Just as the rest of the U.K, the design and marketing teams for Burmatex have been living and working from home since the end of March. This lock down on normal life has given us some extra time to get out in nature and appreciate the smaller moments in life. From country walks to shadows on our home office walls, here is a compilation of some “at home inspiration” from our team…

Messy scrawls with a 1 year old, pavements covered in chalk rainbows and design ideas with ink and water

Watching and witnessing how the days draw out into summer and new shadows form around us

Is there anything more positive and uplifting then looking up into the big bright blue sky?!

Natures finest colour work. Seen here in variants of moss, leaves and foliage

We recently attended WGSNs x Coloros online live webinar looking at their predicted spring/summer 2022 colour trends in a post covid world. Colour has the power to directly impact human behaviour and emotions, and during these turbulent times using colour as a tool to increase positivity is more important than ever.  In this trend, colour is used in a way to give hope, drive forward and energise whilst still remaining familiar and reassuring. In this blog post we explore the importance of each individual colour and the impact it may have within an interior space, whether it is to reassure, calm,  give hope or to boost creativity and well-being. These colours can be found across our level loop and multi level loop ranges as shown in our installation ideas below.

Post covid sees customers wanting change, embracing bold colours such as yellow and orange. They are the perfect colours to refresh

People will return to work, education and life in general when these extraordinary times allow us to safely do so. What will happen with social distancing? The answer is nobody knows, but one danger is, it could lapse and people may struggle to keep a safe distance. So we need to think about how to best adapt our work spaces to ensure they are safe by implementing temporary measures.  A lot of these temporary demarcation measures will involve adding physical items to the space; tape, chain link, bollards etc that are often bulky and unattractive so we want to help you with an easy solution using carpet tiles.

In this post, we explore ways in which carpet tiles can help to achieve a safe distance whilst still remaining subtle, visually appealing and relevant in years to come.

All of our carpet tiles measure 50 x 50 cm and therefore laying 4 tiles

This post is looking at all things grey as part of our ongoing colour focus series

Grey as a colour has had a real resurgence in the past 10 years. Specifically in carpet tiles, where blue was once the bestseller, grey has rapidly and steadily overtaken it. Grey is now seen as the truest neutral; an ideal base for all colours to compliment, from flooring to finishes.

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Image sources, L-R: Burmatex, Frame, Dezeen

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Previously on this blog we have looked into “what is the perfect grey” but today we are focusing on how broad the spectrum of grey is. At Burmatex, it is essential that we have at least 1 grey in every carpet tile collection. From warm to cool toned, mixed with other greys or other colours, grey is the core of each product range we release.