Over the past few years, a major focus has been put on office design as more employees have begun to migrate back to office working.
As a result, this has led to many new office interior trends emerging, with a focal trend being wooden features and accents. Wood is a natural material known for creating a feeling of warmth and familiarity in a room.
It is this type of sensation that employers are now looking to create in their offices in order to create a more appealing working environment for employees, and the reason why wood has become such a popular material to implement into office design.
In terms of aesthetic, having wooden features present in office designs allows the outdoors to be brought inside. This helps to provide employees with a peaceful and naturalistic working environment and can give employees relief from tired and traditional office designs.
In this blog, we’ll give you out top 5 ways you can incorporate wood into your office design to create a design-led, innovative office space that will have employees flooding back in no time.
1. Furniture
The most common way of incorporating wood into your office design is through furniture. Wooden office furniture has been a major trend throughout 2022 and it looks like its set to stay in 2023 due to its productivity benefits.
A recent investigation found that employees working in offices with less than 20% of natural wood surfaces were 30% less satisfied with their working life and how they felt towards the physical workspace.
Whilst also being durable and timeless in design, wooden furniture can also ensure that your staff remain happy and satisfied in your workplace.
2. Accent Walls
Alternatively, if you’d like to implement some wooden features on a much larger scale, accent walls can be an innovative design feature.
Wooden wall panelling has become an incredibly popular interior design choice for homeowners in 2022 and is beginning to appear in brand-new office designs too.
Coming in multiple designs ranging from shiplap, tongue and groove, raised panels and floor to ceiling wooden slats, there are plenty of options to suit the aesthetic of any office.
A wooden accent wall will also allow a natural texture to be added to your existing office design. This can help to break up your office space which can often be dominated by much harsher materials such as plastic and glass.
3. Flooring
Although a traditional design feature, your flooring can be a highly effective way to implement wood into your office design. Wooden flooring is a great way to create a lived-in, rustic look in your office space.
Throughout 2022, wooden floors have predominantly been seen in office spaces inspired by industrial interior design and have been paired with other natural looking features such as exposed brickwork and metal finishings.
Not only is will wooden flooring elevate your office aesthetic, but it will also last you well into the future. Wood is a long wearing material that is incredibly easy to maintain. In turn, substantial costs can be saved as it is unlikely that this flooring will need to be replaced for many years.
4. Storage
Another way to incorporate wood into your office space is through your storage solutions. Wooden shelving and floating cabinets have been a key interior design trend this year, and although timeless in design, can still make a bold statement in your office.
Due to this material’s robust features, wooden shelves and cabinets alike will allow you to store important documents and files or, allow you to showcase notable achievements and décor in your office for visitors to see.
5. Partitioning
Nowadays, it is essential that offices incorporate flexible working solutions for their staff, particularly for those staff who need to work collaboratively on a daily basis.
Wooden features can be incorporated into office spaces in the form of partitioning which can be used to create collaborative zones where employees can work together.
A valuable quality of wood that is effective for office design is its soundproofing ability. This makes it a highly appropriate material to use for sectioning off areas of your office and allowing employees the option to work collaboratively, whilst also not disturbing the rest of the office.
We have incorporated this idea into some of our recent work carried out at Spinningfields offices in Manchester. This wooden partition became a statement feature within their office space but still aligned with the light aesthetic that the client desired.
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If you’d like to speak to one of our team about our office refurbishment and incorporating more joinery aspects into your office design, please call us on 0113 253 7307, or drop us a message here: https://www.gralyn-joinery.co.uk/contact-us/.
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