Buyer's Guides
How to choose office furniture without it turning into homework. One category at a time.
Canteen and Dining Chairs: Hard Wearing Seats for the Hungriest Room
Wipe-clean finishes, stacking frames and seat heights that match the table: how Marcus picks canteen chairs that survive lunch rush after lunch rush.
Modular Seating: Build the Breakout You Actually Need
Modular office seating is bought as one object and used as one object, which wastes the point of it. Plan by module, corner and power unit instead.
Desk Screens: Privacy, Focus, and a Bit of Peace
The sightline maths behind screen heights, what acoustic classes actually mean, and which fixing fits which desk. Ben on desk screens, with numbers.
Office Safes: What Belongs in One (and What Really Doesn't)
Cash ratings, fire ratings and why they are not the same number. Emma on sizing an office safe, what to keep out of it, and bolting it down properly.
Training Room Tables: Flip Tops, Castors and Quick Change Rooms
Rows on Tuesday, interviews on Wednesday. Marcus on castors, flip tops and the shapes that make a training room change in minutes rather than lunchtimes.
Poseur Tables and Bar Stools: Standing Height Socialising
Poseur tables get used more than sofas, as long as the stools are the right height. The seat-to-top sum, footrests, and which of ours pairs with which.
Key Cabinets and Cash Boxes: Small Security, Big Peace of Mind
Sizing a key cabinet by hook count, choosing between key, code, combination and NetCode locks, and the three things a cash box needs.
Stacking and Folding Chairs: Seating That Disappears When You're Done
Stack height, weight, trolleys and linking clips: the four things that decide whether a stacking chair earns its cupboard, and when a folding chair is the better buy.
Corner and L Shaped Desks: More Surface, Same Footprint
When a corner desk earns its keep: dual screens, left or right hand returns, and the four measurements to take before you fall for the photo.
How to Read a Furniture Website Price
Every office furniture site prints a price. Marcus on how to tell whether that number is the price you will pay, or the opening bid the trade expects you to beat on the phone.
Filing Cabinets in 2026: Yes, Paper Is Still a Thing
Contracts, HR files and the delivery notes that refuse to die. How to choose an office filing cabinet by drawer depth, steel or wood, locks and anti-tilt.
Draughtsman Chairs: For When Your Desk Is Taller Than Average
Counters, lab benches and standing-height desks need a taller seat and somewhere to put your feet. What makes a draughtsman chair different, and how to size one.