SPONSORED STORY: At Danfloor, we take great pride in our expertise, knowledge, and ability to deliver a diverse range of products. While we are renowned for our exceptional Care Home Carpet, our offerings extend far beyond this, showcasing our commitment to quality and innovation in every area we serve.
As a trusted manufacturer in the healthcare sector, we have built strong relationships with numerous Care Groups, Interior Designers, and Installers over the years. This dedication has made Danfloor the go-to choice for Care Home carpets.
Helping to create inclusive spaces
Fairfax Manor, a purpose-built 90-bed care home, epitomises Lovett’s Care Aims by seamlessly blending opulence with functionality.
Designed by TDA Architects and Interiors by Bernard Interiors, the home aims to captivate residents and visitors while ensuring a secure and inclusive environment.
Bernard Interiors faced the challenge of developing a cohesive and multi-functional interior scheme for Fairfax Manor, aiming to achieve both beauty and practicality. Their brief included creating an elegant space that not only makes a striking first impression but also prioritises safety, inclusivity, and usability for both residents and staff.
When it came to flooring and carpeting, Lovett Care and Bernard Interiors turned to danfloor for a solution that not only promised performance and easy maintenance but also offered a diverse range of carpets to fulfil their design aspirations.
The home offers residents an array of choices, from exquisite lounges for socialising to intimate corners for relaxation. Culinary experiences are elevated in a decadent dining room and charming bistro, complemented by a dedicated cinema for nostalgic moments. Ensuite bedrooms, opening to landscaped gardens, provide sanctuaries of luxury, completing the vision of an elevated quality of life at Fairfax Manor.
For the communal areas like corridors, dining rooms, and lounges, Geo Form from the Evolution Collection was strategically paired with Equinox Tones, resulting in a visually stunning border effect. Equinox Tones was specifically chosen for residents’ bedrooms to create warm and cosy environments conducive to rest and relaxation, aligning seamlessly with the overarching design objectives.
When it’s more than just beautiful design
Blind Veterans’ new centre for well-being in the seaside town of Rustington, East Sussex, occupies a beautiful beach front location.
For the development of this new centre the charity appointed HomeSmiths as interior designers in January 2022. As an interior designer with lived experience of sight loss, Jacqui Smith, Creative Director of Homesmith’s, brings an additional perspective to the design role. Her understanding of how it feels to navigate spaces with impaired senses and the role which the built environment plays in enabling people to live independently, meant that she was able to specify products to best meet those needs.
Due to their fantastic sound absorption qualities, warmth underfoot and the contribution that carpets make to a healthier indoor environment Jacqui could see the benefits of specifying several danfloor ranges for the lounges, office areas, bedrooms and the library.
Taking into consideration the Light Reflectance Value of each chosen colour and design Jacqui could ensure that the carpet would also assist with safe navigation and contribute to creating a therapeutic environment.
The selected flooring included Equinox Tones in colour Sienna for the bedrooms, Manhattan 422 for the lounges and some office areas and Origin in colour 573 for the resident’s library. “The plaid design of the Origin range works brilliantly in the library as a nod to the traditional regimental tartans adopted and worn by Highland regiments of the British Army,” explains Jacqui.
Both HomeSmiths and Bernard Interiors have absolute confidence in danfloor’s products knowing they will achieve their desired outcomes. “We have worked with danfloor for over 14 years, trusting both the performance and the design of the product. The carpets we specified helped us to create a homely look with certain ranges adding more personality to some of the communal spaces.” Explains Jacqui.
Due to the demands of Fairfax Manor and The Blind Veterans Centre; both of which needing to provide a clean and healthy living environment, they required a flooring solution that would provide the following performance benefits:
•Extreme durability– The Evolution Collection is certified to British Standard classification 33 “Heavy Commercial Use” enabling it to withstand high volumes of foot and wheeled traffic and intense commercial cleaning.
•Antimicrobial yarn treatment– Both the Equinox and the Evolution Collections include Bi-Ome®, an innovative antimicrobial treatment that is designed to kill harmful bacteria including those that can cause MRSA and C. Diff.
•Spill safe– All of the selected carpets have an integral protective membrane, preventing liquid spills from penetrating through to the subfloor, reducing contamination, fungal growth, and unpleasant odours.
•Naturally Sound absorbent– danfloor carpets have great sound absorption qualities, achieving more than 28dB reduction in sound impact levels, which helps to create a therapeutic environment in which people can relax and communicate effectively.
•Appearance Retention– Manufactured using solution dyed Nylon and Polypropylene yarns, both the Evolution and Equinox Collection offer a locked-in colourfast system that ensures superior colour and light-fastness even when subject to harsh cleaning chemicals.
•Reduction in fall injuries – carpet, when compared with vinyl, can reduce injuries caused by trips and falls. It has also been proven that gait speed and step length are greater in older people walking on carpeted areas than when walking on vinyl.
To find out more about both these ranges and all the carpets available from danfloor visit www.danfloor.co.uk/carpets/ alternatively you can come and visit the team on Stand J40 at this years Care Show at the NEC in Birmingham.
