Office interior solutions that boost workplace productivity

With staff accounting for up to 80 per cent of expenses in most businesses, it's essential to keep them productive and inspired with the right office interior solutions for your workplace. If your premises are more miserable than inspiring, it's time to take action.

Decorating office space can improve your environment while also changing the way your staff feel about coming to work every day.

Take a chance on bold colour

Many businesses choose to stick with white or neutral colour schemes, believing that it presents a professional image. But to staff, it can scream 'boring!'

Colour can have revitalising effects, says Mark Amos, General Manager of the Master Painters Association of Victoria, so it's worth considering introducing some when weighing up office interior solutions.

"If you go into a business that's bright and bold, with good positive colours and a good ambience, straight away you start to lift up a bit." 

The right colour scheme

Choosing a colour palette for your office depends on your type of business. Conservative industries will benefit from more muted tones, while creative industries can make a bolder statement. 

Particular colours can invigorate staff, but the choices are crucial. Overstimulating colours like bright yellows and oranges are best avoided in working areas. Opt instead for more calming colours like purple, which encourages creativity, or blue, pink or green.

Office interior solutions 

Office interior design is about more than just choosing the right colours. The layout and design of your office can also impact on staff productivity and job satisfaction.

When contemplating your office interior solution, it's worth asking the following questions:

• Is there enough space to move freely between desks and other areas?
• Are your work areas clean and well organised?
• Is there adequate airflow to improve alertness?
• Are there softened acoustics to improve concentration?

Furniture placement

It's important to maximise the space you have, so employees feel comfortable. There needs to be enough room between desks so that employees don't feel hemmed in, yet not so much that they can't communicate with each other. 

When decorating your premises, focus on compact furniture and storage systems that improve sight lines through the office. This will aid communication between employees while retaining privacy.

Everything in its place 

If your staff are buried under a mountain of paperwork and can never find the files they need, you have a problem. A good interior office solution should incorporate plenty of storage to keep your business organised and functioning at its best.

Happy workers are productive workers

Your employees are your biggest asset, so you need to ensure that they remain happy and productive members of your team.

Speak to a painter and decorator to discover how you can create a more pleasing environment for your staff with the right office interior solutions.