Final Touch Bakery in Westminster

Eri Shimada

Aprile Ly

ID150/Fall 2015

We chose the bakery: Final Touch, which had been finished remodeling one month ago. It locates in Westminster. They bake cakes for all type of occasions such as birthday, anniversary, wedding and shower. The store has two sections: front and back. The front is the reception where staff hand out the cakes and discuss with customers about the design of cakes, and tasting room. The back is the kitchen for the bakers and designers work on the cake.

The style of this bakery is rustic.  The main material is wood, which are used for walls, doors, and counter wall. The rough textured wood make this place casual, friendly, and so pretty. However, it has a possibility to hurt customer’s delicate cloth or stockings. Wood is living material, so it’s easy to change the shape, but it was installed tightly to avoid curving up. The constructor might have enough knowledge.

The material of counter top is man-made stone, which is durable and difficult to stain. The color is white so that easy to find dirty. The material is easy to wash to keep clean, so this is the best material for countertop of food store.  In addition, the counter has two level of height, so children or people with wheel chair can access easily. This is good example of universal design.

The floor is coated with epoxy, that creates a nicer look than concrete but not too expensive. The epoxy floor is cleaner than the concrete because it does not produce any dust, and it is easy to clean. The movement of the floor goes well with the rustic look of the wood on the walls.

Inside the tasting room, there are 8 chairs and large table. The chair is consisting of 88% polyurethane form pad and 12%of polyester-fiber batting. Even though it is not a natural material, it’s considered as a sustainable product because it looks durable enough for the customer who use them only weekends.

The area rug is an urban touch for the whole rustic design. The black and white color of the rug stands out easily from the dark old color of the epoxy floor. There is no threshold at the door between the reception area and tasting room, and they have one floor finish for both area.

There is multiple light sources are wrapped around a big piece of wood and dropped from the ceiling straight down to the long table below. They are all Edison bulbs for the vintage look. The Edison bulbs are beautiful and perfect for the whole design, but they use so much energy and make the room’s temperature higher after a period of time. However, there are also some LED spotlights to point at the logo and images on the wall, they are for the focus for some points in the room and they also save up energy.