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Kind chair range – a meeting & conference favourite

Kind meeting chairs are a great combination of modern design & comfort.  In training & conference situations where delegates remain seated for extended periods of time – a generous seat size and supportive back are essential.  The chairs are manufactured by Pledge – a leading UK manufacturer of high quality office seating.

  • Customised for you in your choice of fabric type & colour
  • Leg choices: cantilever or 4 legs
  • Stackable
  • Frame options:  black, silver or chrome

The pricing for these high quality meeting chairs starts at just £115*.

Kind meeting & conference chairs

The Kind chair family is a versatile coordinated family of chairs with options to suit all meeting, conference and general office applications. View the full range.

Get in touch to request more information or a quotation.

*Price guideline excluding VAT.

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All office chair types & styles transformed with reupholstery

Our team can renovate any office seating whether its regular operator style chairs, soft seating or even tiered theatre style seating.  Although we most regularly reupholster and/or recover chairs from the following manufacturers, we can renovate the vast majority of seating:

  • Pledge
  • Steelcase
  • Verco
  • Summit
  • Humanscale
  • Boss
  • Kinnarps

Reupholstery provides an excellent opportunity to modernise the office interior, in addition to seating we can also reupholster your office floor and desk screens.  The fabric choices are fabulous with a vast array of colour and textures to choose from.  We are happy to make fabric reccomendations or suggest a match for existing seating.  All our fabric samples are FREE.

Operator chair reupholstery

All task chairs we reupholster receive a thorough clean & service, returning to you looking like new.

Being based near junction 11 of the M4 in Reading we are ideally placed to provide reupholstery services to customers throughout Berkshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and London with delivery and collection free of charge in most cases*.  If you’re outside these areas do drop us a line as we can usually help.

 

Get in touch to request a quotation or a free site visit to assess your seating.

 

*Free collection & delivery is subject to a minimum order value and applies to commercial customers.

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Make a statement with Bisley LateralFile Lodges

With ever increasing pressure on office space Bisley offer a versatile range of personal storage solutions to suit any budget. These storage lockers particularly lend themselves to hot desking environments and can be supplied with or without handy postal slots.  We offer free site survey and can measure up and reccomend a solution to meet your needs, having supplied Bisley storage for many years, we can advise you on all products across their range.

The Bisley LateralFile personal storage lodges are an established favourite with our customers for the following reasons:

  • The backs of the lodges are seamless so can be used to divide spaces and structure work areas
  • Available with or without postal slots
  • Doors can be contrasting colours (checkerboard looks very effective)
  • Lodges can be mixed & matched with tambours, draw units, book cases & coat cupboards
  • Available 800mm or 1000mm wide and multiple heights
  • 10 year guarantee
  • Fabulous colour palette of traditional & contemporary colours
  • Superb quality & hand finished

The ability to add contrasting lodge doors (as shown below) enables storage to be used to reflect branding & add personality to a space.  Here are two colour schemes that we think work very well.

Bisley LaterFile Lodges

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Recover office chairs & save

Recovering office chairs is a cost effective method of revitalising tired and worn office seating.  With component parts on office computer style seating generally out living the fabric – it makes good business sense to renovate.

We’ve been recovering office chairs for 26 years and with our own in-house team of highly skilled upholsterers & machinists we can provide a quick turnaround and superb quality workmanship.

If you’d just like a quick quotation to gauge the cost – drop us an email with a photograph of one of your chairs and we’ll send you a quote based on one of our most popular hard wearing fabrics such as Camira Xtreme which is available in 60 fabulous colours. In addition to recovering chairs we clean and service the mechanism, if any new foam is required for the seats or backs we will advise you.  We can even repair broken or damaged chairs.

All types of office chairs may be re-covered:

  • Reception seating
  • Meeting chairs
  • Computer/task chairs
  • Sofas
  • Banquette and booth seats

To minimise disruption, we offer a free* collection and delivery service within 30 miles of our workshops in Reading, Bershire.  Get in touch to discuss any recovering requirements.

Reupholstered operator chair

 

*Free collection & delivery is subject to a minimum order value and applies to commercial customers.

 

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Office booth seating buyers guide

With ever greater demands on costly office space, booth seating is growing in popularity as a more informal and cost effective replacement to traditional meeting rooms. Most booth seats are modular in format, are easily relocated and can be supplied with matching complimentary lower backed booths or single seats.

Edge Design - Fifteen Environments meeting booths
Purpose
The primary consideration should be the role this booth seating needs to fulfill.  Is booth seating required as a quiet space for one to one meetings, team collaboration, dining or as an everyday space saving alternative to traditional meeting rooms? Is maximum privacy essential or are you creating a more informal space?

Environment
Are there any environmental factors that may influence the booth style or location?  For example being located in a high throughput area or being used for refreshments or dining.

Space
Measure your space to gain an idea of the seating capacity and whether you will combine booths with standard seating. We are happy to provide a free site survey to assist in measuring and space planning. In addition to traditional straight rectangular shaped booths, we can also supply circular and semi circular booths.

Fabric
Fabric selection will significantly impact the cost of the booth.  You may prefer wipe clean vinyl or faux leather. Two tone upholstery adds impact and particularly lends itself to booth seating. You can also supply your own fabric. Talk to us for more ideas or if you would like to request fabric samples.

Table option
Do you require a table within the booth for laptops, refreshments etc? Tables may be built in or free standing.

Power & data requirements
Many booths may be fitted with power modules providing a UK power socket and USB charging.  Where booths include an upholstered back panel a TV bracket may be specified to allow the mounting of a screen – ideal for presentations.

Bespoke booth seating
If you are looking for something a little different or have challenging room dimensions – get in touch about our in-house bespoke booth seating manufacturing service.

View our full range of booth seating.

Fifteen Environments booth seating

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Why the Key chair range is a customer favourite

The Key range of office seating by Pledge has long been a customer favourite due to its combination of comfort, aesthetically pleasing design lines and the wide choice of leg style making the chair an excellent choice for multiple areas within the office.

  • A suite of 8 chair styles for training, meeting, conference and visitor use
  • Create a consistent feeling across different office areas combining back and leg styles
  • Optional silver or chrome frames
  • Some models are stackable for conference applications
  • Customised in your choice of fabric
  • Represent excellent value

Pledge Key Chair Range

View the full Key chair range here.

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Reupholstery transformation for university bar

We were delighted to transform this curved banquette seat for New Bucks University’s Student Union Bar.  After taking measurements onsite our skilled upholsterers set to work creating new padded foam seats and fluted backs.  We upholstered the banquette in Camira Vita faux leather, a practical and hygenic choice for bar use.  Vita is a leather-look vinyl, with a subtle surface grain effect and full matt appearance, it provides maximum protection for heavy duty end-use areas.

University banquette seating

Vita does not contain phthalate plasticisers or heavy metals, yet remains soft, stretchy and pliable. It benefits from a modified durable top coat, which offers improved resistance to alcohol cleaners and excellent wearability.

Camira Vita Properties

At HSI Furniture we renovate and reupholster all types of seating including computer chairs, bench seating, lecture and theatre seating, sofas and stools.  All renovation work is undertaken in-house in our Reading workshops, find out more about our furniture renovation service for education.

 

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Bisley Essentials cupboard capacity guide

With increasing demands on office space this handy diagram illustrates the A4 lever arch file storage capacity of Bisley Essential range cupboards, tambour cupboards and drawers.

Bisley Essentials Range Capacity Guide

Essentials is a range of ‘must have’ storage solutions.  With Bisley Essentials what you see is what you get – affordable, high quality storage to suit your needs.

Bisley Essentials office storage range

Key features of the Bisley Essentials Range

  • All units are 470mm deep and have been designed to fit A4 binders, lateral and suspension filing
  • Available in 7 of Bisley’s most popular colours: Goose grey, Traffic white, Black, Silver, Anthracite grey, Light grey and Chalk white
  • Tambour shutters available in Silver, Chalk, Light grey, Dark grey and Black
  • Essentials products come with appropriate number of shelves where applicable
  • All units will have Lowe and Fletcher AB series and locks
  • 5-year standard warranty and full after sale customer service
  • Bisley branded units as standard

View the full Bisley Essentials range here.

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Space saving budget friendly Bisley tambours

The new Essentials range from Bisley includes space saving Tambour cupboards prefitted with shelves and available in a range of sizes to suit any office environment. With Essentials what you see is what you get. Affordable, high quality storage to suit your needs.

All Bisley Essentials Tambours include the following features:

  • Prefitted with the appropriate number of shelves
  • All Tambours are 470m deep & have been designed to fit A4 binders, lateral and suspension filing
  • Lockable – Lowe & Fletcher A & B series locks
  • Factory fitted levelling feet
  • 5 year warranty & after sale customer service

A range of optional fitments are available including filing, shelves & coat rails.

Bisley Essentials Range

The Bisley Essential Range Colour Palette

Choose from a range of best selling colours.

Bisley Essentials Palette

 

 

 

For more information on Bisley office storage or to request a site visit, drop us a line today.

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Bisley locker capacity guide

When planning personal storage this visual guide can help you select a bisley locker size which balances the storage needs of individuals and the business.  Many businesses are adopting lockers for storage of personal items as well as laptops and tablets required for professional use. The guide below illustrates items commonly stored in lockers and the corresponding locker size required.

Lockers may be customised to suit your needs:

  • Choice of locking mechanisms
  • Multiple coloured doors
  • Postal slots
  • Choice of locker sizes

Bisley locker capacity guide

This PDF includes the capacity guide (above) and details on our locker ranges:  Bisley Locker – overview & capacity guide

There are 4 ranges of Bisley lockers, we are happy to advise of the differences and provide budgetary pricing.  We also provide Free Site Survey and can advise on locker sizes to meet your needs.