By: Chelsea on April 4th, 2011
You are looking to add new guest chairs for your office; sounds like an easy enough task right? That is until you actually begin your search and come to find that there are thousands of different guest chairs to choose from of all different makes and models. With the large abundance of choices, how will you determine which will work best for your guests? It is crucial to take several components into consideration when picking new guest chairs including your current office decor, the profile of an average guest, the overall atmosphere of your office, and the average time the chair will be sat in.
Guest Chair With Multiple Fabric Options Available
The first step toward finding a new set of guest chairs for your office is to take a step back and look at the current decor of your office. If you are planning on remodeling your entire office along with getting new chairs, first determine the color palett that will be used for the remodel. To keep a clean consistent appearance in your office you will want to make sure that your guest chairs will fit in with the current or future color scheme of your office. Search for guest chairs that have several different fabric choices available and ask the seller of the product for a fabric card for all of the available fabric options for you to take back with you to your office to see which would fit best. If purchasing over the internet it can be difficult to tell the true colors of fabrics which is when a fabric card comes into use; most internet retailers will offer free fabric samples for your convenience. If your office has a more modern style, consider picking guest chairs that will stand out amongst your other furniture, a modern styled guest chair with a chrome frame always seems to provide a “wow” factor. You can also coordinate with your company colors, if applicable.
Heavy Duty Guest Chair
After considering your office decor, the next step is to assess the profile of the average person that will be sitting in your guest chairs. If you are a doctor’s office that caters to children you will want to make sure you have guest chairs that are small enough for a child combined with enough standard sized chairs to accommodate their parents as well. If you work at a hospital or environment where your guest chairs will be sat in continuously for multiple hours a day it would be worth your investment to find a heavy-duty guest chair that has a higher weight capacity for larger patients or customers. No matter what application your chairs are going to be used in it is important that they are built to last and will not break when a client or customer is sitting in it. It is best to avoid big box retailers that sell cheap guest chairs with flimsy construction and instead direct your search efforts to the internet where you can get an unbiased assessment of a guest chair complete with the product specifications and weight limit.
Modern Guest Chair
Perhaps the most important thing to be mindful of when picking out a new set of guest chairs is the atmosphere of your office. If your office is professional and most of your current furniture has a traditional styling to it, it would be recommended to stick with this theme and not stray too far from it. Wooden guest chairs, such as captains chairs, are always a classic piece of traditional furniture that looks great in any traditionally styled office. If your work fosters a creative environment, an advertising agency would be a perfect example, search for unique modern furniture that will add a fun vibe to your office. There are many unique modern guest chairs that can be found online that come in a variety of colors and even different shapes that do not conform to the traditional guest chair mold. If your office is a typical business, you will have the freedom to choose between different upholsteries, styles, and frames depending on the aforementioned factors.
Comfortable Fabric Guest Chair
As previously touched upon, you will need to evaluate how long on average your visitors will be seated while waiting to be seen. If your guests will need to sit awhile to be seen, you will want to ensure you make their wait as comfortable and pleasant as possible. In this case you will want to avoid guest chairs upholstered in firm materials such as vinyl that may cause a firm sit or leather which can be uncomfortable to sit in if your office is located in a hot climate. Vinyl and leather, however, are beneficial in environments where an easy to clean chair is needed such as around kids who are prone to causing spills and stains. Fabric and mesh materials are always a safe bet to ensure comfort and quality when extended sitting times are to be expected.
For all your guest chair needs, please visit Sitbetter.com to view our large selection of office guest chairs. For help finding the perfect guest chair for your office give us a call at 1-866-311-9421 where one of our dedicated chair experts can help you find your ideal chair.
By: Alec on March 24th, 2011
The Inertia Guest Chair by Allseating is the quintessential value combination of an office chair. It may not be the least expensive, but it does have a better cost of ownership than 99% of all modern guest chairs available. Let’s take a look why.
The Allseating Inertia Guest Series may seem like an overpriced modern guest chair, but in reality, that is far from the truth. It has a steel frame (sturdy) and uses the highest quality materials. This we know because we have some here and can vouch for them. Many times the quality – or lack thereof – is visible in this style of mesh back chairs, but with the Inertia, the overall quality is visible…in other words, the mesh is well upholstered and tight, the fabric, whichever grade you should choose, is made for high traffic areas with much abrasion resistance (meaning it won’t fade or wear down over time and use), and the epoxy powder coated paint (black, silver or gunmetal) are scratch resistant. But those are just the visual aspects. And while visual aspects upon first receiving the chair are great, the question in determining the VALUE of a chair is “How is the visual aspect going to be 6,7,10 years down the line?” In the Inertia Guest’s case, we combine the aforementioned quality of construction with the manufacturer’s Warranty to get our answer. (Said warranty, in a nutshell, is 10 years, 325 lbs!, 40 hours a week continuous use…pretty awesome for a guest ch
air, especially the weight rating!) Bear with me while I do some math, because believe it or not, furniture has statistics too!
Let’s say the average cost of an Inertia Guest chair is around $174 dollars (with arms, Grade 1 Fabric – our most popular selection). Well, the warranty tells us we’re are guaranteed to have it for 10 years, no problem. So, $174 / 10 = $17.40 a year. You just spend $17.40 a year per chair for a nice chair. Compare that to a guest chair you bought for $49. That lasts you 2-3 years looking like new (remember, we’re talking about how long the chair will maintain its like new or close to it look). You paid $16.33 a chair. Factor in the time you’ll spend looking for new chairs, receiving them, assembling them and all that (the Allseating Inertia Guest comes FULLY ASSEMBLED), and I think I’ve made my case.
This isn’t a sales pitch, mind you. We’re just trying to give our customers the best possible value for their money. Because that’s in our best interest too. Take a look at the Inertia Guest Chair Series (or if you want to see all of our guest chairs you can by clicking on guest chairs back there) as a possible long term solution to your guest/side/reception chair needs.
Next week we’ll have another spotlight series. Stay tuned!
