subject: 4 Ways To Revitalise Dull Office Flooring With Carpet Tiles [print this page] Ever thought that a new floor could give productivity a boost? It's possible! We show you how office floors come to life with carpet tiles.
Focus requires a fine balance .. productivity is constantly hanging on the complex interplay of internal and external factors that contribute to an employee's distraction, or concentration. The office environment is one of those things that can make a silent, but universally felt, difference to employee focus and productivity. For example, simply adding green plants to an office was once found in a study to up productivity by around 17%. So, if your carpet is looking flat and grey, there's no reason to wonder why your employees might be looking and feeling the same. There are also plenty of other good reasons to update your office flooring - to create a better image for clients, to update surroundings to match a branding or ownership change, and also to improve the health and safety aspects of the environment. Today we look at 4 main ways to use carpet tiles to revitalise dull office flooring!
Upgrade to carpet tiles, replace only the heavy-traffic areas
When you upgrade to carpet tiles, every future update of the flooring immediately becomes much more cost effective - carpet tiles can have only the heavy traffic areas replaced, revitalising dull flooring with as little impact on the budget as a corporate lunch might make.
Choose colours to suit your corporate branding
One of the most wonderful things about carpet tiles is the freedom they create for you. Are your corporate colours teal, puce, chartreuse, magenta or a dot matrix sort of grey? You canget carpet tiles to match. It is almost never possible to get commercial flooring that matches with corporate branding in the broadloom market, but carpet tiles make it simple to 'brand' your office just as you would your stationery, your cars and your uniforms.
Use breakout areas and accents
With carpet tiles, you can mix and match styles to your heart's content, creating completely customised patterns as well as colour matches. Integrate them into your office in a way that is both aesthetic and functional, by creating 'breakout' or highlighted areas in certain spots. For example, you might choose to:
Have a largely uniform pattern for a cubicled area, but highlight the corridor with a path of different coloured carpet tiles and change colour for alcoves on the other side of the path.
Create a border for the room using a different colour or pattern. This is a relatively understated way to start introducing elements of individuality into your office.
Use darker colours and subtly patterned carpet tiles for heavy traffic areas. That variation in designs can have functional as well as design advantages!
Create paths to aid in navigation
If your office is one where new people are constantly visiting - be they clients, customers, or collaborators - you can use your carpet tile to create paths for people to follow to certain landmarks, subtlely aiding in the ease of navigation around the office. Use integrated colour coding to direct people around without the need for an escort, if your situation permits.
Carpet tiles are the ideal choice in an office environment - plenty of design options, low lifetime cost, sustainable when choosing the right manufacturer, and there is no need to remove all of the office furniture to install them - you could have your new flooring in over the weekend!
