We found that, at least in our market, the used commercial grade furniture is cheaper than most of what we saw on Craigslist or in the residential furniture stores. Much of it appears hardly used at all. We used this route to get very nice conference room tables, all our storage, and some chairs.
Suite133 does provide reasonably okay office chairs. For some folks, they claim, this is what got them to stay. We found the ones we like at our Costco Business Center for about $180 each. While comfortable, these also provide visual homogeneity for the space. We also have over 30 stackable conference room chairs (office grade and not plastic). Are these meant for hours at a time? Not really. Do they work in a pinch? Absolutely. I hope this helps. Derek Young Suite133 On 6/3/08 11:26 AM, "BrianR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have any of the coworking spaces out there bought commercial grade > furniture? > > I've been doing a lot of research. Mainly to get an idea of the full > spectrum of options. My gut says go with the cheap stuff that easily > replaceable. But I wonder how long residential grade Ikea stuff lasts? > Especially when tons of people use it. Does it matter how long it > lasts? Do people REALLY find plastic stacking chairs ok to work in for > several hours at a time? (my back just could not do it) > > BYOC sounds like a very good idea. > > Thanks for all your advice. Its been so valuable. :) > > -BrianR > Carrboro Coworking > > On May 21, 11:56 pm, Matthew Wettergreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Any recommendations on chairs for a space? Any types to stay away >> from? I've found these IKEA ones which seem alright. >> >> With swivel action:http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S39842528 >> >> Non swivelly:http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S59842532 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
