Hey, my parents recently went to a Panera Bread restaurant and they fell in love with the furniture. They loves the colors, patterns and design. I guess people find inspiration everywhere?
Anyway, after talking to my dad he went to ask me where he could get that style furniture, as in the exact stuff.
Does anyone know of a place that sells like business furniture, like undustrial grade stuff? Anything works but speficily Panera?
Not like tables and desks, but more like arm chairs and couches.
Thanks
http://www.fdstudios.com/
These seem to be the guys that actually make panera's furniture.
The type of furniture that you are looking for is called contract grade furniture. Big manufactures include KI, Herman-Miller, Steelcase, Knoll and a bunch of others. Most big cities have a dealer that will sell furniture from quite a few different companies. You order anything you want and get it in 6-8 weeks with any fabric/finish you desire. However it is $$. A typical lounge piece which is the type of furniture you are talking about will set you back $1000-1500+ depending on fabric. Some of our fabric is sold at $80-90 a yard. Your best bet would probably be to look for used furniture, most of those companies are going to want to see you buy lots of furniture before you start to get decent discounts.
Duke
SuperDork
1/16/10 1:48 p.m.
http://www.dwr.com/
Design Within Reach does good modern stuff. There's another company that supplies office and lounge furniture you would probably like, but their name escapes me right now. I'll try to come up with it.
alex
Dork
1/16/10 4:51 p.m.
Your city's bigger restaurant/hotel suppliers will sell that sort of thing, too, but you may need to bluff your way into an account with them.
hotel clearance furniture?
http://www.cort.com/furniture/
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