Office Chairs – Buying the wrong ones?

You spend a lot of time in your office furniture, probably too much time.  If you have bought a cheap office chair, you aren’t giving yourself the edge you need in order to stay productive throughout the day.  When you have an ergonomic office furniture, including an ergonomic chair, you will be more comfortable and experience less pain during your work day. A $100 chair from a big box office supply store may look good on the surface, but quickly this chair becomes uncomfortable.  Often the ability to raise and lower the chair becomes difficult, and the chair breaks down.  You will probably need a new chair quicker than you expected.  Cheap office chairs are difficult to customize, and lack the fine tuning capabilities needed for a comfortable day at the office.

When searching for a good ergonomic chair, there are a number of adjustments the chair should be able to handle.  As you look for excellent chair options, consider choosing a chair that is capable of the following:

  • adjustable lumbar support.
  • adjustable height.
  • seat tilting in a variety of angles.
  • arms that can be adjusted for comfort and support.

With a more expensive ergonomic chair, you are investing in your workspace.  You spend at least half of your waking hours each week working, and if you have an office you are probably sitting at your desk or in a cubicle.  To keep your spine aligned and your body performing optimally, a high-quality chair can make a significant difference.

When you are comfortable at work, you are more productive.  A good office furniture set up at work can alleviate a number of repetitive motion problems and chronic pain conditions.  A more expensive office chair is the first piece of office furniture to purchase when you are setting up a comfortable, effective work space for your needs.  After that is done then other aspects of the office furniture like work surface height and monitor position can be examined.

You will spend similar amounts of money on one good office chair, or a couple of cheap ones.  The cheap office chairs will need to be replaced often and do you and your body no favors.  While an ergonomic chair that is more expensive at first, it won’t need to be replaced as often and in the long term is a better investment in so many ways.

We have been helping outfit companies all over Portland with the right office furniture.  If you’re ready to work better while being more comfortable, please give us a call.  Whether it’s a single new ergonomic office chair or outfitting an entire office with new cubicle work stations, we are the office furniture choice for Portland.

Rose City Office Furnishings is ready to serve your office furniture needs.

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Cubicle Storage Ideas

There are about a million different options when it comes to storage space in your cubicle. When working in a cubicle, it is critical that workers take the time to make the most of their space and keep their work space tidy. There have been plenty of studies that show that a tidy work space is far more beneficial and conducive to productivity and having a clean cubicle is the first step.

Overhead Bins:

The first option for cleaning up your cubicle are of course overhead bins. Bins can be used for binders, miscellaneous items, books and other items that have accumulated around the cubicle making it feel cluttered and untidy. Bins are a great way to quickly get your office back in shape. Thanks to the doors on the bins, both sliding and pull down, the clutter can easily hid. There are plenty of companies that make binder bins and cube bins of all sizes that can be used in any size cubicle to minimize clutter and maximize overall space. Let us find the ones that work for you.

Shelving

Another option for those that are a bit more concerned with overall ease of getting to their items may want to consider shelves that are designed for cubicles. This could mean shelves that are freestanding, desk top, and even better those that are designed to hang on the cube walls. Depending on the furniture, it may be an option to only have desk top or free standing shelves. While hanging cubicle shelves do help to reduce clutter and get your shelving and storage up off the floor, not all offices are going to allow them. Shelving is a great way to get your binders and other books in order and create an easily accessible storage option.

Organizers

The last option you may want to consider is of course organizers, the most effective are the panel hung options. Just throwing your items into your drawers or piling on the desk is often the best way to lose items and make a huge mess. Panel hung paper flows, accessory trays and other organizational gadgets work very well while maximizing your space. These smaller organizational tools are certainly the least expensive when it comes to organizational items and they can be moved around and installed easily. With this type of organizer, you can be sure that your smaller items are going to be kept exactly where they belong and where you can get to them easily.

For more information or office storage ideas, contact an office furniture sales representative at Rose City Office Furnishings. We have been helping companies around Portland find their best office furniture solution and we’re ready to help you too.

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It’s All in the Ergonomics:

What’s to Love About 4- to 6-Paddle Chairs?

If an eight-hour day at the office leaves you feeling stiff and sore, it might be that your office chair is beating you up on a daily basis. Cheap office chairs are the bane of the white-collar world. When you spend hours at a time parked at a desk, you need an adjustable office chair, something constructed with ergonomics — and humans — in mind. Ergonomic chairs are designed to provide maximum comfort and support to get you through your workday relatively unscathed.

Benefits of Ergonomic Chairs

Ergonomic office chairs give you a full range of adjustability for all contact points of your body when you’re in a seated position. They come in an assortment of designs — some featuring more adjustments than others.

The general rule of thumb? The more paddles, or levers, an office chair boasts, the more ergonomically adjustable it becomes.

Spending your days in a chair that’s highly adjustable helps prevent multiple problems:

Upper and Lower Back Pain
Neck Stiffness
Muscle Strain
Sore Legs
Poor Posture
The Many Uses of Paddles

Adjustable chairs that feature four to six paddles are the most ergonomically sound. Each paddle performs a different job to help customize the chair to best fit your body. Paddles control such functions as:

Seat Height
Seat Back Tilt
Seat Back Tension
Forward Seat Tilt
Back Height
Seat Depth

Additionally, the best office chairs come with fully adjustable arm rests. These chairs allow you to customize both the height and width of your arm rests, or even to remove the arms from the chair completely.

When you’re shopping for an ergonomically sound adjustable office chair, notice the presence and number of paddles present. Those levers put the adjustability in your new adjustable office chair.

You may not be able to take all the work out of your workday, but you can certainly make it less painful by investing in a quality, ergonomically sound office chair. Your Back, your neck, your legs, and probably even your spouse, will thank you for it later.

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