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Can't recommend WantDon'tWant highly enough. It's recycled high-end office furniture. In the past they've blown hot and cold with selling to non-businesses but they've always sorted me out, especially if you spend a few hundred with them.
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Colm89
Just moved into a new house with a dedicated office room and I’m struggling with sorting some nice office furniture while trying my best to make it not look like an IKEA showroom, and could do with some guidance from those that might have more experience. I’ve been full time wfh since 2019 so can justify a nicer desk and chair that won’t make me want to gouge my eyes out. Maybe €1k (+/-10%).
I do love the eames desk but it’s totally way over budget for desk + chair. The Normann Copenhagen desk and Hay design CPH desks have caught my eye, but I’m wondering if they’ll look crap with a widescreen monitor on top and cables everywhere. I’m also trying to come to terms with the price being driven by the #design and not the raw materials, though at least it looks like the base and legs of the Hay desk are oak.
The other thing is that I guess it would be pointless not to pair them with similarly aesthetically pleasing chairs but are the likes of the normann Copenhagen hyg and hay chairs backbreaking for a days work?
Like I said I’m trying to avoid working in an IKEA showroom but maybe it really is the sensible way to go and save cash for nice furniture elsewhere? Vintage isn’t really an option as the choice in Ireland is pretty poor and shipping from UK isn’t an option.