THE AIM
St Mary’s aimed to create a beautiful home that encourages independence and allows residents to continue to enjoy their everyday routines with care and support when required. Due to the varying levels of care required by the residents, it was necessary to engage an interior designer with experience in creating environments suitable for staff and residents, including those with dementia.
Having worked with Hiedi Lazenby of Hiedi Lazenby Design on three other homes within the group, St Mary’s drew upon Hiedi’s
knowledge and expertise to create interior schemes for the whole home.
THE SOLUTION
Hiedi set out to design coordinating schemes that would provide the best environment for all who live and work at St Mary’s. Design and colour were key considerations, but so to was the practicality and cleanability of the products specified by Hiedi.
With schemes required for resident and staff en-suite bedrooms, lounges, corridors, a foyer area and staff offices Hiedi needed to specify a flooring solution that could be used in a coordinated way throughout the home. The 50 standard en-suite rooms have a choice of 4 different colour schemes so the carpet had to complement each of the designs. Therefore a selection of shades from Equinox Tones was chosen including Autumn Dusk, Mushroom, Modern Grey and French Mustard.
In addition, there were three main lounges including a music and garden lounge with terraces, a reception area and multiple corridors that required high-performance flooring solutions that coordinate with the schemes, are easy to clean, maintain and aid with infection control procedures.
To help minimise the tracking in of dirt from outside Hiedi specified danfloor’s Trin Step Entrance Matting system which provides the home with a proactive approach to cleaning and maintenance of all adjacent flooring.
The Equinox Collection not only offers a choice of designs and colours but superior performance and fantastic product features including an antimicrobial yarn treatment and soil and stain repellent yarns.
The Collection has also been awarded the Eurofins Gold Certificate for Indoor Air Quality which assures that the products have low emissions and contribute to a healthy indoor environment.
