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Orange County Flooring Contractor Gives 3 Reasons to Love Hard Floors

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This article was originally published on April 8, 2016. It has been updated to reflect the most current trends in Orange County flooring.

Wood, wood-look tiles, and bamboo flooring continue to be trendy.  Designers and homeowners love the way wood and bamboo flooring bring warmth to any room.  If you ask a flooring contractor, they will tell you the benefits of hard surface floors for almost any home.  Inspired Remodels, the expert flooring contractor in Orange County, shares 3 reasons to love hard surface flooring.

Hardwood stair flooring

Hard Flooring For Better Health

Hard surface flooring offers health benefits you just can’t ignore.  Every flooring contractor knows carpeting harbors dust, dust mites, pet allergens, mold spores, and pollen.  These substances comprise the most common household allergens. So, why would you ever put them in a house where people with allergies live?  Many companies offer products and surfaces to clean carpets. But no method or product can properly clean the carpet to the backing and remove allergens.  Most carpet cleaning methods end up making allergies worse as they leave carpets and rugs damp and promote the growth of mold.

When you clean a hard surface floor, it is clean.  While you might get mold growth in the grout between tiles (especially in a badly designed bathroom with poor circulation) mold will not grow on the tile itself.   Vacuuming, damp mopping, and dry mopping remove dirt, debris, and allergens from a hard surface floor. Cleaner floors result in better indoor air quality, fewer allergies, and better health.

Orange County flooring contractor uses wood-look tile to create spa feeling with white marble walls and white soaking tub

Ceramic and porcelain tile made to emulate wood creates a spa-like feeling to Orange County bathrooms. It looks like wood, some tiles even emulate the texture of wood grain, and only you will know its tile.

Hard Flooring is Easy to Maintain

Hard surface flooring such as wood, tile, polished cement, or stone is relatively easy to maintain.  It resists stains. You can track in dirt and debris and it can be easily removed by cleaning.

Spill wine on your tile floor and it wipes up.  No one cries over milk spilled on a wood, tile, or stone floor. Kitchens across Orange County cry out for hard surface floors!

With carpeting and rugs, you cry over every spill, every stain, and every footstep that dirties the surface.  Not so with hard surface flooring.

after bathroom remodel flooring contractor shows grey and white pattern tile flooring and blue vanity

Flooring Contractors Know Tile & Wood Flooring Lasts

When you hire a reputable Orange County flooring contractor like Inspired Remodels to install your floors, you know your flooring will last.  Wood and bamboo flooring require acclimation before installation. If your flooring contractor skips this step, prepare for problems. That’s never a worry with Inspired Remodels.

With proper care and cleaning, your tile and stone floors last for 20 years or more.  When wood floors become scuffed, scarred, and worn-looking, simply refinish them.

Can any carpet stand up to 20 years of daily use?  When it looks bad, can you refinish your carpet?

No, of course not! When you consider higher initial cost over a much longer life, you’ll agree with flooring contractors that hard surface flooring provides a cost-effective option.

Best Flooring from the Best Flooring Contractor

If you are thinking about new flooring for your Orange County home, talk to the best Orange County flooring contractors.  Make an appointment with Inspired Remodels.  Inspired Remodels is the Orange County flooring expert.

Inspired Remodels recommends a hard flooring surface that fits your style and budget.  Whether you need to replace the flooring in one room or the whole house, Inspired Remodels has you covered.

Need inspiration?  Let an Inspired Remodels designer help you pick the hard surface flooring right for you.

Contact us today.

7 Tips for a Spa Bathroom from Bathroom Designers

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Spas are known for luxury and pampering. You go in stressed out and emerge rejuvenated.  It’s possible to get an amazing bathroom spa that makes you feel as good as it looks.  The Orange County bathroom designers at Inspired Remodels hope these 7 tips inspire you.

bathroom designers achieve minimalist design with natural materials

Minimalist Style

All spas begin with a clean look.  Less is more should be your mantra. Minimalist style is not cold and industrial. When done properly it creates a serene ambiance and feel. For a restful aura begin with a minimalist style.

bathroom designers follow trend using natural colors to create serene look

Natural Palette

Spas get their inspiration from nature.  Let nature-inspired colors and materials be the basis of your design. You will get an organic look and a calming feel if you rely on:  beige, light brown, light green, and grey.  Use stone, wood, and tile materials.

Lighting

Don’t forget that your perfect spa bathroom also needs to be a place to get dressed and ready to tackle the day each morning.  The lighting that you need for make-up and shaving isn’t the same lighting you want for a spa experience.  Great bathroom designers know that the answer is dimmer controlled lights and recessed lights.  Use lighting that can be controlled independently.

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Crush the Clutter

Carry the minimalist style through to smaller elements. Clear all the clutter from the design.  Clutter causes stress. Ever notice that spas keep all supplies stored until they are needed?  Inspired Remodels are full service bathroom designers and can incorporate custom cabinets to organize and store toiletries. If your bathroom doesn’t have much storage, use decorative storage containers. They will give them an artistic look.

bathroom designers incorporate soaking tub for spa experience

Upgrade the Tub or Shower

Switch your conventional tub for a soaking tub.  Soaking tubs are smaller but deeper than traditional “bathing” bath tubs. These tubs are designed to soak away stress. Don’t want to wait for a tub to fill?  Upgrade your conventional shower to a steam shower with bench.  Just turn on the steam and plop down for 15 to 20 minutes of relaxing steam.  When you’re done just turn on the regular shower and rinse off.  You’ll swear you just went to the spa.  swap regular tub for a soaking tub – smaller but deeper.

Upgrade the Shower Head

Upgrade your shower head for a spa experience.  Pick from a large rain shower head or a massaging shower head.  Either will wash away stress as well as grime.  If you are installing a new shower, consider adding multiple shower heads and jets that can be controlled independently for a real shower massage experience.

Add Sound

For the ultimate in spa experience add mood setting sound.  Just use waterproof Bluetooth speakers designed for swimming pool use and then create a calming playlist for spa use only.  Include instrumental music and sounds from nature such as chirping birds and running water to create a calming experience.

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Inspired Remodels from Expert Orange County Bathroom Designers

Don’t try to get that spa experience by doing-it-yourself.  Hire the design/build experts at Inspired Remodels.  Their talented team of bathroom designers and crack construction crew can make the spa bathroom of your dreams a reality.  Need more ideas?  Check out this portfolio of great bathroom remodels. Grab the phone and call (949) 716-1938 to schedule an appointment today.  You have nothing to lose but an ugly bathroom.

 

 

Custom Cabinets for Any Room

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Custom cabinets are much more than boxes with doors to store shelves and drawers. And custom cabinets aren’t just for the kitchen. While they do bring a highly personalized functionality to kitchens, custom cabinets can be used in almost any room in the house. Custom cabinets are great for making odd shaped spaces usable or maximizing the storage space available.

Get the Benefits and Features You Want

Sure you can get cabinets from the big box home improvement stores, but you will be limited by what they want to sell you. When you opt for custom cabinets installed by Inspired Remodels, you get the cabinets with the benefits you want.

Did you know that custom cabinets can be built to any height? This is great news for any person that is very short or very tall. Why have your kitchen or bathroom countertops at average height when you are anything but average!

If you enjoy wine, you can have a wine storage cabinet built as part of your kitchen cabinetry. If you are into aromatherapy or essential oils, a storage rack can be added in the bathroom.

custom bookshelves and cabinets

Are you an avid reader? Custom bookshelves and cabinets can turn any room into your own personal library.

Custom Cabinet Builders are Not Designers

Custom cabinet builders are masters at carpentry. They can make the custom cabinets you want from quality materials using highly skilled methods. They will make cabinets that last for years. But they aren’t designers.

To incorporate custom cabinetry into your next remodel, you need to work with a designer. A designer will help you determine the overall look you want to achieve and then suggest a layout that meets your needs. They will help you coordinate materials and finishes for a cohesive appearance. A skilled designer can even mix custom cabinet finishes for a seamless flow from one room to another.

2 tone custom cabinets in kitchen

See how this design incorporates a light finish in the kitchen and a dark finish on the island that joins the two rooms? This look works because the custom cabinets are the same basic design, just the finish was varied.

Get Inspired Custom Cabinet Design with Inspired Remodels

When you are looking to remodel the kitchen, bathroom, living room or bedroom don’t overlook the value of custom cabinets.

If you need some inspiration, check out the Inspired Remodels portfolio of work. Inspired Remodels has been installing custom cabinetry in Orange County to the delight of homeowners. Inspired Remodels is a complete design and build construction firm. They can take your remodeling dreams and turn them into reality.

Call (949) 716-1938 and turn your home from meh to marvelous.