Modern Lobby Essentials: 5 Stylish Accent Tables with Wow Factor

When creating a professional guest waiting area for your business, it's important to remember the details. In order to accent your space to perfection, adding unique accent tables is a must. In today's article we'll showcase 5 awesome coffee and end table solutions that are sure to wow your guests while simultaneously enhancing your corporate appeal. Enjoy!

First up, the 7889 Citi Series Glass Top Coffee Table by Global Total Office. Nothing says wow factor more than a stunning glass table with modern appeal and the 7889 model does just that. Available in a wide variety of laminate options, this versatile table can be used to perfection to highlight a variety of wood tones used in your waiting area. Pair this awesome product with your current furniture or with Citi series lounge seating by Global for a super impressive look!

The NTRGCH Golden Cherry Coffee Table from the Mayline Napoli series offers the perfect combination of modern and traditional appeal. The sophisticated lines are highlighted by a silver table surface risers that really make this unit pop. Priced at $392.99, these professional reception area tables are also an excellent value. Matching end table pairs from the Napoli line are also available to compliment your seating.

The third item on the our list of stylish accent tables for modern lobby applications is the VL-865 Verde Series End Table. At first glance you'll notice the impressive brushed silver leg design. The table surface is available in a choice of espresso or latte laminate finish options that coordinate well with Verde series receptionist stations. Rest assured, you'll be hard pressed to find a better value for your space.

The industrial appeal achieved through the use of metal accents in guest waiting areas is trending big time in 2014. Interior design teams and office furniture specialists are recommending cool products like this 3356 Wind series end table from Global Total Office. The simple yet sophisticated design makes an impressive statement without overpowering your focal point furnishings. A choice of charcoal or white table surface is available to blend with the silver metal table legs.

Last on our list of tables is the OFM 2012 Modern Cocktail Table from the popular new Profile series. Always on the forefront of innovative office designs, OFM has really outdone themselves with this cutting edge product collection. The 2012 table features a single laminate side and top complimented by silver post legs. Three cool color options are available that blend well with a wide variety of fabric upholstery and leather options. Use this table and it's counter parts from the Profile series along side OFM beam seating and lounge chairs to take your space over the top.

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Cool Products for Designing the Perfect Waiting Room

Is your waiting room working as hard as you are to make your guests as comfortable as possible? If not, here are some popular, stylish furniture options to add to your room to make it shine! From traditional lounge seating solutions to the industries most innovative new products, these waiting room products are sure to enhance any visitor's space.

Sofas and Lounge Chairs

If your business is all about the comfort and care of your guests, nothing sings that mentality louder than a waiting room filled with comfortable sofas and lounge chairs for them to sit in. These luxurious chairs are a fantastic solution for a business place that requires their guests to wait for long periods of time. The best part is that they can look great together or by themselves. depending on the size of your waiting room, sofas can fit into larger spaces and smaller lounge chairs can be arranged neatly however you like. In these chairs, guests will feel pampered and relaxed until their name is called. Whether you seat patients, clients, or business executives these plush sofas and chairs are sure to make your guests feel right at home!

Coffee Tables

One critical mistake that many business owners make when decorating their own waiting room is not providing tables. If your waiting room does not provide entertainment options such as magazines and books, your guests may end up bored, and worse - more likely to complain. You want your guests to feel comfortable while they wait and this is why adding a simple coffee table is the perfect solution. Not only can coffee tables support magazines and pamphlets about your business, but they are the perfect centerpiece for any large waiting room, cleverly filling the space while simultaneously providing a service for guests. Alternatively, if you have a small waiting room and feel adding a coffee table might make things claustrophobic, adding a few smaller end tables is a fantastic way to provide the same shelf space! Either way, you cant go wrong!

Beam Seating

If you know your waiting room turns out patients quick as flash, beam seating is a stylish and space efficient option as well! As far was waiting room furniture goes, beam seating is a trend that is sweeping the nation, and for good reason. This type of seating is extremely space efficient. Providing numerous chairs on one plane creates the illusion that the room is much larger, making this a remarkable solution for offices with small waiting rooms. Many beam seating configurations also provide their own end tables so guests can set down their drinks, purses, or magazines. Additionally, these outstanding little seats are available in numerous designs and colors for different decors and can go beautifully in lounges and break rooms as well.

Flatscreen TV Mounts

Many business establishments have come to recognize the benefits of adding televisions to their waiting rooms for their advertisement and entertainment capabilities. The versatility of televisions make them especially smart in places that deal regularly with young children such as pediatrics offices, and have become a huge saving grace for many dentists that have been bitten in the past by unoccupied children and adults. With DVDs, video games, and the options of cable and satellite, its no question that TVs entertain guests. But if you're wondering how to go about incorporating a television into your workplace, flat screen TV mounts are the best way to get the task done! These ergonomic monitor mounts can be affixed to any wall, at any height to save all the space you can. Many of them come equipped with "arms" so that the placement of the television is adjustable. By providing televisions, doctors, dentists, and many others have found a wonderful way to occupy their patients, both young and old.

Waiting Room Sets

If you're not much of a decorator, or if you're just too busy to do it yourself, there is a wonderful solution for you. Manufacturers have recognized that many business owners haven't the time to go bustling around searching for the perfect furniture for their waiting rooms, so they have provided a solution - waiting room sets. Purchasing waiting room seating sets is an ideal option for novice decorators because the furniture will not clash with one another. The chairs, tables, and sofas for sale are designed to compliment each other perfectly. Not only that, waiting room sets are available in a host of styles and colors to match any decor, all you have to do is decide which one you want!

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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!

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