Improving Facilities At Your Shared Workspace
A shared workspace provides a strong sense of community, leading to enhanced productivity and a better work/life balance. Facilities like this offer a structured working environment which minimises distractions, plus you’ll find options to suit different working styles, from private offices to communal areas.

Encouraging Collaboration and Networking
A shared workspace also encourages networking and collaboration with others, either from the same industry or a completely different sector, often resulting in people exchanging ideas and forging invaluable partnerships.
Standing Out in a Competitive Market
The best facilities are cost-effective, flexible and adaptable, allowing for efficient use of space.
If you run an amenity like this, whether that’s a coworking space London or anything else across the UK, you’re operating in a competitive marketplace and will need to stand out.
Enhancing the Outdoor Experience
One way of doing that is to focus on providing high-quality service and facilities. That means, for example, not just having a super-fast broadband connection and great coffee but creating a pleasant environment more generally, one that’s conducive to productivity.
That extends to your outdoor areas. If you provide somewhere people can work outside during the warmer months, they benefit from the change of location, the connection with nature and the possibilities for working in different ways.
So give some thought to whether it could be time to reconsider the landscaping and amenities you provide in the garden or similar outside areas at your members’ club or other shared workspace.
Why Choose a Teak Lutyens Bench?
For a start, what are your members or customers sitting on to work or chat to others outside? A piece like a teak Lutyens bench encourages conversation, makes excellent use of available space if room is limited, and is comfortable over extended periods.
Created by British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, these eye-catching benches have a distinctive appearance that’s timelessly elegant, with arched backs and scrolled arms. So they’re a classic choice for gardens and indeed any outdoor space, while the iconic design has remained virtually unchanged over the years.
Teak is regularly the material of choice for these popular, smart-looking models, which come in varied styles and sizes, allowing you to fit one whatever space you have. This hardwood is sought-after due to its longevity and gorgeous golden colour, its sustainability and ability to regulate its own temperature, which contributes to its comfort.
Finally, the natural oils in this timber allow it to shrug off problems like pest infestation, splitting, cracking and rotting. Your teak Lutyens bench can stay outside in all weathers, and requires almost nothing in the way of upkeep or maintenance.
Durable Outdoor Materials That Impress
Teak’s myriad benefits serve as a reminder that it’s worth giving some thought to the materials you use in your outdoor spaces. Another great example is Indian sandstone paving. This natural stone is quarried in India and is known for its exceptional strength, no matter what foot traffic passes over it. Plus it can withstand the harshest weather conditions and, again, is very low-maintenance.
This sandstone comes in many different colours, sizes and styles, giving you plenty of creative choice when it comes to design options. And, as well as being eco-friendly, it’s naturally slip-resistant, even in wet conditions.
Finally, this material also has varied uses, including in patios, walkways, driveways and other settings, so it’s hugely versatile. But however you use it, you can be sure it’ll look great and, along with a high-quality bench, could really set off the outside areas at your co-working space this summer.
