Green Retreats

Project Duration: 4 months
Contract value: £140,000
Floor area: 980m²

Green Retreats Showroom design

We were asked to create a new showroom and workspace, just outside Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, for the UK’s leading garden room supplier, Green Retreats.

Due to rapid growth, the business wanted a showroom and office space that conveyed this. Working closely with the Green Retreats marketing team, Paramount’s designers created a workplace design that was focused on customer experience.

The showroom builds on the principle that a connection with nature can provide a positive impact on health, productivity and creativity.

Taking an approach that was inspired by our own ShowOffice, Green Retreats wanted a working environment that showcased the best examples of their outdoor rooms.

Demonstrating the different functions of their products, visitors could see them set up as anything from an office or a gym to a children’s playroom or den.

Due to the high footfall, it would receive, the polished concrete floor was offset by hard-wearing vinyl flooring. Stylish suspended lighting from 299 lighting enhanced the organic layout of the space by featuring in varied geometric forms.

Naturally welcoming

Biophilic elements include a living moss wall behind the reception desk, tree-lined pathways between the garden rooms, natural light throughout the double-height space, grass-effect carpet tiles from Interface, and even recorded birdsong.

Comfortably relaxed

As well as highlighting the outdoor rooms, the new showroom also required spaces where customers could sit and speak with staff. This included a café break-out area with a working coffee shop in one of the outdoor rooms and bespoke benches on the planters.

Effortlessly collaborative

The open-plan office space was created specifically to encourage collaboration but also reflect the differing needs of staff. The use of colour-coded floor tiles and wall graphics helped to create delineated spaces for each department.

Virtually perfect

The showroom also doubled as a working space for Green Retreats’ staff. Their boardroom was housed in one of the outdoor rooms and the break-out areas could also be used for staff meetings.

The space also needed to accommodate an impressively high-tech addition; the VR space. Sectioned off from the main section to avoid any collisions, visitors can use a virtual reality headset to explore every option and finish available and visualise their very own garden room.

Some nice words

" Throughout this project, Paramount were professional, friendly and approachable. Their ability to conceptualise a wide open brief was very impressive and they came up with a solution that took the project to a whole new level. The end result is above and beyond our expectations with staff and customers alike praising the quality of the showroom experience. Footfall and sales in the showroom have increased since its launch, which ultimately was the main goal. Paramount has delivered an excellent, value-for-money, stylish showroom experience and we would not hesitate in recommending them to anyone looking to create a beautiful and ergonomic space for their staff and customers."

James Fox
Marketing Manager - Green Retreats