Get more service with your boardroom table and chairs

A lot of people get their office furniture from an internet supplier who ship you a box and leave it on your doorstep. That’s it. While this may seem the most cost-effective solution, it may actually be a false economy. People often don’t realise that there are alternatives available; companies who offer a range of services for similarly competitive prices.

Office design companies will often provide complimentary 2D or 3D plans to help you use the space effectively. With years of design experience, they can help tackle the problems you hadn’t even thought about – how people move through the space, how to fit in the maximum amount of storage or how the overall design will reflect the image of your company. Many business owners try to design the layout of their furniture themselves, but this can be time consuming and difficult. Whereas businesses replace their furniture once in five or ten years, office design companies help create attractive and functional layouts every day.

The matter of time is an important one. If you order from a generic supplier, you will have to plan the office layout, put the furniture together when it arrives and get everything in its rightful place. Then you are left with lots of packaging, as well as your old furniture. It is not until you have visited the dump several times that you have finished the job. The question is, how much do you value your time? All this could take hours – hours which could have been used more effectively elsewhere. Office design specialists will deliver and install furniture, as well as removing the packaging and if required, disposing of your old furniture in an environmentally responsible manner.

Take boardroom furniture, for example. A boardroom, in essence, is a direct representation of the company in microcosm. It is the nerve-centre where decisions are made and may double as a room to meet with important clients or stage conferences. Although designing a new boardroom may sound simple, it is not just a matter of buying a table and some chairs; there are many factors to be taken into account. The size and type of furniture will partly be dictated by the amount of space, but at the same time it is important to know how many people will be present and what style is appropriate. Boardroom chairs need to be comfortable and spacious, but this means they will take up more space. The table needs to allow everyone to sit round comfortably, while being small enough to enable discussion and collaboration. Drawings are essential to make sure everything will fit and function as it should.

Office design specialists will often have better quality furniture than is available elsewhere. While large retailers supply cheap, mass-produced products, specialist companies are able to offer Italian leather, real-wood veneers and glass. They can customise furniture to create a truly bespoke design, and have pieces that can make an impact with clients and employees alike. While this may sound expensive, the prices are often comparable to those offered elsewhere and represent far better value for money.