How to buy comfortable furniture for your hotel?
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EPOCA is a furniture manufacturer focused on the Hospitality and Contract sector. (FF&E Supplier)
If you buy new furniture for your hospitality project, your biggest concern must be comfort.
But what can you - as the owner or manager of a hotel - do to ensure that you are buying a comfortable product?
Find out how to avoid costly and frustrating mistakes and become a savant in assessing the comfort of your hotel venues.
The aesthetics of your venue will make a big difference to your customers in the end. The reason why you need to avoid skimping on furniture.
It needs to be well-made and built to last.
Does comfortable mean ugly?
Imagine a triangle with comfort, cost, and beauty at each point. You probably already know that you can't have all three at once.
The perfect chair or table that is beautiful, a pleasure to sit in, and available at a killer price—indeed, it does not exist.
There's truth in the idea that the perfect chair or table doesn't exist, but that's not to say you can't strike an excellent balance between these three traits.
At EPOCA, we aim to produce contract furniture that is as reliable as it is comfortable, as attractive as it is faithful, and within the price range of the average hospitality business.
Is comfort everything?
Let's not overemphasize the point: comfort is essential, but many other factors are involved in buying furniture.
What to check to find comfortable furniture?
Size
Buy seating with as broad an appeal as possible, i.e., generic ergonomics. Buy a range of seating options, with tiny chairs, tall chairs, wide seats, low tables, high tables, etc.
You should do both: find generally comfortable furniture, but don't just buy one type! Buy a range to fit a range of people.
Cushioning
As you probably expect, cushioning is an essential part that can make all the difference between a very comfortable seat and a very uncomfortable torture device.
If you buy padded or fully upholstered seats, the cushions should be soft and plump, not hard. If you can quickly feel the frame through the cushioning, you know this chair isn't fit for purpose!
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Construction
The material used is a critical factor in how durable the seat or table is. Though this doesn't directly impact comfort, wobbly, warped, or broken furniture will not be as comfortable as one that remains firm and sturdy.
Furniture made of metal and fully welded is likely to be highly durable. However, many styles of seating and chairs might only be available with partially welded construction.
When looking at wood furniture, consider examining the items with somebody familiar with joinery to ensure the construction is up to standard.
Age
Naturally, the longer a product is used, the more wear and tear it takes its toll.
Contract furniture is designed to last much longer than its commercial counterparts but will only stay for a while.
It is common for smaller restaurants, bars, and hotel businesses to purchase second-hand furniture from another establishment that is replacing its items or is closing entirely. This can save them a lot of money, but they should show diligence by checking that the furniture has not degraded in quality too much.
Signs of wear include:
Buy comfortable contract furniture from a reliable supplier.
You can do a lot to determine whether a seat or table is of good quality, but it is still being determined.
At EPOCA, we put our furniture to the test for both comfort and reliability so that our customers will never have that horrible experience of buying a new restaurant or bar worth of seating and only find it could be better.
You don't need to guess with our products.
We offer a sample service where you can try a single chair before committing to a large order.
Don't settle for less.