Buying office furniture from a photo is a bit of a gamble. A chair that looks supportive on screen can feel wrong after an hour. A desk that seems roomy in the picture can end up crowding your floor. At Silvermans, we’ve been the office furniture Cambridge businesses trust since 1965, with offices furnished right across East Anglia. The good decisions nearly always start in our showroom.
Can you test office furniture before you buy it? Yes. At our Fen Road showroom you can sit in every chair and stand at every desk before you commit a penny. Pop in and try a few, and you’ll spot the difference in minutes.
Why it helps to see office furniture in person
You won’t know how the mesh gives or where the back support hits your spine until you sit down. Fabric colours behave differently in real light too, so a shade that looks right online can catch you out in the room.
Our used office furniture showroom on Fen Road runs to around 20,000 square feet of office furniture for sale, new and used, so you can line pieces up next to each other. Sit in a task chair, then an ergonomic one. Stand at a fixed desk, then an electric model. It’s the easiest way to compare the office chairs Cambridge teams sit in all day.
Buying a used chair with confidence
A smaller budget doesn’t mean settling for less. A well-kept second hand computer chair from a good brand often beats a cheap new one. Because our showroom lets you inspect the used working chairs in person, you can check the gas lift, castors and upholstery before you decide. It’s the safest way to buy pre-owned.
Testing electric desks before you buy
Desks reward a hands-on trial even more than chairs, and electric sit-stand models are the clearest example. The height range printed on a label tells you nothing about how a desk behaves day to day. When you try one of our sit-stand desks, run it up and down a few times, listen to the motor, and see how steady the top stays. A wobble at full height is easy to miss online, but you’d notice it every day.
While you’re at it, run a quick check on the chair. Your feet should sit flat on the floor with a small gap behind your knees, and your shoulders should stay loose rather than hunched. The HSE’s guidance on good posture makes a handy benchmark.
Matching office furniture to your space
Comfort is only half of it. The rest is picking pieces that suit the room and the people in it. Before you buy, walk your office and clock the awkward bits: the radiator eating wall space, the pillar in the middle of the floor, the doorway everyone squeezes past. Bring rough measurements when you visit, and we’ll help you dodge a clearance problem a tape measure would have caught.
Once you’ve measured up, our planning and design team can turn your room into a CAD layout, so you see the whole thing before anything ships. Give us a call on 01223 425168 and we’ll talk it through.
From showroom to finished office
So try a few chairs properly, get your measurements right, sort the layout, then leave the delivery and assembly to us, and your new furniture turns up set up and ready to use. Come and see the range at our Cambridge showroom, or browse our full range online when you’re ready to fit out your office.