Paint and floor color gurus, Need advice!

[john1]

Well, as things get closer to me possibly getting a commercial location, I want to redo the carpet in the rooms and paint the walls. The landlord says included in the rent is painting the walls whatever color and the floors are on me of course.

The carpet is a robin egg blue and is the ugliest stuff i have ever seen, It has black stains all over like 4x4' in size and just looks terrible.

The walls are white and scuffed up pretty bad from tables and whatnot.


What i am thinking for the new carpet is a charcoal grey commercial type carpet with either red or orange walls. I want something to make the room look "alive" and not boring. Anyone know what shades and or colors will achieve the best effect?

There are 4 overhead fluorescent 8' lights so the place is pretty bright. The rooms around 600sq ft.

Thanks!

 

[Locals Find!]

Would really help if you posted some pictures of the furnishings so we know what your working with.

 

[ChicagoGraphics]

When I redone my commerical spot I painted the walls in 4 colors, 1 wall is orange wall 2 is a maroon,3 wall med. green and the 4th wall sage green and the floors I put in yellow tiles with some orange and red on them.

 

[john1]

Would really help if you posted some pictures of the furnishings so we know what your working with.

No furnishing are bought yet, doing this first so we can then plan that.

 

[Locals Find!]

No furnishing are bought yet, doing this first so we can then plan that.

That is much better. What's your style do you want something modern, flashy, calm?

I personally like the modern feel. I would achieve that by doing the walls a light grey on a little more than half then a darker shade of grey on the lower section giving it a chair rail affect. For trim I would do a vibrant white. For carpet I would go with a black commercial grade.

Do you have a drop ceiling or is it drywalled? Also, if drywall is it flat or textured. If textured is it popcorn or just roughed? If its not popcorned and flat or just lightly roughed I would paint the ceiling bright white to better reflect the light down.

 

[JoshLoring]

Tile carpet is kind of cheepo for a showroom if you ask me. For that size room it won't cost much to lay some 20x20 tiles.

 

[2B]

tile or cement is preferred, easy to clean and harder to stain so the show room stay better looking also the carpet will not work to well with your printer

 

[visual800]

golds and mustards and oranges are in. dark brown carpet. One thing about changing floor coverings is how hard it would be to get the adhesive off the floor from the carpet now

 

[vid]

I had a garage floor that I dolled up with concrete stain. It was my first time using the stuff and I loved it. I used Kemiko's Malay Tan as the based color and spittled English Red to darken it and give it some depth in certain areas. I sealed it with the recommended sealer to a nice shine that really pulled out the color. I applied everything with a typical pump garden sprayer.

Prior to its application, I sanded the area with a rental concrete grinder to clean up most of the crap that was on the floor. What didn't come all the way out was left to add charm to the application. Holes were filled with feathering concrete.

It turned out really nice! I went so far as to do the driveway that same color and technique. It has a similar look to that of Venetian Plaster. It was relatively cheap and was easy to clean up. If anything did spill and stain the floor (rarely with the sealer), it seemed to blend in and add more charm to the floor.

As for paint, my typical drill is to pull a dark color out of the flooring for one "focus" wall. The other walls would get a mix down towards white of that color. ...and ceilings are 10-20% of that color and never white. It's a pretty tame scheme for retail though.

If you're wanting to go with an eye popper paint scheme, I'd buy a few sample cans to test the colors under those fluorescent lamps, first.

just my .o2. ...and good luck with your project. Sound like there's exciting times ahead.

 

[Colin]

Take a photo of the interior and take it with you to a good paint supply place; they're usually pretty good with advice. You can look at all the colours there too.

 

[thewvsignguy]

Hire a interior designer/consultant. We had an idea on what we were looking for but felt much better executing it when it comes from a professional. We went with a Bright Orange, Bright Green, Vibrant Blue and a Magenta we are covering 7 different walls and looking for a bright, airy modern retro look.

I would think hard about that new carpet, if it will be in your work area and somewhat out of site from your customers put that money into something else even if it is a nasty light Blue.....

 

[Letterbox Mike]

Paint the walls a light neutral beige or gray, wrap or wallpaper (custom printed and designed by you) one or two accent walls. Why paint them when you can showcase your product directly on them? We have a lot of walls in our shop wrapped and it's amazing how much of that type of work we sell because it's displayed.

 

[slappy]

http://www.armstrong.com/commflooringna/ for ideas

 

[SignosaurusRex]

http://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/article/3517/The-psychology-of-color-at-retail

 

[john1]

Paint the walls a light neutral beige or gray, wrap or wallpaper (custom printed and designed by you) one or two accent walls. Why paint them when you can showcase your product directly on them? We have a lot of walls in our shop wrapped and it's amazing how much of that type of work we sell because it's displayed.

Pics?

 

[OldPaint]

iam with everybody on the NO CARPET!!! with the printer you dont need static electricity, #1.
people are pigs. they dont give a crap about what they track into your shop. iam a "car guy." take a look at the http://www.ucoatit.com/2011web/main.htm have you seen the floor in my shop? its a 2 part epoxy, 100% solids, self leveling paint. pour it on squeegee it out and walk away, it will smooth its self.

 

[Colin]

Painted concrete might be ok for the shop area, but it is cold, and hard on the back standing on it all day, requiring rubber mats. Definitely use a nice, new commercial carpet in the receiving area, with a large commercial door mat on the inside, and an appropriate one on the outside.

 

[Marlene]

we had our walls a neutral beige for years and then went with a warm buttery light yellow. the same stuff we had hanging up on the beige looks ten times better now. when you walk in our front door, it looks warm and friendly and we have had people comment on it which we never had with the beige walls. if you go with bright colors, that could be nice too. just make sure you update them as colors go in and out of style fast and you could look dated and out of touch.

 

[Locals Find!]

John, just thought of something that might work for your flooring in both the shop and the show room. Check these out http://www.kiwitile.com/