New Office Furniture - PMF Plumbing/Mississauga

Commercial Design Control Inc is proud to have been a part of the office renovation for the PMF Plumbing Customer Service Offices located on 1775 Bonhill Road Mississauga Ontario.

PMF Plumbing in Mississauga Ontario sells high end luxury kitchen and bathroom fixtures and wanted to create more space for product displays in the main showroom.

They also wanted to use this opportunity to create a better working environment for their 12 customer service reps scheduled to be the ones moving. So they decided that the customer service staff would move into another section of the building to free up the badly needed showroom floor space.
They asked us to help them create an open concept area for the new space where they could feel the pulse within the department and yet still maintain a level of privacy for the large number of in and out going phone calls.
PMF Plumbing wanted a furniture system in their new office that would maintain the level of quality and style that was consistent with their product displays in the showroom.

For their new furniture systems, they selected the Links System by The Office Furniture Group.

They liked the durability and solid construction of the systems furniture, as well as the fact that they could move the system around by themselves if they wanted to make any on the spot changes in the future.
They wanted to achieve a look for their new area that was clean and updated with a neutral tone color scheme.

We used the dark walnut for furniture the bases, and a light maple for the surface tops. We chose a 100% nylon brown, black, gold and green carpet staying within the earthy tones which would also hide dirt and grease They did not want to repaint the walls as the muted gold/brown color recently painted was still in very good condition. So they asked us to select the new colors to work with the existing wall color. All of the furniture and carpet finishes were selected around the existing paint, to compliment and update the overall look and feel of the office space.

Remo Cardinale – General Manager at PMF Plumbing commented that he felt the colors and the look of the furniture could not have been a more perfect fit, and were exactly as he’d envisioned.

Thanks Remo … Commercial Design Control Inc. wishes everyone at PMF Pluming continued success in your new location and thank you for the opportunity in assisting with your office updates and furnishing needs.

Office Scenting – creating the smell of your business

I recently attended a seminar on the use of “scent” and how it affects our environment.  It made me really stop and think about how and where this could be used when designing an office.  We have all been using the sense of sight, touch and hearing to create the desired business atmosphere, but how about adding the final touch … the scent?

“Scenting” is finding its way into the world of office design, and is a perfect way to complete the final touch on a project.

It’s a known fact that color has an impact on the productivity and the mood of employees. It has also now been confirmed that we can create an environment using fragrance that impacts concentration, has some health benefits and may reduce clerical errors in the workplace.

It is a fact that a smell … good or bad … impacts the human emotions.

Think about the smell of freshly baked cookies, coffee perking, lavender or vanilla? Do any of these create a pleasant feeling or trigger a pleasant memory?? If your answer is YES then you probably agree that certain scents can be used to create certain atmospheres.

For example, lemon and lavender are known to produce the most significant positive results for reducing anxiety and enhance work performance. Vanilla tends to calm and relax the nerves.

Companies are branding and using specific scents for specific products.  Think about your local coffee hang out.  Do all coffee shops smell the same to you, or do some have that specific coffee aroma that hits you as soon as you open the door?  Is the smell familiar to you when you walk in?  Companies have even gone so far as patenting a scent that is worn by their employees and put on their products to be passed along to their consumers.

But a word of caution; be very careful when choosing the scent for your business environment. Making the right scent choice is ultimate because it must be neutral and inoffensive.   It must create a “flow state” where one loses the normal sense of time and is totally consumed in the event. The flow state should be subtle and last up to several minutes.

There are many ways and methods of incorporating the scents into your office. Some options include dry air scent delivery system, scent machines, scented oils and even scented candles and air diffusion.  More sophisticated and costly methods involve the use of electronic diffusers or “nebulizers” which come with time release settings for continued and constant scent release.

Your choice on delivery method, depends on the size of the your office and the atmosphere you want to create, the kind of business you are in and what is the message that you want to put out about your company and how you want visitors to your office to remember you.

The next time you enter into a large department store, an up scale shopping mall, or your favorite coffee shop … take a moment to stop and smell the air!