Whether your salon is small two to three sections or part of a larger chain with twenty five sections the principles are the same for re-developing the look of your salon. It’s recommended a repaint or maintenance is carried out once a year to any hair salon. A larger refurbishment project is recommended at five yearly intervals. This can be at your discretion.

The Basic Two Stages in Order

Budget

The budget dictates the plan the plan dictates the work. This is good acronym to have when starting your project off. The plane will vary the key is by how much? And by using this simple acronym this can be reduced to a minimum. Your budget may start with a brainstorm of ideas, using mood boards and talking to staff. Lots of ideas can be found in salon trade magazines. If you want to have an original look you can look further afield and use the magazines as what you do not want.

The budget should clearly define all the areas where spending is expected. Do not leave any stone unturned here and always “round up” to figures. List then recheck again a good tip is to sleep on your findings as often ideas will come to light as your reflect on what’s required. The more time you spend on budgeting the more savings you will make at execution stage.

Issues to look at in your budget

· Unforeseen work (after items are removed like pipe work and electrics)

· Materials wastage

· Forgotten items

· Hire charges and cleaning

· Opening night launch party and Local PR to maximise your exposure

Planning

Planning is again like budgeting a key stage part of any refurbishment. Use a timeline with set points of movement. Planning is also about planning for what may or may not happen. Look at all areas of the business and how the business will be affected.

One of the biggest questions when remaking a hair salon is what do you do whilst trade is going on? If you have a large area with lots of hair sections it may be possible to cordon off areas of the shop using wood temporary panelling I would recommended this over loose tarpaulins etc as it really is effective at keeping dust out if the work requires it.

If you are a small retailer inevitably you will have to shut. All is not lost though because this is where the planning part comes in you are in control of when and where this happens. What about planning the refurbishment over a bank holiday? Or public holidays this way trade losses can be minimised, although this means if you are working to a tight timescale planning will play an important role. It may be the case you need to get all the elements in place first before you can hit the green light.

Unforeseen Issues that can effect planning

· Suppliers lead times, for delivery of equipment to you

· Sickness of your work staff

· Accidents and breakages

· Unforeseen work (after items are removed like pipe work and electrics)

Contingency

This is basically putting aside some cash or money if something goes wrong. You need to be the judge according to your budget but generally around twenty percent is fine of the total budget.Image Source: http://images.google.com