Case Studies BBF
‘Selfie’ Photo Floor for New Extension. Ceramic G-Floor
Nick Wyse approached BBF having visited a Rolling Stones Exhibition in London. The floor of the show was covered in photographs of the group throughout the years. Nick and his wife had always taken photographs of their growing family on their phones and had always wanted a way of showing them off. The challenge here was to incorporate as many of the important photos as possible, without covering any of the main focus of each image. We asked Nick to order the photos with folders containing the most important, to the least. The photos were then carefully arranged although the design makes them look scattered. We varied the size and orientation of each image to create the composition and then placed a drop shadow under each one to give the design some depth.
From Nick
1. How does it feel to have family photos on permanent display?
We love it! This is a celebration of family and close friends. A daily reminder of golden moments. Golden moments with our loved ones are always there, with us throughout the day.
2. How did you find the design process and what do you think of the quality of the floor?
The design process was brilliant. Emily really went with our vision and built on it. Her care and attention to detail was wonderful. This was a challenging project but Emily totally worked her socks off to help us achieve what we wanted and a stunning result.
3. What has been the feedback from people that have seen your room?
Everyone who has seen our new kitchen has said that the floor is definitely the wow factor. So many people have said that they have never seen anything like it before and they love it!
4. How do you think the floor has impacted on the design of the room?
Although the floor is stunning, because it’s on the ground it allowed us to do lots of other fun design in the walls and throughout the rest of the room. So it’s a stand out design feature but it is not overly dominant.
A short quote from you would also be great?
We just love what Emily/Blue Butterfly Flooring has done for us. We have a totally personalised stand out design feature for our house, which celebrates the best of our lives. Simply wonderful!
Rockliffe Hall – A Five Star Luxury Spa and Golf Hotel. G-Floor Ceramic
https://www.rockliffehall.com/
The Owner of Rockliffe Hall, Warwick Brindle wanted to provide more activities to keep visiting Children entertained whilst staying at his hotel. In the grounds of there is a beautiful wood, where children like to play. To cater for the UK’s wet and cold weather the hotel decided to build some wooden Play-Pods in the heart of the woods. The brief here was to create flooring that referenced a rabbit hole in the Lewis Carol Adventure ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Obviously a dark rabbit hole would not provide much interest so instead we modified some of our other 3-D designs, to make it feel like you were about to fall into another world. We incorporated imagery from the book, like playing cards a top- hat and of course a white rabbit, meaning children can search for references from the book as they play.
From Warwick
1. What made you think of utilising the floor as a space for imagery?
We were looking for something, which we could fit in /utilise for our Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland) theme and came across the G-flooring & Emily when searching on GOOGLE.
2. How did you find the design process and the quality of the floor?
The process was very simple and the quality is very good and what we expected.
3. What has been the feedback from your customers?
Everyone who have seen the floors are somewhat surprised having not seen anything like them before, and always ask “where did you get them from”
They are certainly a talking point and set the scene for us perfectly.
A short quote from you would also be great?
We were looking for something, which would work for Children, Teenagers, and Adults. We also wanted to give the impression that the guests were about to go on an adventure trip like Alice and the G-Floors floors are perfect for this.
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery – St Albans – G-Floor Coin
http://monkeypuzzlestalbans.co.uk/
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery is based in St Albans and offers day care for children aged between 3 Months and 5 Years. As an Ofsted Rated Outstanding Nursery, environment is seen as very important for the children in their care. The owner Amanda Griffiths approached BBF with the idea to create a room, which bought ‘the outside in’ for her toddler room, which was being refurbished. BBF Countryside designs were perfect for this as they depict landscapes abundant with flora and fauna. Amanda also wanted the flooring to be educational, so we incorporated lots of different mini-beasts for the children to search out. The idea of interaction with our designs is especially important in education, and so we also created a series of stepping stones made from
