Stylish and Contemporary Commercial Furniture for Office Spaces
The average office worker spends a third of their time in the office. To ensure happiness and high commercial productivity, a contemporary and stylish work environment is vital. It must also look professional and inviting so that visitors will gain a good impression of your company.
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There are several factors to consider when creating the optimum office space for you, including suitable colour schemes, good lighting, contemporary commercial furniture and decor. But first you should think about the size and shape of the space that you have and consider the best way to use it.
Planning the space
Creating a good commercial work environment involves thinking about what people will actually be doing there. Will they be interacting with clients or working solitarily on the computer?
If your employees spend a great deal of time on the phone to clients, cubicles provide privacy and help concentration. Make sure to provide spatial opportunities for interaction to avoid them feeling isolated.
Creative companies benefit from open-plan spaces, and contemporary versatile furniture that can be moved easily could help. Stacking chairs and tables on lockable wheels may be suitable.
If you have personal client contact in the office, consider how formally you want to establish your relations. Placing a chair or two on the opposite side of your desk will create a formal, professional atmosphere. If your professionalism is all in your manner and you want to place an emphasis on friendliness, create a reception area away from your desk; use a coffee table and either a sofa and an armchair, or two chairs placed at right angles to each other. This helps avoid a confrontational atmosphere.
Colour schemes
It's impossible to make any general rules about colour schemes; each individual client has their own preferences and different themes work well for different types of commercial practices. However we suggest that if you are separating interaction spaces from private spaces, you could try using a different colour on the walls or a different flooring to subtly separate them. This is an alternative to a room divider or even a wall, and helps the space remain open and airy.
Whatever colours you choose, make sure the paint is durable - it's more cost effective to use longer lasting paint than to repaint the walls every year.
Lighting
Lighting has a large impact on the concentration levels of your staff. When working with computers over time eyes can become more sensitive to light. You want your staff to stay awake but not get stressed out, and it can be hard to strike the balance. Lighting should mimic natural daylight as much as possible - strip lighting feels particularly artificial and tires the eyes.
Decoration
Of course an overly decorated office space would be too distracting since the staff would keep looking at everything around them. However, adding a few decorative touches stops the space from being plain and boring. Computers and other office equipment make the air very dry, so adding some water to the space helps humidify the air; try an aquarium with tropical fish, or plants or vases of flowers.
It is likely that your employees will want to add their own personal touch to the space. If you provide them with matching photo frames, a sense of harmony and unity can be created while they bring in their own photos of loved ones.
The introduction of natural materials into a space with many computers helps lighten and balance the space. The Bark Bongo Vase is a fun yet contemporary addition to an office space.
Furniture
Likewise, natural wooden furniture helps balance the room. Too much plastic and metal in the office with all the computers will make the space feel superficial. Solid timber desks and storage units will bring it back down to earth.
Suitable stylish furniture must be found to fit the behaviour patterns of the staff. High quality furniture that will be able to hold all those files and heavy computer equipment is needed. It's best to invest in good quality furniture now so that it lasts for a long time and you won't have to keep replacing it or repairing it, since lower quality furniture is more likely to break.
Ensure there is enough storage space so that desks do not become overly cluttered. Clutter is very retarding to productivity since it is distracting. Consider whether each individual member of staff needs their own storage space, or if a central filing unit would work better. The Mino 2 Door/2 Drawer Unit works well as an all-encompassing storage unit.
A good office chair is essential. Ergonomic chairs are vital if you are going to be sitting down for long periods of time. A chair which is slightly uncomfortable or the wrong height for you could lead to Repetitive Strain Injury.
If clients and shareholders visit your office directly, it is important that they feel at ease in the space, and even impressed by it. They want their needs to be addressed, and comfortable furniture can really help. For a waiting area, the Shanxi Low Back Carver gives an air of understated sophistication and elegance, and the Klasik Coffee Table would be a great accompaniment if you provide tea or coffee while the clients wait for attention.
In order to make the best use out of every inch of the space you have, made-to-measure furniture is necessary. If you have several desks in one room, and each desk is just a little too big, it will make a huge difference to the space in the room left for movement. If you have a space for a filing cabinet such as the Mino 3 Door but you can't find something exactly the right size, getting something smaller will limit the storage space and something bigger won't fit! Our made-to-measure service is the solution. We offer this service on many of our existing products at Puji.com. We offer a wide range of contemporary, durable, versatile and eco-friendly furniture.
Aside from simply altering the size of a design, if you have found the design you like but it's not quite the right colour or made of the right wood, we can help. If you love the simple, clean lines of the Shaman desk but you really want it in a light golden wood colour - easy - we'll make it for you to order in the wood's natural golden brown state without adding a stain to it.
However, if you're looking for something designed from scratch especially for your business, then we offer a bespoke design service for contract furniture, whether it's just for one piece or a whole interiors project. We will consider your needs and design directly to fulfil them using our expert knowledge.
Contact us to discuss your requirements and we can give you a free estimate. We will then design the furniture especially for your business on software packages including CAD and provide you with drawings and a more detailed quote. All of our furniture is designed using only the best construction methods and sustainable materials.
We specialise in working with sustainable hardwoods, especially teak wood, which is durable and robust, but we also work with a variety of other materials including glass, stone and metals.
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For something unique, designed for your exact business requirements, measurements, and tastes, contact us today at info@puji.com.
