Your washrooms speak volumes about your business. Think about it: what would you think of a business that didn't care enough about details to keep the soap dispenser full? Or a company that puts up a sleek and sophisticated front and yet keeps a collection of dead cockroaches in the bathroom?
If you own or operate any sort of business, you need to think about what your washrooms say about you. Your staff and customers alike will take note of the attention you pay top your washroom. Be sure to send the right message!
So when you think about how to design your business's bathrooms, take these tips into consideration...
Don't be afraid of color
Sure, white restrooms look clean, but they also look boring. People usually don't spend a lot of time in public bathrooms, so you don't need to worry about offending anyone's sensibilities with loud colors. Your best bet is to play with the paint job on the walls, ceiling and stall walls. It can be tempting to install sinks and toilets in fun colors, but these are expensive to replace if you decide you get sick of the color scheme.
If your paint job is fresh (and the bathroom actually is clean), your restroom will look sparkling clean even without the white walls. Besides, there's another benefit to using color in your public bathroom...
Brand it
Use your bathrooms as a space to showcase your business's identity. Are you a funky start-up? Try bright paint and slapping your logo across the stall doors. Sophisticated and established? Try rich colors and soft lighting.
There's no reason your bathroom shouldn't act as an extension of who you are as a company, and your customers are guaranteed to love it.
Frame the mirrors
Mirrors are found in every public bathroom (or at least they should be) and are usually just plain rectangles stuck against the wall. They take up lots of real estate on your walls, so why not use them as decorations? A picture frame around the edges gives a great deal of personality to your bathroom and turns your mirrors into works of art.
Invest in nice lighting
No one likes looking in the mirror with the hum and click of garish fluorescent lighting raining down on them. It's probably less costly than you think to have nice lighting installed, and it will make a world of difference to the ambiance of your bathroom.
Accessorize
You don't need throw pillows or knick-knacks covering every surface to accessorize your bathroom: just a few, well-places items will do the trick. Think about hanging up some framed paintings or photographs on the walls or stall doors. As for the countertop, keep any decorations clean-looking and immovable. Think goldfish bowls full of pretty rocks.
Install labyrinth entryways
If you have enough room, try to replace your bathroom doors with a labyrinth-style entryway (walls that turn in a way that you can't see into the bathroom from the hall). This serves a few purposes. First, it keeps germs from being transmitted from the door handle. Second, it prevents someone accidentally pushing the door open onto another customer.
Third, it provides a safer environment for your customers as sound can carry out the doorways. This is especially useful for facilities involved in healthcare or elder care, where patients may find they need assistance in the bathroom.
Hire someone to clean and stock it
Some businesses think they can save a few bucks by having their own staff take care of cleaning the bathroom... Think again. Not only are you still paying someone to clean (you staff are on the clock, after all!), you're paying someone who doesn't necessarily know what needs to be done to maintain a public restroom. In other words, someone who will take longer and do a worse job.
Professional cleaners will not only make sure that your facilities look clean, but are hygienic. They'll also take care of stocking supplies, so your customers will never be left looking for the toilet paper.
Make sure everything comes out of a dispenser
No matter what your bathroom decorations look like, a sticky bar of soap sitting by the sink is never a good look. Nor is a half-used roll of paper towels perched in a puddle on your countertop. To keep everything looking neat and orderly, make sure your toilet paper, paper towels and soaps are all kept in easy-to-use dispensers.
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