When designing the layout and planning the décor for a new salon, many owners forget about aspects such as staff break rooms. This is a big mistake, as the absence of this kind of dedicated space can have a detrimental impact on your salon’s reputation.

Your salon needs to convey a sense of efficiency and professionalism to clients; more importantly, you need to let customers know that you care about maintaining a quality service. You can do this through attention to detail – fresh flowers in the salon, regularly updated magazines, excellent hygiene standards for salon equipment– but the effect these measures have on clients can be ruined if your staff are not behaving professionally.

This is where staff break rooms come in. Without even the smallest amount of space to store personal effects whilst at work, your salon could soon become cluttered with your stylist’s coats, bags and knick-knacks.
More importantly, without a staff room in which to eat and drink at break and lunch times, your staff will inevitably end up eating on the job or in full view of clients. This is unprofessional, unhygienic and extremely off-putting to clients.

Let standards slip like this and your salon’s reputation will go rapidly downhill. You only need a small space with a couple of chairs, a table and some lockers, and your staff will be able to do their jobs to a professional standard and enjoy their breaks properly.