CBI Showroom

Visiting Corporate Business Interiors’ Irvine showroom is a wonderful experience. Julie Sherwin at CBI is a wonderful host and explained the materials and finishes used throughout the showroom floor. From the moment you walk in the doors your eyes are flattered by a wide array of materials. The grand entry is lain with Arizona Tile porcelain flooring leading to the Furniture Solutions entry platform but the first thing to catch the eye is the Texton Terra textured wall finish laying perfect background to three chairs.

This textured wall draws the eye immediately into the space with its rough and rugged horizontal lines, clearly left with detail edge of a cement trowel.

The flooring on the right of the entry is Chilewich woven vinyl floor which captures the attention of all who enter because it’s unique pattern and subtle intricacy.

Interface carpet tile in Footnotes pattern guides you gently through the showroom to the next interesting wall covering, the woven wall has several pieces of upturned bow-tie shaped pieces of white metal that are interwoven and suspension-braced. Each piece can be pulled from place and return to it’s original location. The Cooper Lighting down lights, wall washers and low-voltage accents provide wonderful focused light. Also used throughout the space are: Focal Point fluorescent light fixtures, Hampstead lighting, Lumenart, RSA Lighting, Schmitz lighting.

The conference room uses DIRTT wall and glass partitions, Furniture Solutions credenza. The kitchen area features a large hospitality center by Furniture Solutions, a SpecsCeramics Quartz slab and Gunlocke overhead storage cabinets. The flooring in the kitchen was originally a cork mosaic bordered by Wicanders cork tiles but had recently been removed and replaced with a more durable laminate flooring with a dark wood finish. Some of the striking upholstery fabrics utilized throughout the space are by: Allsteel and Gunlcke, Arc Com, Bernhardt, Carnegie, Dani Leather, Jhane Barnes, Luna Textiles and Maharam.
One of the most interesting panel materials used in the workspace solutions in the showroom was the Allsteel Landscape™ Surfaces Pearlescent Strata: Glacier PS01 made from 100% recycled polyester resin that is originally used in the manufacturing of buttons in Muscatine, Iowa but is now beautifying workspaces as it is used as very appealing luminescent paneling.

There are so many sustainable building and interior products that are being manufactured and recycled to better preserve our natural resources and reduce waste in the land fills. The options CBI included even in their showroom are just a few. I thoroughly enjoyed walking through this new space and hearing about some of the ways that even in the ccorporate world we can specify sustainable materials and products.