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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

Nearly There: Our Online Shop Is About to Open Its Doors

443 listings, 21,397 product codes, full specifications on all of it and 167 things you can spin round in 3D. What is live now, what lands next, and where the rough edges are.

Ben14 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

Why We're Building Our Own Shop Rather Than Renting Someone Else's

Renting a shop from a big platform would have had us trading months earlier. Here is what it would have cost us, and why we built the thing ourselves instead.

Ben30 July 2026

What "Delivered Direct" Actually Means for Your Order

Your order travels from our supplier straight to your door. Here is what that does to the price, the lead time, and the five minutes that matter when it arrives.

Sarah29 July 2026

Answers, Not Homework: Why We Publish Every Spec We Can Find

Hiding product information behind a phone call is bad manners. Here is what goes on a Deskwell product page, and what happens when the numbers will not come.

Sarah22 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