Home office

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, March 27, 2005

AICO

IHFC G-777

• Park Avenue includes three home office pieces — a credenza, hutch and desk. The straight-lined, minimalist collection uses fancy faced, zebrawood veneers to exude a warm, geometric look. The contemporary feel is enhanced by the use of ribbed glass, LED light frames and tumbled marble tops.

• Cortina features four home office pieces — a credenza, hutch, desk and matching office chair. Influenced by Italian architecture and grand European designs, Cortina exudes a formal feel with burls, bun feet, antiqued metal hardware and a cameo-like stone medallion at the crown of all the case goods.

• Milano, a contemporary walnut group, features four home office pieces — credenza, hutch, desk and matching office chair. The group features simple lines and walnut-grained veneers, with a retro flavor.

• Morocco is a classical design with Moorish influences. The group features intricate ornamentation, including shaped arches, marble columns and unusual grillwork.

Bassett

IHFC C-1200

The Guilford program is being expanded with home office pieces, including a desk and hutch, return desk, CPU pedestal, drawer pedestal and knee-hole desk. Available to ship in August 2005.

Classic Chesterfield USA

330 North Hamilton 304

New source of Australian leather upholstery is introducing a variety of office chairs produced in the Old World, bench-made tradition.

Euro Style

C&D 8A

The Laurence Leather home office collection; pieces include a desk with leather-covered medium-density fiberboard top, drawer fronts and apron and chrome steel base, $480; side return, $225; file cabinet, $297; bookshelf combinations, $255 to $435. Available in black or brown.

French Heritage

442 North Wrenn St.

• Felix Monge, a 14-piece collection featuring colored lacquers and unique pieces based on antique furniture; pieces include a fold-up desk, L-shaped desk, storage cabinets, bookcases, secretary desks and golf locker caddie.

• Tribune, a new desk with extendable leaves.

• Adding bookcases to Valmaison, in a new sunbleached antique finish; and to Bungalow by Manosque, in a new darker finish with crushed bamboo panels; and to Touraine by Schooner.

Gautier

220 Elm 326

• Aria, an executive office collection in an amber sycamore finish; features include a wide, deep curved desktop; desk extension in modular sizes; and different drawer units at desk height or on casters for handy filing.

• Bronx, a shelving collection in two finishes, beech and dark pear wood; features two heights (121 and 194 centimeters), two depths (36 and 45 centimeters) and two widths (44 and 82 centimeters). Solid or glazed doors grace the fronts.

• First, a modular office collection designed for small and medium-sized businesses, featuring a beech finish with aluminum gray details.

Gustavian

IHFC H-119

The Stockholm computer desk features hand-carved and hand-painted touches, in classical styling with modern function.

Hekman

200 North Hamilton S-107

• The executive home office line is being expanded with the Consulate Series, featuring seven styles and nine finishes.

• Adding four SKUs across four styles of modular home office; pieces include a patent-pending ergonomic desk ensemble.

Hooker

IHFC W-1047

• Brookhaven, a new value-priced modular collection, features a wedge desk and computer cabinet.

• Metropolitan View, a transitional lifestyle look designed for younger consumers; features an eclectic mix of smaller computer credenzas, a tall computer desk and a variety of freestanding desks, bookcases, etageres, lateral files and chairs.

• SOHO group Montgomery Place features Brazilian rosewood with twill fronts.

• A major executive collection, Preston Ridge, is part of a complete collection in a distinctive black run-through finish with rich contrasting cherry finish on the tops, doors and drawer fronts.

Jesper Office

220 Elm 324

No. 2000 bookcase line features bookcases in four heights up to 86 inches high with complementing inside and outside corner units; can be joined together with an "easy connector" system; options include wood or glass doors and moldings; available in cherry, maple and espresso finishes.

Kathy Ireland Home by Martin

NFM 702

• Encore, a 10-piece home office collection in solid alder and cherry veneers with an amber finish accented with satin-finish knobs; features include a childproof, flip-up power supply with USB and Internet connectors.

• Offering price promotions, circulars and branding programs. All production moved from San Diego to Mexico as of March 5.

Legends

CP 208

Expanding Napa collection with an executive home office group, with a full complement of pieces, including a universal hutch that works with the desk, return or credenza and a unique barrister-type bookcase.

Novimex

CP 101

Additions to the office chair line include a new leather task chair in classic black; features a deep, contoured, adjustable back and seat with waterfall front, lumbar support, height-adjustable armrests, tilt tension adjustment, pneumatic gas height adjustment, five-star polished chrome base with matte black center insert covering and twin wheel casters with protective covers.

Philippe Langdon

200 North Hamilton

St. James computer desk and hutch and library wall feature a hand-carved Sienna finish; desk, $2,500; library wall, $5,999.

Riverside

IHFC C-302

• Expanding Splash of Color program with a study lounge desk unit, CD/DVD storage cabinet and a leaning bookcase in a choice of three distressed finishes.

• Modular home office program includes a new banker's chair, with an adjustable-height seat, swivel base and casters in three finish options.

Rush Inds.

118 North Wrenn St.

• Contract Seating, a 36-piece office seating program that includes stacking chairs and meeting room furniture in a variety of finishes, $149 to $999.

• Expanding its drop-ship fulfillment and quick-ship programs.

Sauder

220 Elm 218

• Beginnings, a 22-piece group of office and storage furniture available in several finish choices, including Oregon Oak and Mission Cherry, $49 to $129.

• Laurel Inn, a 13-piece home office and entertainment group in transitional styling with a Sylvia Oak finish; entertainment pieces designed to accommodate 16:9 format TVs and large tabletop sets, $159 to $349.

• Adding entertainment, bedroom and home office pieces to the Brookstone collection, in a Caramel Birch finish; and a computer desk and hutch to the Colony collection, in a brushed maple finish.

Sligh

310 N. Hamilton, 204

• The 125th anniversary line includes a pedestal desk, computer credenza, storage deck and leg desk. The pedestal desk features a wood-framed, dark-brown bonded leather top accented with blind tooling. The 125th anniversary computer credenza features lockable hinged pedestal doors that simulate a three-drawer appearance. The storage deck features two hinged glass framed center doors that protect an illuminated display area with one adjustable-height glass framed shelf; antique brass drawer pulls. The clean-styled serpentine leg desk features a fully filled and hand-rubbed mahogany finish; frame and paneled ends and back; canted pedestal corners include a framed inset; hand-carved ball and claw legs; wood-framed, dark-brown bonded leather top accented with blind tooling.

• Other introductions include a Monterey Pine pedestal desk, computer credenza and storage deck. The desk features framed drawer borders, back panel and side panels with a wood-framed, dark-brown bonded leather top accented with antique gold tooling. The credenza features framed drawer and door borders and a wood framed top.

Stanley

IHFC C-1158

• Barbados, a British Colonial collection, has 13 home office pieces. The collection is a fresh take on traditional design, crafted of rich mahogany veneers in a deep, dark finish with golden undertones; features include rope-twist carved posts, fluted pilasters and shell motifs; select pieces feature Campaign styling in blonde mahogany with a rich cognac finish; desks $1,199 to $2,299.

• Midnight Sun, a contemporary collection, includes 10 home office pieces. The collection is aimed at younger consumers seeking color, texture and comfort; architectural oak is dressed in a light camel finish with accents of bronzed glass and sleek bronze and wood hardware; designed for smaller living spaces without sacrificing function; desks $1,199 to $2,199.

• Galway Bay traditional group includes 11 home office pieces. The group features pine that is liberally distressed with heavy rasping and burnishing; also features barley twist legs, elaborate moldings, antique seeded glass and dark iron hardware; desks $999 to $1,899.