Home office

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, April 5, 2010

ACME FURNITURE

Center Theatre Tower 300, 400

A new customizable home office setup, in black, is offered, priced at $1,439.

BASSETT MIRROR

IHFC G-170

• The Oakhurst office desk is a traditional desk in hardwood solids with oak veneers in a medium finish. Retailing at $599, it has a built-in cord management system, a drop lid for laptop storage, a lower shelf for a printer and drawers and compartments for office supplies.

• The Fulham vertical workstation has built-in bookshelves and comes in a walnut finish. The $499 piece can be used with matching etageres to create a home office wall.

HABERSHAM

Market Square 142

The Palladian bookcase has traditional European design elements and has three adjustable wood shelves in each of three sections and nine drawers. The piece can be customized and is available in a wide range of finish options and decorated art motifs.

HOME TRENDS AND DESIGN

IHFC D-1136

• The Colonial Plantation group includes a desk made with solid mango in a seven-step finish. Retails for $1,180.

• Industrial Loft has a desk made with reclaimed sheet metal in a natural gray and brown finish. Retails for $1,299.

HOOKER FURNITURE

IHFC W-1047

• Summerton is an updated traditional collection made with cherry veneers that includes a 60-inch leg desk, leg credenza and hutch, file cabinet, file cabinet hutch and swivel tilt chair.

• Sanctuary II includes a desk and credenza hutch unit in a Surfside finish with stylized fretwork details.

JESPER OFFICE

220 Elm S-324

Jesper Danish Modern 50 combines Danish classic styling with classic wood frame architectural influences, tapered legs and tongue-and-groove craftsmanship. It includes curvaceous executive and student desks, a top-sliding credenza, bookcases and matching desk accessories, organizers, file boxes and waste baskets. The group is made with teak and walnut veneers. Pieces also have modern elements such as wire management, a slide writing pad, laptop storage and a CPU holder.

PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE

2622 Uwharrie Road

• New Lou is an updated Louis Philippe-inspired collection made with alder solids in a brown finish. It has three home office pieces, including a writing desk with a workbench look, three utility drawers and a metal trimmed lower shelf outfitted with lined abaca baskets. A nine-drawer credenza with a letter hutch has file drawers and letter slots and a removable surface that can act as a corner connector to the writing desk. The writing desk retails at $995, and the three-piece office system retails at $2,495.

• Pacifica is a California coastline-inspired collection with alder solids in a distressed honey finish and a distressed cream accent finish with subtle rub-through. It has a writing desk on two pedestals with open shelf storage and three small drawers.

RIVERSIDE FURNITURE

IHFC C-302

• Oakton Village is a transitional, 12-piece modular home office wall that includes an L-shaped desk and lateral file cabinet, computer desk and deck, architect's style computer desk and deck and lateral and mobile file cabinet and sliding door bookcase. In oak solids and quartersawn oak veneers.

• Falls Village is a 12-piece modular home office wall with an L-shaped desk, a lateral file computer desk and deck, architect's computer desk and a lateral and mobile file cabinet and sliding door bookcase. It is made with hardwood solids and cherry veneers.

• Craftsman home includes a writing desk made with hardwood solids and quartersawn oak veneers with a slate stone inlay border on the top desk surface.

SAUDER WOODWORKING

220 Elm S- 218

• W3 includes 19 pieces of contemporary entertainment and home office furniture in coffee and wind oak wood grain finishes. Pieces retail from $59 to $149

• Rocket includes seven pieces of contemporary home entertainment and home office made with black metal frames and black glass. Pieces retail from $99 to $299.

• Onyx includes seven pieces of contemporary home entertainment and home office made with black metal and black glass. Pieces retail from $149 to $349.

• Techna includes six pieces of contemporary home office and home entertainment with black glass surfaces and black metal frames. Pieces retail from $79 to $149.

• Beginnings Fold and Go includes seven pieces of home entertainment and home office with sturdy metal legs in black-on-black or white-on-charcoal combinations. Pieces retail from $39 to $89.

SCHNADIG INTERNATIONAL

IHFC C-500

• Outside In, a casual collection that blends indoor and outdoor styles, has a desk with a galvanized metal base and an alabaster marble inset top.

• Madrigal, an Old World-inspired collection with pine solids, hickory and mappa burl veneers, has a single-drawer desk console in an Old World Black finish and a carved base.

SLIGH FURNITURE

310 N. Hamilton St. S-204

• Tahoe includes a new trestle leg desk with a plank top.

• Coventry includes a two-tone pedestal desk and a leg desk with modified C-shaped legs.

• Winchester includes a new, larger scale pedestal desk.

• Some in-line desks will be shown in the new Color Options finishes, including grey luxe and olive.

TRESANTI

The Bainbridge is a secretary desk with turned wood legs and storage and work surfaces. It has three drawers and a fold-down writing desk, which rests on extended support arms, with eight hidden small drawers and a removable utility compartment. It is made with poplar solids and birch veneers and comes in an Empire cherry finish.

UNIVERSAL FURNITURE

2622 Uwharrie Road

• Great Rooms, a casual collection made with hickory veneers and available in three finishes, features an urban-inspired desk with a lift-top drafting table and slide-out work surfaces that expand the desk from 44 to 86 inches wide. Retails at $999.

• Rough Luxe is a casual collection made with white oak veneers in a light brown finish that includes a $599 writing desk with an arch detail on the base, a chiseled and grooved top and a single drop-down drawer.

• True Vintage is a new collection from Better Homes and Gardens by Universal. The European-inspired collection has French and Italian design influences and is made with ropey cherry veneers in a slightly distressed medium cherry finish. The collection featuress four home office pieces, including a six-drawer Chantal Secretary in a medium cherry finish with a distressed white accent finished interior, and a writing desk with a flip-down center drawer and lateral file cabinet. The writing desk retails at $799.