Professional Office Interiors to Inspire Your Workplace Makeover

A well designed office space will create an excellent first impression. Using the right furniture and accent products in a cohesive nature show professionalism and class. This article highlights trendy office interiors sure to inspire your makeover project.

The Home Office

Working at home is an excellent opportunity to make your office completely your own! The perfect way to go about decorating your home office is by finding a "focal point". This can be specific color or art piece for you to orient your room around. In the example above, the focal point is the striped paintings behind the desk and the rug on the floor. The rest of the room uses muted analogous colors to showcase the focal points, creating a wonderfully balanced home office!
Now, you may be thinking "what if I can't find any furniture to go with the room?" Well, never fear! Office furniture manufacturers realize the importance of decor, and work to create furniture with variety to fit any room. In fact, most companies have lines of home computer desks specifically designed for the home office, so your room can look its very best!

The Conference Room

The conference room is perhaps one of the most important rooms in almost any office, so naturally, a makeover for one can be something of a challenge. Fortunately, furniture manufacturers have recognized this and have developed lines of conference room furniture that perfectly blend elegance with tranquility. Keeping the balance between comfort and sophistication is key when decorating a conference room, and nowhere is it more important to keep this balance than in your room's chairs. Today, conference chairs have reached the epitome of style and comfort so your guests never feel tired or stiff during those long meetings. So whether you choose to make the chairs or your conference table the focal point of the room, you can rest assured your guests will be impressed and relaxed at the same time!

The Lobby

Lobbies are typically the first room guests see when they enter an establishment, so its important to decorate with the motto "you never get a second first impression" in mind. It is important to make a room that reflects not only the characteristics of your business, but also looks as amazing as possible. The easiest way to go about this is to follow a protocol similar to home office decoration, that is, focusing more on the rest of the room, then finding furniture to accent it.
Manufacturers today have designed a vast array of lobby furniture available in all sorts of colors and shapes to beautifully accent any lobby. In the photo above, the circular arrangement of fashionable lobby seating that slightly alternate in design draws attention to the sculpture in the center, so guests have something to focus on. The arrangement is graceful, chic, and unique - a great first impression!

The Waiting Room

Waiting rooms are all about comfort, about making your guests or patients feel relaxed and entertained until you can reach them. The stylish waiting room showcased above is an exemplary illustration of a room that goes above and beyond for its guests! In this room, guests can lounge on the comfortable sofas with a good book or a magazine, or they can choose to work on a laptop at one of the convenient work tables while they wait. The room is tastefully decorated in warm orange tones and is cozy enough that a guest could take a short catnap if the wait time is a long one, and the art on the walls is unintrusive yet interesting enough to capture attention. The capacity for occupancy is high and room for improvements has been left in case the owner decides to add a television or a few end tables to enhance the decor. All in all, this stunning waiting room furniture configuration has everything it needs and the potential for more!

The Training Room

The addition of training rooms is one of the fastest growing trends in the business world today, and training room furniture goes right along with it. Training rooms are exactly what they sound like, rooms in which interns or new employees can be trained collectively in small classrooms. The best part about training room furniture is that it is extremely versatile. It isn't just for fast growing businesses. It can also fit seamlessly into libraries or classrooms as well! The designs of training room chairs are very diverse and can be elegant or simple depending on the room's needs. Not only that, they are available in scores of colors to match any decor. Most training tables have the ability to nest for easy storage, making them perfect for lounges, seminars, or cafeterias. Always accessible and ever useful, training room furniture can find a place in any institution and look good doing it!

Popular Office Chair Styles for Home and Business Use

In today's post we will be covering several of the most common types of new office chairs, there function or purpose, and what makes them beneficial to end users. With so many seating options on the market it's important to educate yourself with as much buying power and product knowledge as possible. We hope that you find this post informative!

Style 1: Conference Chairs

It's all in the name! This form of chair is obviously designed for professional office use. Typically conference chairs feature loop arms and are upholstered in a leather of your choice. Common styles include both high back and mid back variations. In most cases, the larger the boardroom the fancier the conference chair. For small spaces a simple task style conference chair with mesh back is typically used. These types range from about $99 to $249 depending on brand. For more upscale conference areas a high back leather chair is often used to convey success. These range from about $299 on up. Again, these estimates completely depend on the brand you choose to go with.

Style 2: Desk Chairs

In most cases desk chairs are the most affordable style of chair made. They typically feature a fabric or breathable mesh back design like the chair pictured above. Modern desk chairs can offer quite a few quality ergonomic features like adjustable arms, built in lumbar supports, and various tension adjustments. The average price for a new desk chair is around $99 but more upscale models are certainly available.

Style 3: Executive Chairs

Executive office chairs are the definition of success and class in the workplace. A high end executive chair will feature a high back design, Italian leather upholstery, various top notch ergo features, and much more. The chair shown for example is one of the most upscale executive chairs on the market. The Concorde Presidential Chair sports a price tag of $2179. For a chair with this many features, and this high a comfort level, it's worth every penny! However, that's a bit unrealistic for the average consumer! That being said, the common conception is that executive chairs have to be extremely expensive. This is definitely not the case. Excellent executive chairs from respected manufacturers including Global Total Office can be purchased for as little as $399 in a variety of leather options. Depending on the statement you are trying to make, and the level of comfort you demand, there is definitely an executive chair on the market for you!

Style 4: Guest Chairs

There are endless styles of guest chairs on the market today. So much so that it can be overwhelming! This category of chairs probably deserves a post of it's own but deserves a mention here none the less. Common guest chair styles include the following...

Side Chairs: Typically used in executive offices to compliment the decor. These types of guest chairs usually feature a wood finish and can be in either mobile or fixed leg variations.

Beam Seating: Beam seating is becoming more and more popular. As the modern office furniture boom continues, the market for products like beam seating will grow as well. This style of guest chair is often completely customizable. Beam seating offers the ability to add or remove seats and tables from a beam in order to maximize a spaces potential. This for of office seating is most commonly found in reception areas.

Lounge Chairs: Most of us are familiar with this style of chair. Lounge chairs are found in homes, waiting rooms, lobbies, and many other places. While fabric lounge chairs are popular, leather versions dominate the market. This type of chair will always be popular, as in most cases it allows for shoppers to pair a selection with other matching furniture from the same collection.

Style 5: Big & Tall Chairs

Big and tall office chairs are typically made to support up to 500 lbs. For most people to consider a chair "big and tall" it needs to support at minimum 300 lbs. Shoppers in the market for this style of chair will find a huge selection of awesome seating designed to provide optimum levels of comfort. Big & Tall seating often offers excellent ergonomic features and chair adjustability not found on other office chair styles.