In Your Shoes - Adam Taylor

Space Planning – “Creating Amazing Spaces”

Monday mornings start with a run, this helps me clear my head and get ready for the day and week ahead. I enjoy running, it is the only time where I feel I can process my thoughts with no distractions, it helps me sort the good ideas from the bad ideas, it’s also the only chance I get to listen to an audio book!

From my run its straight back home to help my wife get the kids ready for school. Our house is pretty busy with a 15yr old, an 8yr old and a 7-month-old! As my wife is on maternity leave, we’ve developed a habit of a Monday morning walk after the school run whenever I can, we live near Bridgefoot so normally walk round this way and past Strathmartine Hospital and back round to our house, today is no exception.

I have an appointment with an existing client today so its off to Falkirk to discuss their requirements. Today’s visit will entail space planning the current canteen and measuring up the area. Their current canteen does not use the space effectively with their current furniture and is in dire need of rejuvenation. On the back of this visit we will produce visualisations and a new proposed layout with new furniture and decoration.

On the drive home, the sun is shining, and the lambs are in the field, it feels like we are getting back to some normality.

Furniture Solutions For Any Environment

Today is an admin day for me, I keep adding to my list and instead of ticking the items off one by one and getting through it, it just keeps getting bigger! So today is a day spent behind my computer to catch up on everything.

Today is also deadline day for a tender we have been working on, so I have blocked out the morning to go over everything and ensure we are on point before submitting it.

As I know I will be available today, I have also scheduled a video call in with a supplier to finalise options for covid protection screens at polling stations in the up-and-coming election. We will be able to provide a full solution for prospective polling stations, these solutions work in many different environments and situations so if you have a specific requirement get in touch, I’m sure we can help.

Today seems like it has been a looonngg day so I am clocking off at 3 today, my mind has given up on me anyway!

3D Visuals & Immersive Tech

So, this morning begins with another site visit at a client’s premises, this time local here in Dundee. We have been in talks going back and forth, amending a specification but to really show how a certain item of furniture will look in a space we can use VR. In this instance it’s a quick trip to the client with my iPad and I can instantly show them how their desk would look in their office. We are currently working on being able to offer a full VR immersive experience where we can mock-up a full office fit out that would allow our clients to ‘walk through’ their new office before anything has been agreed. This will give them a true feeling of their new surroundings and allow for any amendments. We pride ourselves on our customer service and we are always looking at ways of improving the ‘Spaces Taylored’ experience for our clients.

Afterwards its back to the garden office and an hour spent with my wife picking her brains about marketing to ensure we are on the right track as she is a Marketing Manager for an Automation & Robotics company in Dundee. I like running my ideas by my wife as she has no filter, she won't tell me what I want to hear. She’ll be blunt if it’s not a good idea or if we are about to publish something on social that she thinks has no value you can be sure she’ll let me know….. sometimes I need that haha!

Feel Good Thursdays & Site Visits

This morning is an early start and is started off with a workout, with the sun appearing afterwards…. its gonna be a good productive day!

It's Fit Thursday at our daughters school so I walk with her and she uses her scooter, it’s a good time together and I hear all about her house she is planning on building on Minecraft and the furniture she will put in it….. creativity must run in the family!

Afterwards it's off to Stirling to see the final pieces of a two week install arrive onsite, the final pieces include a boardroom table and chairs, meeting booths & media unit and of course some biophilia to promote wellbeing in the workplace!

A quick video call to my 15yr old daughter from a previous relationship to cheer her up (boyfriend troubles) before I leave, then it’s on the road home.
It's day like this that put things into perspective, family means everything to me.

“Its Friday then, then Saturday, Sunday, What?”

It’s the end of the week and this morning I’m finalising a 3D render for a local medical centre which will undergo an interior fitout within their offices in the coming months….. watch this space!

Then…. some exclusive news! We are currently working behind the scenes on a subsidiary company of Spaces Taylored called ‘Officeticated’. This will be a B2C ecommerce business bringing design led, commercial products to the home. The modern, hybrid way of working has paved the way for more people choosing to be more productive from home and utilizing their time differently, whether this be working, a hobby they pursue, a side hustle or whatever it is that requires you to be productive and work effectively we have the right products for you without bring the a-typical office environment home.

As you can see from this week, we are a family run business. I’m so passionate about what we do and ensuring our clients happy that I’m very much involved in everything, much to my wife’s despair! This is something I need to work on and take a step back.

Token Van Shot

We only every work a weekend if this is a requirement of a client, i.e. their office is a working environment and a weekend install or fit out is required so we don’t interfere with their day to day operations. However, it would be rude not to post a token van shot before this one gets a clean. If you see one of our vans on the road, say hi.

I hope this week has given you an insight into what I do and how we operate as a business and more importantly how we can support you with your office requirements…. If you are not quite sure what that may be just yet and would like to explore any ideas you may have, give us a call, we would be more than happy to help.

Thanks for reading, take care.
Adam