Commercial-grade restaurant furniture is designed to withstand consistent heavy use in areas for years to come. While it needs to be inviting and comfortable, it also must hold up to multiple cleanings.
You should replace restaurant furniture every 5-10 years. However, many variables play a role in replacing restaurant furniture, including the materials used to manufacture your restaurant seating and tables, whether the furniture is indoor or outdoor, how heavily it’s used, and the quality of its care.
Even when restaurant furniture appears to be in excellent condition, it may need to be replaced just to revitalize your venue.
Typically, chairs and booths will land in that average 5–10-year lifespan. However, barstools may need to be replaced sooner. Barstools will see more wear and tear than booths because they’re more likely to be sat on for long periods of time. As a result, you may need to replace them more frequently than other types of restaurant furniture.
With its wood shell and sturdy metal frame, the Beaufurn Jack-SAB-344 offers a fresh modern look for cafeterias, restaurants, cafes, and dining areas. Its sound design makes it a great option. Additionally, you can opt to have its metal frame in a black powder finish. Powder-coated products are more resistant to the negative impact of moisture, chemicals, ultraviolet light, and other conditions that can shorten the lifespan of the furniture.
Yet for family-style restaurants and diner-type venues, booth seating might see as much wear and tear as barstools. Children tend to climb into booth seating and are more active, which can place this type of restaurant seating under greater duress.
Outdoor restaurant furniture will also tend to have a shorter lifespan than indoor seating. Even with proper care, outdoor furniture is more susceptible to the elements and needs to be replaced more frequently.
At Beaufurn, we’re proud of our strict quality standards that ensure all our products are durable and long-lasting so you can count on our restaurant furniture to last for years to come! Browse our indoor and outdoor restaurant furniture here.
If you have an indoor lounge area in your restaurant, replace the furniture every 3-5 years. This will help to keep your space looking fresh and inviting.
Beaufurn offers a broad range of commercial-grade seating and textiles specifically for the hospitality and contract categories. View our graded-in options here.
Tables generally have a longer lifespan than chairs and other types of restaurant furniture. You can typically get away with replacing tables every 10-15 years. However, this will depend on the materials used to construct the table, how often it’s used, and whether it’s indoor or outdoor furniture.
Outdoor restaurant tables will need to be replaced more frequently than indoor tables. Just like with chairs and barstools, outdoor tables are more susceptible to damage from the elements.
You should be conducting thorough furniture inspections yearly, if not more often. It’s a good idea to have an outside consultant weigh in on the appearance of your restaurant and its furniture so that a different perspective is in play. It’s easier to miss when a venue needs a refresh if you are too familiar with it. Familiarity is often a challenge to proper discernment.
The best way to extend the life of your restaurant chairs is to practice regular maintenance. This includes wiping down the chairs after each use and cleaning them with a mild soap and water solution.
We offer tips on how to care for bistro chairs here. You can get tips on caring for restaurant tables here.
Contact Beaufurn for all your restaurant furniture needs, from chairs and barstools to tables and booth seating. We offer a broad range of commercial-grade furniture specifically for the hospitality industry.
Is there really a difference between office furnishing and residential furniture for your commercial office setting? Find out more before you start your search for new furniture in the office.
You’re renovating your office or staring at a blank slate with great design ideas. A budget doesn’t have to limit your options, it just makes you consciously aware of the need to make a “smart” decision. You have hundreds of commercial grade furnishings ideas, but your budget falls in line with residential furniture.
You then ask yourself; “is there any common ground between the two?”
Our user-friendly guide will help you decide between commercial office or home furniture (we’ve done the homework for you).
You want an office that invites your clients to do business, serve as a healthy work environment, and be a place of productivity, right? Most customers base their decision to make a purchase on:
Your decision between commercial and residential furnishing will have a future impact on your interior commercial design ideas and budget.
Commercial furniture is often times sold in bulk (to accommodate furnishing an entire office). Bulk furniture options are a result of the perception that you’re buying desks, chairs, shelves, storage components, etc. for an entire crew. What are the benefits of buying commercial furniture?
In fact, commercial furniture is meant to last well over a decade which leaves plenty of room for a lot of office furniture trends to come and go. However, many people will begin to factor the cost of office future (understandable) when compared to residential furniture. With commercial furniture, the result is less furniture upgrades or purchases over a short period of time. Overall, sturdy furniture will give you a longer life expectancy, despite the persistent use. Commercial furniture comes with an intentional design because the manufacturing furniture process is based on the knowledge and experience of the commercial interior designers and business owners.
Let’s take a look at what residential furniture has to offer when you’re furnishing or renovating your commercial office space and trying to save money.
Residential furniture is sold individually which is an opportunity to find many trendy pieces. The frequent trends in commercial furniture could leave business owners trying to keep up with seasonal or yearly designs. A family won’t need 20 chairs to go around the coffee table, but it could be just what a business owner needs to seat his conference table. If you flip the commercial furniture coin, residential furnishing is built with less durability which contributes to the lower cost. Business owners are left with two decisions: “purchase furniture every 2-3 years to keep up with the trends” or “hang on to outdated furniture that’s meant to hold 25-100 of your employees and clients.”
Bottom line: Commercial and residential furniture both have something to offer, but your decision will be based on your budget, intended use, and the need to furnish your commercial space. Invest in residential furniture if you’re using it for accent pieces or for temporary use. For example, residential furniture would be great for your foyer or meditation room of your office.
If you’re looking for strong furniture to withstand the impact of a thriving office environment, certain commercial furniture pieces will make a great choice.
Commercial Office Furniture Ideas:
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