How can you successfully decorate a barber’s shop? Here are our tips!

Are you about to open a barber shop or a barber’s and looking for interior design ideas?

Mysalondecoiffure, Europe’s leading online supplier of hairdressing furniture, explains how to successfully decorate a barber’s salon.

Check out our tips and find ideas to give your premises some style!

The secret to a top-class barber shop? The furniture!

When you think of a barber’s, you inevitably think of a barber’s chair, but also a whole range of specialised furniture that clearly sets it apart from a traditional hairdressing salon.

This is the key to successfully decorating a barber shop: you’ll need to find the right furniture – the sort that will showcase your workspace and give it real character.

To achieve this, we strongly advise you to decide on a specific style before starting the fit-out. Having a clear idea of what you want in terms of design, as well as colours and materials, will help you establish a central theme and make subsequent decisions easier – such as the colour of the walls and ceiling, the flooring, and so on.

If you run a traditional hairdressing salon but have decided to set up a barber’s area within your premises, you will of course need to take these elements into account, whilst bearing in mind that your barber’s area must be clearly distinct from your hairdressing area.

This will allow you to adopt a vintage style, whilst ensuring that the colours still complement the rest of your salon.

Some tips for choosing your barber’s furniture

Once you’ve decided on the style, all that remains is to choose your barber’s chair, as well as your styling stations – which are just as essential.

Let’s start with the barber’s chair. This differs from a traditional hairdressing chair in that it features four essential elements: the hydraulic pump (to adjust the seat height), the gas spring (to adjust the backrest angle), the footrest and an adjustable headrest.

Above all, these chairs are more imposing than a traditional chair, and their design is often more or less retro, paying homage to a time when it was de rigueur for a man to visit the barber to look after his appearance.

They are, therefore, elegant and refined pieces of furniture, to be chosen with care. You’ll find several models at Mysalondecoiffure, at preferential rates.

Opt for relatively understated colours (these generally range from black, brown, beige, grey or burgundy) and adapt the style to suit your preferences: a full vintage look, or a more modern design with a touch of retro flair.

As for the styling station, it is generally much larger than that of a traditional salon, although there are more compact models available that are suitable for smaller spaces.

Depending on the layout of your salon and the space you have available, you’ll need to choose one or more styling stations of the appropriate size.

They come in both modern and retro styles, for a more authentic feel.

They usually come fitted with a sink, lighting and shelves and/or storage drawers. You should also be aware that some wholesalers stock two styling stations side by side, making it easier to fit out your barber’s space, often at a lower cost than buying two stations separately.

Small decorative touches: the finishing touch

Once you’ve chosen the paint, flooring and furniture, all that’s left is to add the finishing touches to your barber’s shop.

These details will help you refine the atmosphere, so it’s important that they’re personal and chosen with care.

For a pleasant and elegant space, we advise against overcrowding it: a retro poster and a few well-displayed items will do the trick!

Finally, varying the light sources and intensity will help you shape the space and put your customers at ease.

You now have everything you need to create a successful décor. We wish you every success with your interior design!