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Gazette

Office furniture, minus the homework. Buying guides, honest product talk, and notes from behind the scenes at Deskwell, written by the people who actually do the job. Some of it will save you a bad purchase. Some of it is Ben talking about the website again.

Search, Filters, and Finding the Right Chair in Three Clicks

How search and filtering work on deskwell.co.uk, why the categories are named for how people shop rather than how suppliers file, and what the site deliberately does not do.

Ben4 September 2026

Visitor Chairs: Comfort for People Who Don't Stay All Day

Visitor chairs have a different job from task chairs: quick comfort, easy in and out, and fabric that forgives. How to choose one without paying for levers nobody will touch.

Sarah3 September 2026

Back to the Office in September: A Checklist That Isn't Dreadful

Chairs that sink, desks that wobble, screens that have given up. A short office refresh checklist to work through before the busy season, most of it free.

Emma2 September 2026

Ergonomic Chairs vs Task Chairs: Where the Money Goes

What the ergonomic badge should mean before a chair earns the extra money, and where a plain task chair does the same job for a third of the price.

Marcus1 September 2026

Our online office furniture shop is live, by the numbers

The shop is open. Here is exactly what sits behind it: 440 listings, 20,366 variations, 676 technical sheets and 383,765 individual specification lines.

Chris1 September 2026

Standing Desk Myths: What the Research Actually Says

Standing all day was never the goal. An honest look at the calorie claims, the smoking comparison, and why the height you sit at matters less than how often you change it.

Ben28 August 2026

"Which One Should I Get?" How We Answer the Only Question That Matters

The question every buyer asks, and the way we answer it: what suits the person using it, at a price that is the same for every business, even when that means the cheaper chair.

Chris27 August 2026

Acoustic Panels: The Polite Way to Quieten an Office

Open offices echo because sound has nowhere soft to land. Here is what acoustic panels actually do, and why a few in the right place beat a full refit.

Sarah26 August 2026

The Canteen Refresh: Cafe Tables That Survive Lunch

The canteen takes more punishment than any other room in the building. What to buy so it still looks good in year three: wipe-clean tops, stacking chairs and tables that fold away.

Emma25 August 2026

Meeting Tables: Sizes, Shapes, and Seating Maths

How many people genuinely fit round each meeting table size? The elbow maths, the shapes, and the tape measure trick that stops you buying a table the room cannot hold.

Marcus24 August 2026

Monitor Arms: Reclaim Your Desk, Spare Your Neck

The cheapest ergonomic upgrade in the building is not the chair. It is the thing holding your screen, and most of us are still using the stand it came with.

Ben21 August 2026

Hybrid Working: What the Office Is For Now

If people are in two or three days a week, the office has a different job. Here is how to plan for collaboration and quiet on the same floor.

Chris20 August 2026