Contract Lounge Furniture Buying Mistakes and How to Fix Them
As a leader in the contract seating industry, we hear from lots of people who become responsible for buying the furniture for their facility despite having no real experience with furniture buying. We often ask these buyers if they feel like they drew the “short straw” and we overwhelmingly find that is the expression they find most…
The Modern Rules of Institutional Furniture
The phrase “institutional furniture” is still used as a broad reference to furniture for group living and health care environments. This phrase suggests high durability and virtual indestructibility, but the phrase “institutional furniture” also calls up images of unattractive, sterile and uncomfortable seating, bedroom and dining pieces. In today’s group living and health care environments, institutional furniture has come…
4 Proven Strategies for Bed Bug Free Facilities
While there is no single solution for bed bug control, there are some tried and true facts that are important to consider when preparing for the possibility of bed bugs. First and foremost is the acknowledgement that no facility is invulnerable to bed bugs. Bed bugs are not related to any degree of cleanliness or lifestyle.…
Quick Tips to Finding the Best Special Needs Furniture Provider
If You Work in a HEALTHCARE FACILITY That Strives to Offer Independent Living to Consumers and Patients, You Already Know that FURNITURE PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE. Furniture is not only essential for productive activities and organized dining; the furniture design itself can become an important element in the quest for real independence. So Why NOT…
The Best Kind of Heavy Duty Recliner
See Why a Heavy Duty Recliner, Available Only From a Contact Healthcare Furniture Provider, Has Features and Benefits That Make it Far Superior to Retail. Everyone in Healthcare knows that patients and consumers appreciate a comfortable recliner. There is something comforting about the ability to recline that makes patients feel relaxed. Aside from the obvious comfort of “putting your feet up,”…
How to Use Self Deck Upholstery to Manage Incontinence
INCONTINENCE is a difficult issue for caregivers and direct service providers. Making CLEAN UP EASY, preventing damage to patient skin and avoiding permanent furniture destruction is always a high priority. The contract furniture industry has recently given incontinence (and limited mobility) a lot of attention. One tried and true method of managing incontinence and general fluid…
Best of Lounge Seating
How to Combine Style, Functionality and Cost for Lounge Seating.Recent budget cutbacks have reminded purchasers that there is still truth in the “you get what you pay for” adage. Buying quality furniture creates a longer buying cycle thereby minimizing the need for cash for future furniture projects – especially those needed to satisfy state and local codes…
Back to Basics in Summer Camp Furniture
School is winding down and summer camps are gearing up. Camp directors are busy training staff, developing programs and sprucing up cabins and outdoor spaces. For those of us in the camp furniture industry, this is bunk bed season. Over the years lots of styles of bunk beds have come and gone but the tried and true work horse for summer camps is…
Bariatric & Standard Seating:Why Combining makes sense.
Why Combine Bariatric and Standard Seating? Bariatric Seating is a sly fox. Attractive and ultra-functional, bariatric seating effortlessly blends in with standard seating pieces to stretch both your options and your budget. When bariatric and standard seating is combined in a space, those looking for a little extra width in their chair will gravitate towards the bariatric options while…
Special Needs Furniture
Common Sense Furniture Solutions for Use by People of all Abilities. For individuals with developmental delays and their caretakers, independence is a critical goal. For facility administrators, it is important to create functional work and living spaces that foster independence without making an individual feel singled out. Special needs furniture has become a dynamic furniture category that…
