Offering luxury treatments and spa days the Woodland Spa beckons visitors to soak up the sound of silence while unwinding and relaxing, away from all of life's pressures and time constraints.

The Challenge

Set within the beautiful countryside and part of the Crow Wood Leisure family, the Woodland Spa owners wanted to retain the natural theme of the business in order to ensure maximum relaxation for its guests and chose IDP Design to create the ambience.

Malcolm King, Design Director, said: "It was very easy to be inspired by the nature around the spa and bring some of this outdoor in.

"Lighting plays a huge part in creating the right ambience and it was suggested to me that we used Chantelle Lighting to make our paper sketched dreams a reality.

"And, as well as setting the relaxed mood for the spa, it was important that the lighting became a talking point from people using the thermal spas to diners in the first floor Bertram's Restaurant's."

The Solution

Chantelle Lighting worked closely with IDP to ensure the visions could be made reality.

Malcolm said: " Sometime we have a visual image of how we would like things to look, but we have to compromise. This is true of the Bertram's Restaurant hovering cigar structures which we wanted to prove interesting to diners while not distracting from the stunning views.

"We had chosen a natural fabric for these structures, but were advised by Chantelle Lighting that it was not fire retardant and therefore not suitable.

"They found us an almost exact alternative which met both design and health and safety requirements and this attention to detail proved true throughout the whole process."

The Result

As you move from room to room in the Woodland Spa, the lighting takes centre stage, from an array of bubble pendants in the welcome area, to strange cocoon like shapes hovering above the restaurant which the designer has branded 'cigars'.

Those choosing to enjoy the spa's 'thermal experience' can marvel in the beauty of the leaf shaped lighting dome above the massage pool as they feel their stresses melt away, and, as they move along to the low-lit serenity room, escape from reality as they watch the glow from the LED lit fire while bathing in the high temperature pool.

Malcolm said: "It was really good to work with Chantelle Lighting and we are looking to work with them on further projects in the near future.