How to decorate your office in an inviting and inspiring way
An office should be a place where both employees and visitors feel comfortable. A place where you can be efficient while creativity is encouraged. Here are nine tips for creating a truly inspiring office.
UpdatedMar 31. 2023
Offices can often feel impersonal and a bit dull, despite the fact that many of us spend several waking hours in the office every day. The relationship between employees and the office interior actually plays a more important role in the well-being and in the success of the company than you might think.
If a workplace has a stylish and social interior, it can make up for high work performance or long days, while boring work environments do not motivate as well and can even create stress. A well thought out office also creates better experiences for visitors and clients while it can help attract new candidates. Here are some simple tricks from us at Beleco.
1. Plan social spaces Social spaces enable creative ideas and conversations and should be included in the planning right from the start. The really big ideas are rarely born in the conference room but over a spontaneous coffee in a nice lounge or around a nice dining room table in the kitchen at lunch.
1. Plan social spaces Social spaces enable creative ideas and conversations and should be included in the planning right from the start. The really big ideas are rarely born in the conference room but over a spontaneous coffee in a nice lounge or around a nice dining room table in the kitchen at lunch.
2. Green is nice
The green color has a calming effect. It creates balance, calm, safety and security. Green sets the soul in positive swing, awakens the desire to do and discover things. Green is considered the source of creativity. Not having green fingers no longer has to put sticks in the wheel to be surrounded by plants and flowers. On the contrary - now there are stylish and lifelike artificial plants and flowers available that do not require maintenance or are at risk of dying.
3. Personal eye-catchers
When you sit at your desk or when the visitor takes the first step into the office, it is important to look at something that you enjoy looking at. Paintings and other wall motifs can be changed often to create different motivations for goals and feelings. Or if it's a window that catches the eye, place a really nice pot there with a beautiful plant in it and add curtains for a more appealing impression.
When you sit at your desk or when the visitor takes the first step into the office, it is important to look at something that you enjoy looking at. Paintings and other wall motifs can be changed often to create different motivations for goals and feelings. Or if it's a window that catches the eye, place a really nice pot there with a beautiful plant in it and add curtains for a more appealing impression.
4. Well-kept desks
Tidy arrangement on the desk is the key to a nice office. Put your papers in stylish magazine collectors, pencils in pencil stands and small things in a nice box. Having a desk that is too big is counterproductive. Better with a small one that makes it necessary to continuously remove superfluous things. Can be raised and lowered is a hygiene factor to increase well-being among employees.5. Mix details
Don't be afraid to mix new and old to create a personal character and feel that stays when you're not in the office. The basic rule is to group these to create still life. Still life is not only a smart way to organize things, but also creates an eye-catcher.
Tidy arrangement on the desk is the key to a nice office. Put your papers in stylish magazine collectors, pencils in pencil stands and small things in a nice box. Having a desk that is too big is counterproductive. Better with a small one that makes it necessary to continuously remove superfluous things. Can be raised and lowered is a hygiene factor to increase well-being among employees.5. Mix details
Don't be afraid to mix new and old to create a personal character and feel that stays when you're not in the office. The basic rule is to group these to create still life. Still life is not only a smart way to organize things, but also creates an eye-catcher.
6. A nice bookshelf
These days, office bookshelves aren't flooded with binders, but invest in uniform binders if you're not completely binderless yet. Lighten the impression on the bookshelf with stylish boxes, boxes and details. There are also shelves with a creative design that give the whole room a lift.
These days, office bookshelves aren't flooded with binders, but invest in uniform binders if you're not completely binderless yet. Lighten the impression on the bookshelf with stylish boxes, boxes and details. There are also shelves with a creative design that give the whole room a lift.
7. Rent instead of buying
An office and company are often under development, movement and change. You may grow in staff or decrease during periods, during one year a room needs to be a meeting room and the next year it needs to be a work room for a specific work group, or you think it is important to keep up with trends and therefore want to update the interior of your lounge once a year. All this of course means that you have different needs at the workplace at different times.
Renting office furniture is therefore a flexible, cost-effective and sustainable alternative. In this way, your office can be completely flexible and adapted to the company's various needs, and you avoid having furniture that just stands and takes up space or does not fulfill its function for periods of time.
An office and company are often under development, movement and change. You may grow in staff or decrease during periods, during one year a room needs to be a meeting room and the next year it needs to be a work room for a specific work group, or you think it is important to keep up with trends and therefore want to update the interior of your lounge once a year. All this of course means that you have different needs at the workplace at different times.
Renting office furniture is therefore a flexible, cost-effective and sustainable alternative. In this way, your office can be completely flexible and adapted to the company's various needs, and you avoid having furniture that just stands and takes up space or does not fulfill its function for periods of time.
Renting office furniture is a flexible, cost-effective and sustainable alternative.
8. Contrasts
Many office rooms contain furniture in light colors and together with light walls and floors it may not feel so fun. To create warmth and comfort, you should invest in adding colors that contrast with the room's existing color scheme. A room with a warm color scale, for example, benefits from interior details with cool colors
Many office rooms contain furniture in light colors and together with light walls and floors it may not feel so fun. To create warmth and comfort, you should invest in adding colors that contrast with the room's existing color scheme. A room with a warm color scale, for example, benefits from interior details with cool colors
9. Use many light sources
Studies show that we feel better and perform better with natural light. If your office is dark, it may therefore be wise to avoid curtains and blinds to let in as much light as possible from the windows. Also invest in several light sources. Today, there are floor lamps, desk lamps and ceiling lamps in a stylish design, which contributes to a stylish overall impression.
Studies show that we feel better and perform better with natural light. If your office is dark, it may therefore be wise to avoid curtains and blinds to let in as much light as possible from the windows. Also invest in several light sources. Today, there are floor lamps, desk lamps and ceiling lamps in a stylish design, which contributes to a stylish overall impression.
Imagine your dream office.
Now let’s realise it.People spend a lot of time at the office. That's why interior decoration is so important. And difficult.
Take some time and picture our products in your dream office. Or let one of our experts inspire you.
Now let’s realise it.People spend a lot of time at the office. That's why interior decoration is so important. And difficult.
Take some time and picture our products in your dream office. Or let one of our experts inspire you.
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