the bathroom, pebbles bring to mind visions of bubbling brooks and babbling streams. Water and rock are paired in nature. That’s all the inspiration Jason and Joe Mueller need to create amazing bathrooms.

This soaking tub is perched on a pad of pebble tiles. The contrast with the wood is pleasing to the eye because wood and stone complement each other. Wood, water, and stone. It’s the beauty of the forest stream in your bathroom. Now your eyes may not see a forest stream, but your soul senses the spirit.

Pebbles are the basis of this shower floor and also provide an accent stripe on the wall. Once again, its wood, water, and rock. Except this time, the wood is tile. Just close your eyes and you are transported from your Orange County bathroom to the outdoors, showering peacefully in nature. It’s inspired!

Wouldn’t You Know – It’s Not Wood

While wood provides natural beauty to the bathroom, it’s not terribly practical. Water ruins wood. It softens wood. Water promotes the growth of mold and wood fibers provide the food for fungus to grow. That’s the last thing you want in the bathroom, mold growth. Water also causes wood to swell. So, Inspired Remodels is the bathroom remodeler that gets wood looks into the bathroom without using wood. They use tile!

These tiles so perfectly emulate wood many of them even have grain and texture. Your toes won’t know it’s not wood, your eyes won’t know it’s not wood, but your mop will know for sure it’s not wood. Wood look tile is cleaned like standard, ceramic or porcelain tile. Get out the vacuum, get out the mop, get out the Swiffer. However you prefer to clean, you can use that method to clean this wood-look tile.

Like the look of reclaimed or distressed wood but not the price tag? Wood-look tile is the perfect solution. You get the historic, rustic feeling without breaking the bank.

This tile gives you the look of reclaimed wood with the price and ease of care of tile. As a bonus, it’s much easier and more practical to install radiant heat under tile floor. Wood expands and contracts under heat. While it’s possible to install radiant heat under some wood floors, it’s not practical for all wood floors.

Radiant heat is perfect for keeping the chill in the bathroom at bay. Tile and radiant heat are easy to install together. Wood-look tile allows you to get the warmth of radiant heat and and warm look of wood without the hassle of actual wood floors.

Inspired Bathrooms Start with an Inspired Bathroom Remodeler

Need a little inspiration for your next bathroom remodel? Contact Inspired Remodels. Want to freshen up a guest bath, redo a half bath, remodel a shower, or create a new master bath spa? Harness the creativity of Inspired Remodels. From pebbles, to wood-look, to the latest pattern tiles, Jason and Joe make your dreams reality.

Call (949) 716-1938 or Contact Us online today.

Its the Little Things That Count for This Kitchen Contractor

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Does your kitchen contractor have an eye for the little things? Those simple touches that make the difference between a vanilla remodel and an inspired remodel? If Jason and Joe Mueller from Inspired Remodels are on the job you don’t have to worry. Their kitchen remodels incorporate the little touches that make every job custom.

Get the Lighting Right

Dimmable lights

This Trabuco Canyon remodel combines natural and artificial light to create a space that provides practical lighting for work and mood lighting for play. Natural light streams in through the window above the sink when wanted. Fabric blinds block the light when it’s not.

Under cabinet lighting is perfect for tasks such as mixing, cutting, and other activities where you really need to see what you are doing. Ever struggled to read a measuring cup? If so, then you know adding just the right amount and type of light is important. Your kitchen contractor should know this too.

When it comes to mood lighting, it might be tempting to use lights in the top of decorative cabinets. Resist the temptation. If shelves are solid, only the top shelf will get the light right. However, this remodel worked with a local carpenter to ensure the cabinets showcased their wares with backlights. Each shelf is illuminated. It’s just one of those little details an inspired kitchen contractor incorporates. Dimmable switches are another nice touch. If your kitchen is part of an open concept design, controlling the light from the kitchen area is important. Dimming switches make that possible.

Form Meets Function and Creates Fashion

Kitchens are work rooms. No matter if you are a daily gourmet chef or a week-end waffle wielding Brunch artist, your kitchen provides room to cook and eat. That means its a room that must be above all, usable. The right kitchen contractor incorporates those little things that not only make a room easier to use, they make it easier to look at. For example, this same Trabuco Canyon remodel needed to incorporate in-kitchen eating space. So, the island does double duty. No big deal, but what is a big deal are the additional footrests. These bring beauty to the space with their simple design and add function because it keeps shoes off the cabinets. Adults and children alike are guilty of scuffing island cabinets when eating. Instead of the owner spending time cleaning and repairing shoe damage to the surface, the kitchen contractor spent just a little time and material to incorporate a footrest. See, it’s just those little things that make a difference.

The Kitchen Contractor for Orange County Remodels

Inspired Remodels is the kitchen contractor for inspired Orange County remodels. No touch is too small, no request is too large. Talk to Inspired Remodels about how you use your kitchen space and let them plan a remodel that’s truly inspired. Call (949) 716-1938 or Contact Us online today.

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Shower Remodeling is Just Part of this Spa Retreat

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Refreshing or remodeling the bathroom is a perfect time to incorporate a spa feel. And everyone wants a bathroom environment to help them wind down at the end of a day. Shower remodeling is an important part of any remodel, and when you use the right materials it imparts a spa retreat feel. Combine the right materials and get the right look. Let Inspired Remodels show you how.

Shower Remodeling for Spa Decor

Spa feel starts with lighting. Rimless glass design of this shower maximizes the natural light available through the frosted window.

Spas make free use of natural materials like stone and wood. These aren’t practical for a bathroom retreat that gets heavy use. But that doesn’t mean wood and stone are out. You just get creative with alternative materials.

This shower may look like wood but it’s not. Ceramic and porcelain tiles are now available that emulate wood. They are so close to natural wood only Mother Nature will know for sure.

You’ll know the surface stands up to the heat and moisture of the shower without warping, cracking, or fading. Because it is installed with minimal grout, its easy to keep clean. The fewer surfaces for mold to grow the better in any bathroom.

Arizona Tile brings warmth to any room with its line of Aequa tile. This wood look porcelain is manufactured specifically for use in showers, steam rooms, pool, and steam showers. It has the look and texture of real wood with the durability and maintenance requirements of tile.

Of course it wouldn’t be a spa shower without a rain shower head!

Soaking Tub Sensation

Of course it’s not a real spa bathroom without the obligatory soaking tub. But this bathroom didn’t incorporate just any tub. This soaking tub is spectacular. The clean lines reinforce the simplicity of the spa bathroom. The pure white contrasts perfectly with the warmth of the wood cabinetry while still complementing the washed wood tile. Space is saved by utilizing the lower portion of the shower as the water wall for the tub.

Continuing the wood tile on the wall continues the spa look.

Spa Cabinets

While the shower remodeling set the tone for the bathroom, the new cabinets added more than substance. They added warmth. Light wood cabinets might make this space appear cold. That’s the opposite of what you want in a spa remodel. Your spa look must be relaxing and inviting. That’s the mood established by the dark toned cabinets.

The whimsy of the drawer and cabinet pulls adds charm to this spa retreat.

Ready for Shower Remodeling Like this Laguna Niguel Home?

If you are ready to turn your bathroom into a spa retreat, then you are ready for Inspired Remodels. Inspired Remodels elevates shower remodeling to an art form.

Call (949) 716-1938 or Contact Us online today to find out how we turn inspired dreams into inspired shower remodeling reality.

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