Vision For Your Space

The planning stage in interior design is also known as the programming phase. It is in this stage where the client is interviewed to catch the vision that is desired on the project. The vision may include re-configuring current furniture to meet growth or divestiture needs, or to do a remodel of the space so that it creates an atmosphere that inspires.

The vision of your space is very important in that it will reflect the culture of your company.

Take some time and consider the following 2 questions:

Is your vision to have an office space that is inspiring to your team?

How do you want your space to be presented to your customers?

If you want your company to be a great company it starts by having your space reflect that desire. It starts with planning. The planning is either great or bad.

The more planning that is done, the better the outcome of your space. Can you remember a space that looked great? You just wanted to be there and felt good about being there? That was great planning.

Can you remember a space that does not look that great? That is bad planning. Or the plan was that there was no plan.

If you want great results than the planning stage should start with;

How do I want people to feel in my space?

Is your meeting space a trip?

Have a safe trip, see u next fall..

If you have a conference room that has cords running across the floor to the table from the wall, then this is for you.

Not only do the cords laying across your floor look bad, but they are a hazard to your employees and guests.  If you have clients coming to your meeting space nothing says we are a sloppy company like a disheveled meeting space.

Here are some common, expensive ways to fix this.  And one smart, cost effective way.

First, you need to interview contractors to drill a hole in the concrete floor underneath your conference table or location where you need electrical & data.  If you are lucky enough to be on the 2nd floor or above and you can talk the tenant below you and the building management to let you run electrical and data through the ceiling to your hole, that would be the next step.  If this stroke of luck is not in your cards, then you will need to either “floor trench in the concrete from that hole in the center to the wall to get connected, or you will need to run an electrical & data film under the carpet.  Either way you, these are costly solutions.  Sure you could also run wire mold, but then  you might as well duct tape the wires to the floor.  You could also install a power pole from the table to the ceiling but c’mon really?  The other way, and yes I am laughing, is to install a raised floor, or also known as a computer floor.    Yes they still make those.   (The also still make raised platform shoes as well.)

Raised Floor

Raised Platform Shoes

Ok, here is the smart, cost effective way.

Install a power track, that goes under the carpet, it is raised gradually and is less than an inch high.  Depending on your existing carpet, you can cut it and stick this power track underneath.  You run this from the wall to the center of  your conference table, and then we can have a professional installer drill a hole in your conference table, add a power/data module in that freshly cut hole.  An electrician will hook up the electrical and  then run the data and you have a meeting space that will make you proud.

Easy enough?  www.thinkspaces.com can help you with the whole project.  You can also use this for workstations, or any other application where you need to get electrical or data to the a location in the center of a room.