You know reception seating. You have been parked in it at the doctor’s office or the reception area of a bank or other business. It comes in single chairs, love seats for two, and couches for three. There are regular chairs, folding chairs, and stackable chairs. There are beam chairs, where more than one chair is attached to a beam base, making the multiple chairs one piece of furniture. This design is also features in chairs attached to each other and sharing arm rest, in strings of two to six chairs. All of these chairs are mode from durable materials in order to prolong their life in circumstances where they get used rather hardly.
Reception chairs are also made to be stain resistant and easy to clean, as accidents happen where the public is involved. Ofter the upholstery is vinyl, and sometimes the chairs are molded from plastic for this reason. The chairs are made somewhat comfortable, so people do not get up and move around a lot, and are therefore where they are supposed to be when needed. The chairs are not so comfortable as to incline people to stay any longer than necessary. No long naps in the reception area, no taking up residence.
As an individual, why should you care about reception chairs except when you are parked in one? Well, as a reasonable person looking for reasonable addition to your life, reception furniture may fulfill a need in your like that nothing else seems to provide. Hard wearing and made for endurance, you may find that furniture made for a reception area lasts longer and looks better longer than furniture designed for household use. Heaven knows couches made for the home are not necessarily well made.
But, you say, now my living room looks like a doctor’s reception room. Well, maybe, but isn’t the point to have functional furniture first, atmosphere second. If you do not have places for people to sit, what does it matter how the room looks? No one will be in it long enough to notice. Also, be a little unusual. Use furniture that works for its intended use and wears well. Maybe this is a breath of loft living, a little SoHo, a beat from a different drum. Daring.
One source of office reception chairs is the resale business. Offices get new furniture far more often that needed, and the furniture they get rid of frequently still has plenty of use lef tin it. Find an office furniture resale outfit and see what they have available. You may have to look around for a while until something you like shows up, but you will get the furniture for less money that new, and it will still be useful for quite a long time. And you will helping to save the planet by reusing furniture already in existence, rather that requiring the manufacture of new materials and furniture.
So, the next time you are looking for new chairs, check out the reception chairs available, especially at office resale businesses. You may find the bargain of a lifetime.
* * * There are many kinds of chairs that may solve your seating dilemma: folding outdoor chairs, cheap folding chairs, plastic stacking chairs, rocking chairs, folding chairs, stacking chairs, executive chairs, beach chairs, drafting chairs, task chairs, or stackable chairs. * * *
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