DMG Interiors Effectively Downsizes

For most people, moving during the pandemic wouldn’t be ideal, but the management team at DMG Interiors, a commercial interior design firm based in Falls Church, Virginia, turned a challenge into a win. As a consequence of COVID-19 and the change in the way their staff was working, the company decided to take advantage of an expiring lease to move into a new, but smaller, space. While the previous office was 2,850-square-feet, the new space comes in at just 900-square feet—a true downsizing. It’s a small workspace by any standard, but especially for a company where creative endeavors and traditional business activities often take place at the same time within the same areas. Yet, the relocation allowed the team of nine to think about working more efficiently, while adapting the interior to allow for social distancing. It was an opportunity tailor-made for designers used to thinking outside of the box, …