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Bar Runners are an essential part of any drinking establishment. A great bar runner will add a touch of personality to your bar top, while helping to keep the area clean and tidy.
Here at bar-mats.co.uk, we have made it easier to find and create the ideal bar runner for you. Our easy-to-use customisation tools allow you to create your idea online before you check out, and make any purchase personal to you and unique to your bar. We offer a range of shapes and sizes, and this bar runner buying guide will help to decide which of our products is best for you.
The Benefits of a Refresh Prints Bar Runner
The five types of Bar Runner
Personalise your own design
Shipping your Bar Runner
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Bar tops come in all different shapes and sizes, so we have made sure to have a range of bar runners and bar runners to cater for every environment. Whether your bar area is thin or wide, long or short, there is a Refresh Prints bar runner to fit.
The Slim Bar Runner measures at 51 centimetres in length, 10 centimetres in width, and has a thickness of 2 millimetres. It is the perfect bar runner for smaller bars, that may be located in kitchens, on cabinets or in Micropubs - a much loved favourite of Home Bar enthusiasts!
The Regular Borderless Bar Runner measures at 45 centimetres in length, 22 centimetres in width, and has a thickness of 1 millimetre. The newest style to our line-up; the Regular Borderless Bar Runner offers the best solution for creating an edgeless design suitable for smaller spaces.
The Regular Bar Runner measures at 44 centimetres in length, 25 centimetres in width, and has a thickness of 3 millimetres. A strong favourite of home bars and traditional bars alike, the Regular Bar Runner is versatile due to its dimensions and its rubber edges. The reasonably-sized printable area allows for creative ideas and personalisation, without compromising space.
The Large Bar Runner measures at 88 centimetres in length, 25 centimetres in width, and also has a thickness of 3 millimetres - it is the larger version of our Regular Bar Runner (exactly double the length!). This commercial-sized bar runner is ideal for restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and even those of you with extensive Home Bar projects! The printable area of the Large Bar Runner makes it perfect for bars with longer names, or for venues with eye-catching patterns and branded designs.
The Premium Borderless Bar Runner measures at 83 centimetres in length, 22 centimetres in width, and has a thickness of 3 millimetres. While the Premium Borderless Bar Runner competes with our Large Bar Runner for size, the absence of a rubber edge allows your creativity to flow right to the ends of the bar runner. The Premium Borderless Bar Runner is the most vibrant of our five bar runners, and has a finish that enhances any photograph or pattern that touches its surface.
Bar Runners are often a one-size-fits-all solution in terms of appearance - generic designs, non-specific to the establishment. Designing your own bar runner adds character to your bar top. It can tie together a well thought-out brand, or make for a thoughtful gift that cannot be bought off of the shelf.
Here at bar-mats.co.uk, we've made it easy for you to visualise how your bar runner will look. Our online customisation tools allow you to insert your own bar names, your own dates, your own slogans, and even add your own images. Follow our step-by-step process below to personalise your own bar runner.
Every great design must begin somewhere. Our designers have created a range of ideas for you to insert your own personalisation details into. You can even upload a design that you already have. You can see our collection of bar runners by clicking here.
If the bar runner or mat that you have chosen allows for personalisation, you will see a
button on the page near the 'add to cart' and payment options. Click the button, and you will either be presented with a form that will request your personalisation details or a drawing board that will allow you to create bespoke designs from scratch. Simply add the text you wish to have on your design (or upload an image, where available) and our website will do the rest!A live image of your bar runner or mat idea will be generated in real-time, and will change automatically as you create your design. If you would like some design templates to use, prior to uploading, you can download some by clicking here. If you would like some design templates for creating floor mats, you can download some by clicking here.
If you are unsure whether or not your chosen image(s) infringe on someone's copyright, we have a separate guide that you can read here.
Once you are happy with your design, add your item to your cart. Upon checking out and making payment, we will be sent a copy of the design that you have created so that we can begin turning your idea into reality.
Canva is a popular online graphic design tool that helps you to create artwork. It provides a library of templates and ideas to help you get started with your design. It also allows for custom dimensions to be used, which is perfect for making sure that your final design will fit on one of our products. To see which dimensions would match with our items, you can take a look at our product descriptions or use the dimensions from our downloadable design templates as reference for your own artwork.
Once you have completed your design on Canva, please make sure that you have downloaded your end result in an appropriate size and file format. We would recommend downloading your artwork in 'PDF Print' format, or JPG/PNG in the largest dimensions possible (a JPG or PNG with small dimensions/file size will result in a lower-quality end result once printed).
Please note: A subscription for, or payment to, Canva may be required in order to download in PDF Print format. We cannot guarantee a high-quality outcome on items that have been created using low quality images.
To ensure that every bar runner and mat reaches it's intended destination, in the best possible condition, our bar runners and bar accessories are shipped in packaging that is tailored to their size. This allows us to send bar runners and mats without needing to tightly bind or roll them - reducing the chances of excessive creasing or other permanent damage as a result. Once an order has been dispatched, it is shipped via Royal Mail using either 24 or 48 hour Tracked delivery - or Royal Mail International Tracked - depending on which you prefer at the point of checkout.
Shipping costs will vary depending on each individual order and are based around the current prices for tracked postage on Royal Mail. Our prices are calculated by weight; no additional shipping taxes are added at checkout, however customers outside of the UK will need to pay VAT and duty on import:
| UK Shipping | Standard (48hr) | Express (24hr) | Fast Track |
| Below 700g | £4 | £5 | £25 |
| Above 700g | £5 | £10 | £25 |
Yes! We can create commercial quality bar runners for pubs, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and hotels. All of our bar runners can be purchased individually, however, every Refresh Prints bar runner and mat also has a wholesale alternative.
These items allow for you to use your own design - or have one created by our in-house design team - and place orders in large quantities. Discounts apply as the size of the order increases. You can find our collection of wholesale bar runners here.
If you would like some design templates to use, to help you create your own artwork, you can download some by clicking here.
We can only put images on to bar runners that you have permission to use. Images from Google are usually subject to copyright, and usually cannot be used in a bar runner design. For example, we would not be able to use images from Disney or MARVEL unless you had permission from those companies to use their intellectual properties.
If you are unsure whether or not your chosen image(s) infringe on someone's copyright, we have a separate guide that you can read here.
Once an order has been carried all the way through to payment, we will automatically receive a copy of the idea you have created on our website - as well as any original photographs or images used.
Most designs are unique to the individual, and are usually created to fulfil a specific need or requirement, however we do have a couple of suggestions to get the best results:
Our in-house design team operates during regular business operating hours (9am - 5pm GMT), on weekdays only (Monday - Friday). If you find that there is an issue with your automatically generated preview, or you have something more specific in mind for your design, a designer can be contacted here or via email.
We aim to dispatch orders 1-3 business days from the day of purchase. We offer a couple of Tracked postage options to give you the best possible control over your order, and once an order has been dispatched, we will provide tracking information.
We also offer a Fast Track service at checkout - which includes both faster printing and the fastest available shipping - and in-store collection from our Bradford location.
We are now providing international shipping for countries outside of the UK. If you have any questions regarding the cost of shipping to your country, please feel free to send us a message or an email.
Refresh Prints is currently shipping to the following countries:
United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, France, Germany, Denmark, Monaco, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Moldova, North Macedonia, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand.
Bar runners and mats can be rinsed off under the sink to remove spills. They can also be washed in a standard washing machine, at 30 degrees Celsius (or below), using a mild detergent. Bar runners and mats should then be hung to dry. Do not wring or tumble-dry. Store/stack your runners/mat(s) on a flat surface to reduce bending and creases.
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