Reception is the smallest furniture package in the building and the one that gets looked at the longest.
Desks · Waiting · Storage · Wayfinding
The desk
A reception desk is usually millwork rather than a catalog item, which means it is drawn, priced and scheduled like joinery. Transaction height, a seated working height behind it, knee clearance and a cable path all have to be settled on paper before anyone quotes a stone top.
Waiting seating
Two chairs and a table is usually the whole brief. It still has to hold a coat, a bag and a laptop, survive being sat in by strangers all day, and clean up with whatever the building’s janitorial contract actually uses.
Specification
What gets specified
Reception is quoted as its own package because the desk is drawn work and the rest is specified furniture, and the two run on different lead times.
- Reception desk
- Millwork or manufacturer system. Transaction top, working height, knee space and returns dimensioned to the field.
- Materials
- Stone, solid surface or veneer, selected against the lobby finishes rather than the furniture schedule.
- Waiting seating
- Lounge chairs, benches or a sofa, counted to how many people genuinely wait at once.
- Occasional tables
- Height set to the seat, with a surface that takes a cup and a laptop without marking.
- Power and data
- Outlets at the desk and at the waiting seats, coordinated before the millwork is released.
- Signage and coat storage
- Wall mark, coat closet and umbrella storage carried on the same package so nothing is added late.
