Office Furniture Blog

The first decision to make when choosing executive office furniture is what material and finish you want. The choices are real wood veneer or melamine or similar artificial finish. Real wood veneer is obviously the most prestigious, but is also the most expensive and requires considerable care and maintenance. Modern melamine finishes look virtually as good as veneer and are considerably cheaper and easier to look after. For example, coffee cups and spills can seriously damage a real wood veneer, but are harmless to melamine finishes. The second decision depends on the style you want to create; you need to choose between contemporary executive office furniture and classic executive desks. Some examples on the market today include the classic Cambridge real wood veneer executive office furniture range which is available in brown mahogany or cherry veneer. This elegant range of executive furniture would suite any classic office and has a distinct air of opulence. An example of contemporary executive office furniture can be found with the Times Square range, available in light or dark oak veneer. This is of a modern, minimalistic slab-sided design and is resolutely modern. One big question you need to ask yourself is how long you are prepared to wait for your furniture once you have placed the order. There are some office furniture dealers and manufacturers who keep standard designs in stock and can deliver and install your executive office furniture in a matter of days. Then there are the bespoke executive office furniture manufacturers who build the furniture to you specifications, including size, style and finish, but who require up to six weeks from order to delivery. When selecting a range of executive furniture you should also bear in mind the full range, not just the office desks. You will almost certainly need executive meeting room furniture, for example boardroom tables, as well as storage cupboards, media and computer furniture etc. The final choice to make concerns the executive office chairs. There are many wood and leather chairs available on the UK market, but many of the cheaper ones are far-eastern imports where little attention is paid to comfort and ergonomics. It is advisable to choose a more expensive chair with a fully ergonomic mechanism. In fact with an office chair you normally get what you pay for - the more expensive chairs are normally very much better that the cheaper versions. Considering the time you spend sitting in your executive office chair, the investment is worth it.