Shop office colors

[SHELCO]

My office / repair shop waiting area and offices are looking quite old
Seen many shops with a dark grey/ lighter greys for door and trim. Also swapping old tile
and thinking black. With gloss a or not?

I have wanted this for years so please provide pictures and color from what paint manufacture. 'Please'
I have tried different color greys and they are to light or seem to be purple tint

 

[Lassen Forge]

Make something that pops... you're new here, but if you see it, guaranteed your customers do. You may need to hire someone who does commercial properties or a decorator, but it may be $$$ well spent.

I did wood and neon and interactive stuff, and I thought - you are f***ing nuts. I thought it was a total waste, but I ended up 6 digits ahead.

 

[kelpaso1]

Grey is boring. The new "earthy" tones look nice as well as giving a warm ambiance. Colors like the browns, beige, tans, greens. Look at colors in show homes. For the floor, again some earthy color and maybe satin instead of gloss. Make it look more like a "home" instead of your typical repair shop and your customers will really take notice and feel like they are in a professional business place.

 

[Dr Stan]

Pink is a calming color which is why its used to calm down unruly inmates. May work well with customers.

 

[PECVD2]

I am liking this concrete stained but other patterens or smears look great as well.

I was in a new goodwill today and the stained burnt orange was a real eye catcher, in a good way IMO.

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[Sharpest]

Grey is boring. The new "earthy" tones look nice as well as giving a warm ambiance. Colors like the browns, beige, tans, greens. Look at colors in show homes. For the floor, again some earthy color and maybe satin instead of gloss. Make it look more like a "home" instead of your typical repair shop and your customers will really take notice and feel like they are in a professional business place.

I disagree. I've been in residential construction for the last five years and color palates have wavered around 50/50 between earth tones and greys. For the record, I am partial to earth tones.

I recently got into multi-family building and our colors are much more vivid, contrasting and stark. I don't know how to quantify or articulate it but the decorator/designers have killed it and the community centers are some wild colors that just "work". I dont think residential and commercial applications have anything in common as far as colors are concerned.

 

[ilovevocs]

Do you have a logo and corporate color scheme?

For a service oriented business I would want the design to reflect the brand, it's differentiators, and key marketing strategies.



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[ssffnomad]

Two tone gray with burgundy trim

 

[coljar]

My favorite color is machinery gray, which you see a lot of in my shops. Red tool boxes and such look good with it too.

 

[rburke65]

Well I like my reds.....just my opinion......

 

[RAYJAY]

anything but brown color ....because every time i walk into a place it re mind's me of

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also with the black floors remember the traffic on them, and are you going to be able to keep them clean

also post pictures of the area you are going to remodel might spark some ideas

 

[bczygan]

If you want productivity in the office, then blue is the color you want. It promotes mental productivity. But it must be a strong saturated blue. A pale blue is just calming. Balance it with a rust colored carpet.

If you want productivity in the shop, then red does that. It keeps people physically active and productive. Again, a strong red, not pale. I would paint walls and ceiling bright high gloss white and make all cabinetry and doors and major equipment Snap-on red. Floor could be a very light grey or even white. No color chips.

Green is the color for balance in the waiting room where customer interactions with staff happen and money changes hands. Make it different shades of green. Dark for cabinetry, medium for carpet and light for walls. White ceiling and counter tops.

Read here"
http://alifeofproductivity.com/angela-wright-interview/

Bill

 

[RVDan]

I went into a shop recently with Greys and blacks and neon and thought to myself, **** it's dark in here.

 

[BillK]

Cant help you with the colors but just curious where you are in Medford ?

 

[SHELCO]

West Medford canal st
Yes Super Bowl Champs again !!

 

[BillK]

West Medford canal st
Yes Super Bowl Champs again !!

Nice. I spent about half my life in Medford and still visit a few times a year. Park St at the Fellsway. What type of work do you do ? Got relatives up there always looking for a good shop.

 

[Honda guy]

I don't have any suggestions, but would you mind posting some before and after pics?