Senior living communities are no longer relegated to end-chapter, institutional facilities. Instead, retirement communities are evolving into active communities with vibrant atmospheres, numerous activities, and continued care amenities. Senior living interior designers play a crucial role in creating innovative and supportive environments that no longer lack color but instead embrace it, while also using safe…
This new year promises innovative outdoor furniture design in an assortment of chairs, barstools, tables, and umbrellas that bring warmth, joy, versatility, sustainability, and overall optimism. Are you ready to move forward? Beaufurn is too! We’ve listed a few noteworthy trends to look forward to this year. While designer outdoor furniture needs to be weather-resistant,…
With this new year comes refreshed optimism and you can expect 2021 design to reflect this positivity in home and hospitality spaces worldwide. Indeed, the color experts at Pantone Color Institute bolster this sentiment with their combined choice of the cheerful PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating and the solid, dependable PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray as 2021 colors…
The design industry faced a challenging year, but not one without optimism and certainly not one lacking in great commercial furniture offerings. In retrospect, the new furniture products in Beaufurn’s 2020 lineup fit perfectly with key trends in the furniture industry, including designs that are eco-friendly, flexible, playful, and bold. Of course, sustainability has always…
Every year, we look forward to attending HD Expo in Las Vegas, then Neocon in Chicago, and BDNY in New York. There are other shows, of course, but these are typically the big hospitality showcases in which Beaufurn participates. This year, however, was a year of not-so-typical trade shows and exhibits. So, we adjusted, pivoted,…
Current global events are changing the way the world goes to work. For some, the office is now the dining room table or some other room at home that has been converted for new duties. For others, they are traveling to the office at some limited capacity with on and off days or limited hours,…
Child engagement is essential when designing children’s spaces, but safety is the number one priority. Children’s spaces need to be easily cleanable, ergonomically proportional, as well as solid and sturdy for safe design. When considering furniture pieces for children’s spaces, soft seating is king in early childhood education or pediatric environments, and the perfect solution…
While most discussion around students returning to college campuses centers around online learning versus in-class instruction, there is also concern regarding how to keep students safe on campus in general — in college lounge areas, cafeterias, and dormitories. College and institutions of higher learning will rely on federal and state guidelines to determine best practices…
Society has become so aware of space and dimension since the coronavirus pandemic. The current environment has made impressive accommodations for a post-COVID world, knowing social distancing is a priority in preventing its spread. Outdoor space is now a health asset. For the restaurant industry, it’s a silver lining to what has been an economic…
While the nation begins to emerge post-COVID, the pandemic’s impact on the hospitality community is evident by its embrace of outdoor social distancing. The commercial design industry is focusing on providing safe customer environments in which outdoor social distancing plays a crucial role. These outdoor spaces will need to comfort customers. Safety is not only…
