A sense of home
 Seating from the new Knightsbridge Mental Health Furniture collection is helping to establish a therapeutic environment within a pioneering new mental health complex in Leicestershire, UK.
The Herschel Prins Centre is a specialist low-secure facility run by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. Furnished in line with an ethos of accessibility and homeliness, the centre ensures an ambience which encourages both respect and courtesy from patients and regular visits by their friends and families.
Working closely with the project team, the Knightsbridge team helped to develop colour and design stories which engender a positive and therapeutic response. Woodwork is a light shade of natural beech and fabrics coordinate with the artwork which adorns the walls of every room. Yet all the furniture retains its suitability for use in challenging mental health environments: within patient areas, for example, non-retractable screws have been specified to avoid the risk of patients self-harming.
Visitors to the centre are greeted by smart Melrose club chairs and twin-seat settees in luxurious red hide upholstery, an elegance matched in the dining rooms by chairs from the Knightsbridge Elliot and Katrine collections in shades of cream and navy faux leather. In the family areas and faith room, a more informal atmosphere is enhanced by the curved profile and soft covers of Bugatti easy chairs and settees, whilst patients and visitors can enjoy the comfortable low-line Byron armchairs in the lounges, where practical loose covers feature a diversity of designs.
Owen chairs are co-ordinated with individual themes in clinical and administration sectors, while offices are equipped with Harris visitor seating, complemented by Nimbus armchairs in meeting rooms and in the staff room.
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