Office Furniture NOW! nominated for the 2010 City of Austin Environmental Awareness Award in the Small Business Category
Office Furniture NOW! is nominated (by themselves) for the City of Austin Environmental Awareness Awards in the small business category. Read the reasons we think we're not just an ordinary office furniture company but an environmentally responsible one.
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Proven Comfort and Ergonomics – the Steelcase LEAP Chair.
Steelcase LEAP chair showing flexible backGiven the number of hours most of us spend in office chairs in front of a computer, a good task chair is an investment in both the health of our backs and in our comfort. One office chair that we always try to keep in stock at Office Furniture NOW! is the Steelcase Leap Chair. Because we are not a Steelcase dealer, all our Leap Chairs are Pre-Owned “As is” or Refurbished. When we get a call because a company is selling their office furniture, we always show up to bid on Steelcase Leap Chairs. And here’s why…………………
They have six ergonomic features that contribute to improved well-being and productivity:
1. The chair has a “Live Back”. The back of the chair has little slats (look at the picture above) which can change the shape of the chair’s back to support your entire spine.
2. Upper and Lower back controls which, by the way, adjust while you are seated. The upper controls let you adjust the amount of “push back” desired while reclining, regardless of your body size. The lower back control lets your lower back maintain its natural curve by setting a constant amount of firmness.
3. The chair’s arms telescope, pivot, and adjust up and down for the optimum support of your wrists, forearms, shoulders and neck.
4. The seat glides forward as you recline so you can stay oriented to your work, allowing more varied postures – which is healthy for your spine.
5. The angle of the front seat edge is changeable, enabling you to ease the pressure on your thighs and widen the angle between your legs and torso without feeling like you’re sliding out of your chair.
6. Adjustable seat depth accommodates different body shapes for longterm comfort.
There is an article on the Steelcase website touting the benefits of buying a Steelcase Leap chair. Steelcase’s claim that sitting in the Leap chair enables IRS workers to collect 17.8% more taxes than those sitting in a different chair seems a little(!) farfetched but its claim that you’ll be more comfortable sitting in a Leap chair all day than sitting in most other chairs, seems convincing.
The C.E.O. of our company, Bill Coon, who could sit in any chair he wants, sits in a Pre-Owned “As Is” Steelcase LEAP chair. You can ask Bill how he likes it (512.444.4395 or bill@OfficeFurnitureNOW.com). You can also come try out the chair for yourself in our showroom. At this writing we have over 50 Leap chairs in stock. They last a really long time and are an extremely heavy-duty chair; so buying them pre-owned or refurbished will buy you years of body comfort. You can buy them at Office Furniture NOW! refurbished with brand new fabric for $445 or “as is” for $395. Either way, it beats the new price of over $1200.
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The Cats of Office Furniture NOW!
Office Furniture NOW! Located where we are in the South Austin Industrial District in a building built in the 1930’s with lots of nooks and crannies under it makes Office Furniture NOW a cat magnet. Vic, our webmaster and Pre-owned Office Furniture Buyer is keenly attuned to the outside world and, this winter, noticed many feral cats wandering our complex. Being bony and sporting coats with swathes of missing hair, he felt sorry for the cats and began to lure them closer with food and water. After weeks of daily feedings, he began to be able to pet them and decided to take action so no more stray cats came into being in our little corner of the world on South Congress. After calling many nonprofit animal organizations around town, he finally hooked up with EmanciPET and PAWS who spay and/or neuter the animals for low cost and then adopt them out if they are tame enough. If not, they are re-released with the reproductive cycle and threat of rabies checked.
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Recycling Office Furniture
Office furniture is recyclable. Remanufacturing, refurbishing and/or reusing office furniture is environmentally friendly because it diverts office furniture from the solid waste stream. Find out the differences in these different types of recycled office furniture.