Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
On Jul 10, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Katy Moses Huggins [email protected] wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
On Jul 10, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Katy Moses Huggins [email protected] wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
On Jul 10, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Katy Moses Huggins [email protected] wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
On Jul 10, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Katy Moses Huggins [email protected] wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
We are about to start a small co-working space in Las Vegas and will be purchasing Knoll Antenna product, it is quite a bit more than ikea (not as much as people think) but looks awsome and it has a life-time warranty.
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On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28:26 AM UTC-7, Katy Moses Huggins wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
We are about to start a small co-working space in Las Vegas and will be purchasing Knoll Antenna product, it is quite a bit more than ikea (not as much as people think) but looks awsome and it has a life-time warranty.
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28:26 AM UTC-7, Katy Moses Huggins wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
We need to be able to fold up the tables and move them out of the room into storage for events, so unfortunately we’re limited a bit for what we have to choose from. If anybody else has found anything better (cheaper?) that fits those unique needs then let me know!
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28:26 AM UTC-7, Katy Moses Huggins wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
I used to work for a contract furniture dealer - we often went to Versteel and Falcon for folding training tables, however I don’t think their price will beat those. You may check out Uline, its not contract but they have some surprising prices. Also, depending on how many training tables you plan to store, sometimes using ones without casters but storing and moving on a dolly made to move them can be a great space-saving.
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On Jul 19, 2014, at 12:00 AM, Melissa Geissinger wrote:
We need to be able to fold up the tables and move them out of the room into storage for events, so unfortunately we’re limited a bit for what we have to choose from. If anybody else has found anything better (cheaper?) that fits those unique needs then let me know!
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28:26 AM UTC-7, Katy Moses Huggins wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
We ordered the first batch through globalindstrial.com but when we needed an additional one we discovered the Amazon link above. As it turns out, free shipping via Amazon Prime saved us more than the cost of Prime membership on just that one item alone.
The table have worked well for the past 1+ years. We usually have them pushed together to make a sectional conference table (3 72" tables in the middle with a 60" table on each end). The only oddity is the pencil trough molded in to the top at each seating position. We get a lot of “flashback to grade school” comments, but no one really objected to it.
Glen
Cowork Frederick
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On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 5:03 PM, rachel cline [email protected] wrote:
I used to work for a contract furniture dealer - we often went to Versteel and Falcon for folding training tables, however I don’t think their price will beat those. You may check out Uline, its not contract but they have some surprising prices. Also, depending on how many training tables you plan to store, sometimes using ones without casters but storing and moving on a dolly made to move them can be a great space-saving.
On Jul 19, 2014, at 12:00 AM, Melissa Geissinger wrote:
We are thinking about buying these training tables from Costco:
We need to be able to fold up the tables and move them out of the room into storage for events, so unfortunately we’re limited a bit for what we have to choose from. If anybody else has found anything better (cheaper?) that fits those unique needs then let me know!
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28:26 AM UTC-7, Katy Moses Huggins wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
Sharing a little secret we learned from a previous coworking space and used in ours. If you go to the kitchen area of IKEA you can buy the full plank of kitchen counter tops. Then go to the desk area and buy the cheap legs. Not only you get very cheap tables but they can be easily stacked in case you need to store them away. This is a pic of ours https://www.flickr.com/photos/110536945@N07/11200762236/
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Glen Ferguson [email protected] wrote:
We ordered the first batch through globalindstrial.com but when we needed an additional one we discovered the Amazon link above. As it turns out, free shipping via Amazon Prime saved us more than the cost of Prime membership on just that one item alone.
The table have worked well for the past 1+ years. We usually have them pushed together to make a sectional conference table (3 72" tables in the middle with a 60" table on each end). The only oddity is the pencil trough molded in to the top at each seating position. We get a lot of “flashback to grade school” comments, but no one really objected to it.
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 5:03 PM, rachel cline [email protected] wrote:
I used to work for a contract furniture dealer - we often went to Versteel and Falcon for folding training tables, however I don’t think their price will beat those. You may check out Uline, its not contract but they have some surprising prices. Also, depending on how many training tables you plan to store, sometimes using ones without casters but storing and moving on a dolly made to move them can be a great space-saving.
On Jul 19, 2014, at 12:00 AM, Melissa Geissinger wrote:
We are thinking about buying these training tables from Costco:
We need to be able to fold up the tables and move them out of the room into storage for events, so unfortunately we’re limited a bit for what we have to choose from. If anybody else has found anything better (cheaper?) that fits those unique needs then let me know!
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28:26 AM UTC-7, Katy Moses Huggins wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
We ordered the first batch through globalindstrial.com but when we needed an additional one we discovered the Amazon link above. As it turns out, free shipping via Amazon Prime saved us more than the cost of Prime membership on just that one item alone.
The table have worked well for the past 1+ years. We usually have them pushed together to make a sectional conference table (3 72" tables in the middle with a 60" table on each end). The only oddity is the pencil trough molded in to the top at each seating position. We get a lot of “flashback to grade school” comments, but no one really objected to it.
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 5:03 PM, rachel cline [email protected] wrote:
I used to work for a contract furniture dealer - we often went to Versteel and Falcon for folding training tables, however I don’t think their price will beat those. You may check out Uline, its not contract but they have some surprising prices. Also, depending on how many training tables you plan to store, sometimes using ones without casters but storing and moving on a dolly made to move them can be a great space-saving.
On Jul 19, 2014, at 12:00 AM, Melissa Geissinger wrote:
We need to be able to fold up the tables and move them out of the room into storage for events, so unfortunately we’re limited a bit for what we have to choose from. If anybody else has found anything better (cheaper?) that fits those unique needs then let me know!
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:28:26 AM UTC-7, Katy Moses Huggins wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
At our space we went with a bunch of Bivi tables from Steelcase/Turnstone and adjustable height task chairs from Allemuir, called Ad-Lib.
The big surprise to me is the lead times for both items. Bivi tables are average 6 weeks, and the chairs are more like 12 weeks.
George
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On Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:28:26 AM UTC-5, Katy Moses Huggins wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
If you have the patience and time for garage sales or estate sales you can come up with something like this. You’ll never guess how cheap it was! Under $10! DIY Coworking Furniture: Storage Cabinets
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On Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:28:26 AM UTC-6, Katy Moses Huggins wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:28:26 AM UTC-6, Katy Moses Huggins wrote:
Hi All! I’m new to the group as of yesterday and love the amount of great info and sharing in this group. I’m in the process of building out a coworking space at the moment and am researching options for furniture. I’ve been looking into all the secondhand stores, but everything seems pretty junky and I’d like to have the space be fresh, bright and clean (no old lacquer finish chipping off on our forearms, please!).
Have any of you been able to make connections with someone who will sell desks, chairs at wholesale? Any other recommendations?
Thanks Craig and Jane! Cohere and Cothere may not be the most polished of spaces in the world but the members find it homey and comfortable and I can’t ask for much more than that!
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On Thursday, September 11, 2014 1:44:26 PM UTC-6, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking wrote:
I love this look because it has the price and dimensions of IKEA but it doesn’t scream ‘I went to IKEA’
Did you actually buy desks that were unfinished or did you have to sand them down?
