The reception tables here are from the Neo range: a round table in black, plus a glass top on its own if you have the base already and want to change the look rather than the furniture. A low round table is usually the right shape for a waiting area, because there is no corner to walk into and visitors sitting at different angles can all reach it. Pair it with the soft seating and reception range for the two halves of most lobbies, or use the reception tables and seating page to see them together.
Setting up a reception area
A reception has one job before it has any style: it must show a visitor where to go. Keep a clear line from the entrance to the desk, put the seating to one side rather than in the path. A round Neo table between two armchairs works in a small footprint and gives people somewhere to put a coffee, a laptop or a visitor badge.
Hard floors and glass make a small lobby echo, so a sofa or a pair of upholstered chairs from sofas and armchairs does more than provide seats. If the space doubles as an informal meeting spot, modular seating can be arranged into a semi private corner without building anything, and the compact Studio soft seating pieces suit lobbies where a three seater would dominate.
Finishing the lobby
Beyond a table and somewhere to sit, most receptions need two or three small things: somewhere for wet coats, which the coat stands and misc page covers, a higher table from the tables range if visitors often sign forms standing up, and enough soft seating to cope with your busiest ten minutes rather than the average.
Reception furniture across Suffolk and north Essex
Office Masters is the online shop belonging to Neil Andrew Office Solutions, a family run company on Ransomes Europark in Ipswich. Neil came into the trade in the 1980s working for his father Malcolm and relaunched under his own name in 2017, and we still do the unglamorous half of the job: measuring up, delivering and installing. Reception work takes us to Colchester, Felixstowe, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds through the year, and free standard delivery covers the UK mainland in five working days.
Send a photo of the space and a rough measurement and we will tell you honestly what fits and what will make the room feel tight. Pre-build and installation can be added so nothing is assembled in front of your visitors, a next working day upgrade is available when a client visit is brought forward, and 01473 464644 reaches the office if you would rather explain it than draw it.
