With schools breaking up for Summer in just a couple of weeks, now is probably the ideal time for thinking about redecorating the interior or exterior of your school. This is to ensure your school looks re-energised and vibrant for students returning or starting school in September. Such is the importance of good school interior design it can have a major impact on your school’s performance and reputation. Therefore, creating a bright and inspiring environment for staff, students and visitors, by selecting the right paint colour and product both internally and externally is crucial.
Throughout the academic year, schools, have to contend with a number of paint defects caused by the general wear and tear from high levels of foot traffic, nicks, scratches and dents in walls and doors. As educational environments are increasingly looking to improve their learning environments to provide children with safe places to play and learn and assist in the provision of an inspiring environment, choosing the correct paint in your particular colour, finish or style can turn tired and dated looking classrooms, halls and corridors into brightly lit and airy spaces that encourage effective learning.
In our experience the ideal paint products to withstand the heavy traffic of a busy school, including circulation areas, classrooms and staff rooms are products that allow walls to be repeatedly wiped clean, are hard wearing and have quick drying properties. Paint products with these properties will definitely help extend maintenance cycles, a real positive for schools who don’t want to constantly have to re-decorate. For example, one of our painting and decorating projects we recently completed was at Stamford Endowed Schools, Lincolnshire, an independent day and boarding school for children aged between 2 and 11 years. In this particular school Dulux Trade Paints were specified, which we applied in the corridors and classrooms.
The external appearance also needs to live up to the same reputation as the interior of the school and needs to portray the image of a positive learning environment. After all, a good first impression says everything about your identity, so a lick of paint and some new signage can really help to give the school an aesthetic boost.
There are some fantastic paint products currently on the market formulated to contend with surfaces exposed to the elements. Premium woodstains with high translucent qualities deliver outstanding defense against the elements for the long term on exterior wood, e.g. wooden cladding, windows and doors, enabling the natural beauty of wood to shine through. Decking areas, fences, garden buildings and furniture can also be stained, varnished or painted in a wide range of colours to improve your outdoor areas for the new term.
In conclusion, to ensure your school looks refreshed and pristine this September, paint products which offer long term protection, are easy to maintain and can be tinted to a vast array of colours will definitely mean your school will shine at the start of the new academic year.
If you are thinking of refurbishing your school, please contact us for advice or an appointment to discuss your paint products in more depth. We pride ourselves on completing projects on time and within a proposed budget.
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