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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.

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

"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

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

Breakout Spaces: Why the Kettle Corner Earns Its Keep

The business case for a proper breakout space: the meetings it prevents, the lunch breaks it rescues, and furniture rated for the hours it will actually do.

Chris13 August 2026

One Price for All: Why We Don't Do "Call for Pricing"

The industry habit of sizing up the caller before quoting, why we refuse to play, and what one honest price costs us on a forty desk order.

Chris7 August 2026

The Small Office Layout: Making 20 Square Metres Work Hard

Four people, one room, and a decision needed by Friday. Walkways before desks, why 600mm deep beats 800mm, and the corner you should refuse to fill.

Chris31 July 2026

Welcome to Deskwell: Furniture for Businesses That Have Better Things to Do

Who we are, why we started Deskwell, and what buying office furniture in the UK ought to feel like. The short version: a good deal less homework.

Chris21 July 2026