Care Home Interiors & Design -- Bring Your Vision to Life
First impressions matter. Make yours a lasting one with our bespoke care home interiors.
It takes a split second for your visitors to make an impression on your care home. They may not be able to pinpoint precisely what’s a miss, but the interior design of your care home can tell them exactly whether they resonate with the place or not.
Cleanliness, a homely feeling, and a general state of well-being are the first things visitors notice. Even if your nursing home is up to cleaning standards and has the right furniture, an improper care home design can make the place feel cluttered, messy, unwelcoming, and dated.
Want to make a great first impression?
We can help!
Care Homes Interiors: Comfort and Care under a Single Roof
At Nichol & Hill, we have over 35 years of experience in care homes interior designs. We have helped nursing homes all over the UK create a safe, welcoming, and homely environment for their residents.
Are you an interior designer specialising in care homes? We can help you find the right pieces of furniture and soft furnishing for any nursing home. Inquire about our special rates for interior design partners!
As manufacturers of quality British interior products for care homes, we take great pride in every single piece of furniture or curtain we place in your facility. Nothing is left to chance -- from colour combinations to safety standards, we implement everything with the utmost care.
Are you building or furnishing a care home from scratch? Or perhaps you just want to update a care home’s interior design?
Either way, we are the right people to call, with extensive expertise in both types of projects.
We have worked with dozens of care home interior designers or owners and made every refurbishment or renovation project a success!
Why Do You Need Specialised Interior Design for Care Homes?
Do you really need a a special interior design for care homes?
Can’t you make a “regular” design work?
Better yet, can’t you simply furnish your care home like you would a regular home?
After all, isn’t the medical equipment what really matters?
Interior design for care homes is very different from interior design for other commercial facilities or residential homes. Finding the right colours and creating functional spaces are more important than anywhere.
This is why, at Nichol & Hill, we go above and beyond to help care home interior designers with furniture and soft furnishings that are both stylish and functional! When you work with us, you don’t have to sacrifice the functionality of a care home or its style -- you can have both!
Since you are hosting people with various health issues, your care home needs to have an interior design that’s both functional and soothing. For people with mobility issues or neuro-degenerative conditions, the interior design of their care home matters more than anything.
Some of the things care home interior designers need to consider are:
Interior Design for Dementia Patients
Typically, you need to steer clear of colours like cream, beige, grey, or white. While soothing, they can be confusing to patients living with dementia. Contrasting colours, on the other hand, help them identify where they are more easily. From curtains to chairs, every interior design element in your care home can provide additional comfort and make life easier for dementia residents.
Allow space for residents to include personal items like photographs, but even personal furniture if possible. This will give them an enhanced home-like feeling and often help jolt their memory.
Senior residents need about 70% more light than they did in earlier years. This doesn’t just help them see clearer and ensure their safety. It also helps them sleep better and manage their emotion easier.
Reduce excess noise as much as possible through doors and window frames, but also through carpeting and cushioning wherever possible.
Functional and Safe Care Home Interiors for People with Limited Mobility
Care home residents with limited mobility need:
Large spaces where walkers or wheelchairs can fit.
Special fittings for bathrooms (shower, bathtub, toilet).
Hoists and stand aids.
Specialised seating solutions.
However, you want your care home to look and feel like a real home, not like a hospital, right? This is where skilled interior designers for care homes come into play: we can help to ensure that your nursing home has all the functionality and the safety options you need AND feel homely at the same time.
A Space that Stimulates and Encourages Interaction and Wellbeing
A very well designed reception space at the Shawford Springs care home in Winchester.
Nursing homes are still viewed as desolate and depressing places, even though people live much longer and, consequently, may be in assisted care for longer. Moreover, they are willing to pay more for the right type of care home.
In an effort to keep residents physically safe, most care homes end up looking like sterile and bleak places. But things don’t have to be this way.
A well-designed care home is bright and encourages interaction between the residents. In turn, social interaction has proven health benefits for the elderly.
A lively care home is a place where residents feel better and their relatives love visiting.
Want to create a care home that feels like a real home? Talk to our care home interior design consultants today!
Our process
Time is of the essence when renovating, refurbishing, or building your care home. We know that!
This is why we have created a proprietary interior design process to help speed things up as much as possible, without cutting any corners.
1. Initial Briefing and Discussions about Your Care Home’s Interior Design
If you have a vision for your care home, we’d love to learn about it! In our initial brief, we will gather as much information as possible from you and your team.
We aim to help you creating the space you envisioned within budget and deadline, so every little bit of information helps us.
2. Estimate and Design Mock-Ups for Your Care Home
When we have all the information we need, we’ll get started on creating proposal and outline estimated. If you work with an interior designer, we can help with offering the solutions for the 3D CAD renderings.
As soon as the drawings or the price estimates are ready, we can sit down and talk again. Based on your feedback, we make changes to the initial proposal or start implementing it right away.
3. Your Vision Comes to Life
After the design proposal is approved, we will start implementing it. Everything will be done with minimal disruption to your care home -- we can look for the most convenient time slots together!
Why Work with Nichol & Hill for the Interior Design of Your Care Home?
Over 35 years of experience helping care homes across the UK get the interiors their residents deserve.
We manufacture care home products in our facility in Darlington, so you can be certain of their quality.
Extensive experience in designing care homes for people with dementia, limited mobility, and other conditions.
Find everything you need for your care home under a single roof: thanks to our network of partners and our in-house capabilities, we can provide you with everything you need or put you in contact with the right company. From furniture and carpeting to medical devices and special mattresses, we can help you source everything you need.
Excellent customer service: when you thrive, we thrive. We’re always happy to consult on how to maximise the impact of your care home interior design or how to find the best solutions without a massive investment.
Let’s transform your care home interior together!
Contact us to find our more about our special rates for interior designers!
