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Orange County Flooring Contractor Shares Floors You’ll Love

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Flooring presents an important design element in any remodel or renovation. Whether it’s the kitchen, bathroom, or living area the right flooring literally sets the stage for the rest of the design. Inspired Remodels, the Orange County flooring contractor that’s wowing their clients with stunning designs shares 5 floors you’ll love forever.

Gray is Great

Gray flooring is great in the great room, the kitchen, or the bathroom. That’s because gray floors create a neutral palette and give you tremendous possibilities when decorating the rest of the room.

As a flooring contractor, Inspired Remodels loves the lasting appeal of gray floors. They know as trends come and go, homeowners can paint and bring in new furniture and the floors will still match.

Contemporary and modern décor finds a home in a home with grey wood floors. From ash to bamboo, many hardwoods come in gray finishes.

Grey is great for natural marble and makes a beautiful tile for the bathroom or family room.

And when it comes to tile, the sky is the limit.

Patterns are Perfect

Tile, wood, and laminate flooring provide an extra way for a flooring contractor to get creative – patterns.

The herringbone pattern finds its way into hallways, bathrooms, and bedrooms. Herringbone patterns bring a Chevron-like look without the expense and waste of cutting a Chevron pattern.

Some hardwood flooring companies even offer pre-cut chevron planks, to the delight of homeowners and flooring contractors everywhere.

Tiles big and small are laid in a herringbone pattern. Inspired Remodels never runs from a pattern so you can enjoy the look of the flooring material as well as a unique installation pattern.

And when it comes to tile, the pattern is half the design. Octagons are awesome and contrasting colors make the perfect edge pieces.

Inspired Remodels applies the same creative flair they use to design show-stopping tile backsplashes and showers to Orange County floors and homeowners are loving it.

One Flooring Contractor – Many Floors

Whether you are into tile, laminate, hardwood, bamboo, or even carpet all you need is one flooring contractor.

Don’t worry about one contractor for the bathroom tile and another for the bedroom bamboo. Just trust Inspired Remodels for all your flooring needs.

Schedule a flooring consultation today!

Flooring Contractor Recommends Hard Surface Floors for Orange County Homes

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Wood, wood look tiles, marble, and porcelain tiles dominate remodeling trends for at least 10 years now. And that’s for good reason. Some designers and decorators are starting to introduce carpeting again. But Inspired Remodels, the expert flooring contractor in Orange County still recommends hard surface floors. There are many reasons to love hard floors. Here are three:

Hard Flooring Improves Air Quality

Californians concern themselves with air pollution. But most of the focus is on the outside air. Breather cleaner indoor air when you have hard surface floors.

Carpeting provides a safe harbor for dust, dust mites, pet allergens, mold spores, and grains of pollen. These common household allergens are hard to get out of rugs and carpets. Carpet cleaning companies promise to “clean” carpets, but no company actually removes all soil and allergens to the depth of the backing. Unfortunately, too many carpet cleaning methods make surfaces dirtier. Improper extraction methods leave behind water and cleaning solutions and this promotes the growth of mold and increases dust mite populations. Ewww!

On the other hand, clean a hard surface floor and it is clean. Vacuum, damp mop, and Swiffer to your heart’s content. These actions remove dirt, debris, and allergens from your floors. Removing dust and allergens from the floor improves indoor air quality because once they are gone, you can’t breathe them.

Vacuum wood or tile floors with a HEPA filtered vacuum and clean the air even more.

Hard Flooring is Easy to Maintain

Hard floors like wood, tile, polished cement or stone are relatively easy to maintain. Solid flooring resists stains. Even when you track dirt and debris inside, it’s easy to remove.

Spill red wine on the tile floor in the kitchen and just wipe it up. There’s no crying over spilled milk, splashed cereal, or dropped peanut butter sandwiches. Just clean it up with a damp rag or paper towel. Grout may need sealing, but your tile floors will continue to be worry-free.

When you have carpet or rugs on the floor, every party and every dinner is a disaster waiting to happen. Your guests feel terrible for staining the floors and you feel bad too. Any flooring contractor will tell you the way to avoid the drama is to avoid the carpet.

Talk to the Best Flooring Contractor About the Best Floors For You

Talk to the flooring experts at Inspired Remodels about your flooring project.

Based on your lifestyle, budget, design preferences, and other considerations you’ll receive a custom recommendation. Every lifestyle is different, every flooring install should reflect these differences.

Contact Inspired Remodels, the flooring contractor that knows flooring for Orange County homes.

Flooring Contractor Reviews Trends for 2020

Can you believe the year is half over? Perfect time to pause and review what’s trending in floors for Orange County. Inspired Remodels, an Orange County flooring contractor, shows what’s going on with flooring in local homes.

The Return of the Blonde Bombshell

Light colored plank flooring is making a strong comeback. The honey oak of the 80’s and 90’s was so overused it almost killed blonde wood.

That’s a shame. Because light oak or bamboo hardwood flooring adds warmth to kitchens, living areas, and bathrooms.

Hardwoods like bamboo are hot, but honestly any hardwood floor, blonde or not, is an investment with long-lasting returns.

The floor in this kitchen combines light wood and wide planks in a staggered design that’s just stunning. Because light wood is even more susceptible to fading from UV light, pick a plank with UV and scratch resistant coatings.

Wood Look Tile

Wood look tile is showing up all over the house. No longer confined to bathrooms or children’s playrooms, it’s gracing kitchens all over Orange County.

Wood look tile can emulate wide or standard plank widths. Some wood look tile even offers graining, so not only does it look like wood it feels like wood too.

You’ll find this tile in almost every hardwood tone you can imagine. From oak and ash to mahogany and Brazilian cherry, there’s a wood look tile to match your decor. Stop by the Inspired Remodels showroom and view samples.

Alternative Patterns

Recently, we took a look at some of the more common tile patterns. Doing something as simple as turn the tile 90° and installing on a diagonal can make a real difference.

Diagonal install patterns make small spaces look larger. So, they are perfect for small powder rooms, bathrooms, and even galley kitchens.

Herringbone patterns like the one above add instant elegance. The vee shape created by the overlapping tile ends draws the eye out. It’s a great way to make a room appear larger and provide a touch of drama. Similar to the chevron (same design with mitered ends), the herringbone doesn’t require as much labor to cut the wood or tile flooring so this pattern usually costs less to install than the chevron.

Geometric shapes like the polygon shaped tile to the right are migrating from backsplashes and shower walls to the floor.

We’re glad to see them make the move.

Geometric shaped tiles are one of the best ways to give any room a completely custom look. Use contrasting grout to accentuate the tile shape!

Flooring as Art

No longer a simple surface for foot traffic, this Orange County flooring contractor is seeing a demand for flooring as art.

Whether it’s a dramatic entry way or a fun and funky bathroom, art is no longer reserved for the walls of a room.

Trusted Orange County Flooring Contractor

Trust Inspired Remodels to be your flooring contractor for your next remodel.

Wood, tile, carpet, polished concrete, or stone. If you want it on the floor, Inspired Remodels can make it happen. Call (949) 716-1938, Contact Us online or stop by our showroom.

See the latest trends in flooring and get inspired with Inspired Remodels.