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Does your school library need a redesign?

By Samantha Langridge
3rd Feb 2023

With National Storytelling Week (30th January to 6th February) underway, it’s a timely reminder of the importance of school libraries.

Does your school library need a redesign?

What are the Advantages of Teaching Walls?

Teaching walls are a popular addition to many school classrooms, as they provide a bespoke storage solution that makes the most of available space. Sometime referred to in the trade as media walls or learning walls, they combine ample storage space with e

What are the Benefits of School Building Refurbishment?

While the dream for many older schools might be an entirely new building, in practical terms, this just isn’t possible. With school budgets being stretched to the limit across the country, knocking down and rebuilding a school simply isn’t on the cards. A

What is the Difference Between a School Refit, Refurb, and Renovation?

If you’re looking to improve your school building, it’s expected that you would seek advice from trained and experienced professionals. Talk in general terms with anybody in the building trade and the terms you’re most likely to come across can be categor

Why Interior Design is Important to School Environments

Interior design is about more than looking good – the physical layout of a building and its constituent rooms has a fundamental affect on the property’s inhabitants. Nowhere is this more true than in schools, colleges, and universities.

A Guide to Choosing the Correct Furniture for your Classrooms

Choosing the right classroom furniture for schools is a key part of the interior design process. You need to find furniture that is functional, aesthetically pleasing, and cost-effective.

Maximising Student Potential With Outstanding Learning Environments

When considering interior design for educational facilities, the performance of the students should...

When is the Best Time for School Renovations?

The question of when is the best time to perform school remodelling and renovations crops up over and over again, and there is no easy answer. While it might seem more beneficial to perform any major renovation of a school building outside of term-time, m

The Importance of Selecting the Correct Education Furniture

Children in the UK spend 32½ hours per week in school – not counting extra-curricular activities – and much of that time is spent in a classroom. Getting the right education furniture in place is essential for both their physical and mental well-being.

Important features to include in sixth form design

While there are many things to weigh up in terms of course content, the reputation of the school or college, who among their peer group will be attending and so on. However, a key consideration among students is the school or college interior design.

Tips for choosing the right educational interior designers

Whether you are looking to fit out a single classroom with new furniture and fittings, or you intend to refurbish your entire school, choosing the right educational interior designers is of paramount importance. Get it right and you have a new and excitin

School Design Trend Predictions for 2022

Like all creative endeavours, educational interior design goes through different trends and fashions. Of course, interior design for educational facilities is not an annual occurrence, so these trends have to be timeless to some extent, if only because an

A message from our Managing Director, Miles

A message of encouragement from our Managing Director, Miles Liesching