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Looking to Create a Well-Designed Breakroom?
Working with a breakroom designer will ensure your breakroom environment is
functional, beautiful, and on budget.
We partner with the design-build professionals at Fixturelite to determine the best layouts, fixtures, and furnishings to complement your business and embrace your employees and guests. Fixturelite is the only full-service company designed by micro-market operators for micro-market operators.
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Get Started with Breakroom Design Tips
Before the coffee and snacks are selected, key factors should be considered.
A well planned breakroom design helps you make the most
of your investment and ensures your employees and guests will be
delighted. Here are a few simple design tips to get you started.
Create A Welcoming Environment
Your breakroom is about more than the gourmet coffee, fresh foods, and snacks. It is about the feeling your employees and guests get when they are shopping and dining. Create a welcoming environment that is enjoyable to shop, eat, and relax in.
Design Tips:
Lighting: Use lighting to enhance your breakroom. Directional lighting can highlight focal areas while soft lighting can add a cozy element to other areas.
Décor & Furnishings: Choose furnishings that add personality, are versatile, and are easy to maintain. The right paint color can really make a difference and the simple addition of plants to the breakroom can help bring your space to life.
Community Focus: The breakroom is a great place to communicate important company news and highlight employee achievements. Maximize wall space for announcements and community boards. TV’s in the breakroom can be programmed to accommodate messaging
as well.
Design Tips:
Lighting: Use lighting to enhance your breakroom. Directional lighting can highlight focal areas while soft lighting can add a cozy element to other areas.
Décor & Furnishings: Choose furnishings that add personality, are versatile, and are easy to maintain. The right paint color can really make a difference and the simple addition of plants to the breakroom can help bring your space to life.
Community Focus: The breakroom is a great place to communicate important company news and highlight employee achievements. Maximize wall space for announcements and community boards. TV’s in the breakroom can be programmed to accommodate messaging
as well.
Develop an
Easy-to-Shop Layout
The layout of your breakroom contributes to its performance and the overall customer experience. Arrange your fixtures and furnishings to guide a proper traffic flow and eliminate frustrations in your breakroom.
Design Tips:
Spacing and Traffic Flow: Offer enough space for easy product browsing and provide ample room surrounding your coffee stations for people to customize their beverages without getting in the way of others. Consider triangular arrangements instead of linear ones to reduce clustering. Place trash and recycling receptacles in areas that are easily accessible to all guests.
Product Displays: Develop a logical arrangement of food, snacks, and beverages in a variety of fixtures and coolers for an easy-to-shop experience. Consider displaying some products off the wall on free-standing fixtures.
Self-Pay Kiosks: Place self-pay kiosks in convenient locations that shoppers naturally pass by after making their selections. Provide counter space surrounding your kiosks for guests to place their purchases.
Design Tips:
Spacing and Traffic Flow: Offer enough space for easy product browsing and provide ample room surrounding your coffee stations for people to customize their beverages without getting in the way of others. Consider triangular arrangements instead of linear ones to reduce clustering. Place trash and recycling receptacles in areas that are easily accessible to all guests.
Product Displays: Develop a logical arrangement of food, snacks, and beverages in a variety of fixtures and coolers for an easy-to-shop experience. Consider displaying some products off the wall on free-standing fixtures.
Self-Pay Kiosks: Place self-pay kiosks in convenient locations that shoppers naturally pass by after making their selections. Provide counter space surrounding your kiosks for guests to place their purchases.
Choose
Comfortable Seating
Incorporate multiple seating options in your breakroom to provide choices for your employees and guests. This will increase the functionality of your breakroom and make it an attractive alternate location for team meetings too!
Design Tips:
Dining Areas: Mix it up with a variety of countertop seating, traditional dining arrangements, and cozy booths.
Collaborative Spaces: Allow seating for larger groups to gather for meetings and brainstorming sessions.
Relaxation: Sometimes your employees are looking for a little quiet time away from their desk. Incorporate nooks with cozy seating for employees to read, meditate or listen to music.
Design Tips:
Dining Areas: Mix it up with a variety of countertop seating, traditional dining arrangements, and cozy booths.
Collaborative Spaces: Allow seating for larger groups to gather for meetings and brainstorming sessions.
Relaxation: Sometimes your employees are looking for a little quiet time away from their desk. Incorporate nooks with cozy seating for employees to read, meditate or listen to music.
Design A Breakroom
to Match Your Style
Our breakroom design team will help you create an environment that is an extension of your company’s brand. Start your project right by discussing your breakroom design options with Coolbreakrooms today!
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