![]() ![]() Contract furniture, the term the company uses to describe its business, is a concept of furniture sales that is far more encompassing than normal retail transactions. To keep up with the evolving needs of their clients, the Delaney Brothers represent dozens of producers, and hundreds of products, sourced from all over the world. “You want people sitting in shared spaces with desks that are mobile or chairs that can be moved easily into a mini conference center.” “It’s a collaborative environment,” she noted. Things don’t get lost like they used to.”Ĭontemporary work patterns are another important influence. Everything is online it’s in a cloud where it can be accessed easily. If you have two drawers and a file cabinet, that’s sufficient for many people. “People don’t have that much paper on their desk anymore. “There’s also the whole green concept,” sister Rosemary added. ![]() Partition heights and materials are also changing, usually to improve acoustics and reduce the amount of artificial lighting required. And cubicles are shrinking because the real estate inside a business is very expensive.” Or they may have shared work space, coming in only on Mondays and Wednesday with somebody else coming on Tuesday and Thursday. Now people work from home, or they’re mobile. “We used to sell big corner desks because the monitors were that big. “We don’t have big PCs anymore we have flat screens and laptops that use less space,” Kevin Delaney explained. ![]() Twenty years ago, for example, people had computer monitors on their desks. So they are particularly attuned to changes in the workplace that influence their clients’ furniture needs. But their replacement cycle has accelerated lately with workplace changes that tend to make furniture obsolete before it ever wears out.Ĭranberry-based Delaney Brothers - actually three brothers and one sister - deal in furniture for offices, educational institutions, government buildings and healthcare facilities. (pictured: Delaney Brothers Contract Furniture Consultant principals Rosemary, Kevin, Paul and Brian Delaney)Ĭontract-grade commercial office furniture is typically designed to last about 20 years. ![]()
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