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Modern Wooden Chair Designs

Wooden furniture looks great in contemporary designs. Modern wooden chairs can add a touch of luxury and comfort to any space. Unlike other style descriptors, “Modern” style isn’t defined by any particular set of rules or expectations. The chairs listed below fit various niches that may fit the description of “modern” you are looking to incorporate. Wooden chairs work well in modern spaces. In fact, they can be custom stained to perfectly match and blend in with modern designs.

Sustainable Chairs, Sustainable Libraries

When a community is ready to update their existing library or build a new one, they should place a focus on sustainable design. The way in which buildings are designed can have a large effect on how many natural resources they use up each year. If we want our library buildings to last for decades, we need to ensure they are set up to limit the impact on the environment as much as possible.

Logo Chair: The Power of Details

Detailing ranges from larger but less often noticed choices like lighting and window treatments to the small but notable customization details that elevate the space from good to great. Customizing your space with details can work wonders to secure the aesthetic of your brand, provide an air of elegance and refine the aesthetic as a whole. Here at Eustis Chair one of the most common ways we see this done is by adding a logo chair to the space. Or a few!

The Bulfinch Chair

The Bulfinch chair is a new chair designed for Harvard College for the boardroom of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

How Do You Design a Chair?

When choosing a chair for a room or designing one from scratch, it can be tough to know where to start. With online shopping and so many sellers, where do you even begin! We’ve created this guide to help you make the right choice for your space and needs. From materials to construction to aesthetic this guide can help even the most novice designer through the process.

How To Sanitize Wood

Wood is commonplace in high-use areas like libraries, schools, spiritual spaces, and other establishments. Its ease of cleaning and maintenance makes it a much better fit than low-durability plastics. But how do you keep it safe?

mid century modern chair for Harvard University

Harvard Divinity School Orders Mid-Century Modern Chairs by Eustis Chair

Eustis Chair designed and built 40 custom Mid-Century Modern chairs in FSC certified Red Oak for the Harvard Divinity School. We were inspired by historic Danish and Swedish chairmakers. We knew that adding our own joint technology could make this transitional design a durable one.

The William and Mary Chair

We were asked by New York City architects Robert A.M. Stern to create a stacking chair for the College of William & Mary. Their dining hall at the Mason School of Business needed Georgian-style seating for a robust touch.

What is Chair Joinery?

If you’ve ever sat in a chair with a broken back, that doesn’t support your weight or requires significant care while sitting, then you have experienced the pain of insufficient chair joinery. Look no further for a guide to supply you with the information to avoid the discomfort of failed construction. Discover more about one of the most vital elements of chair construction: chair joinery.

Stack Formation Seating

Stack formation seating arrangement is an option you may want to explore for your 2021 classroom. There are literally dozens of different classroom arrangements. Don’t get overwhelmed with all the options. You must consider the size of your classroom space when planning for different seating arrangements.

The University Club 10-60

Many fine clubs seat 10 people around a 60″ round table for their weddings, banquets, and functions. We have down-sized our very successful University Club stacking chair to accommodate ten at a 60″ round.

Saint Luke’s Church: Feature Installation

Eustis Chair designs chairs for spiritual spaces from time to time. In fact, we worked with a spiritual institution known as Saint Luke’s Chapel. This episcopal church is located in East Hampton, NY.

Covid-19 Seating Arrangements

Now that office spaces are beginning to reopen, the traditional style of back-to-back cubicles may pose a challenge when trying to maintain public distancing guidelines. The CDC recommends that office buildings that are reopening take stock of all of the places where, in their current setup, workers could be physically close enough (6 feet) that they may be in danger of infection.

How Many Eustis Chairs Fit in a Closet?

One of the benefits of our hardwood stacked chairs is the storage capabilities. Our chairs will take up much less space than average. To fully test this, we decided to see how many of our chairs will fit within a 9 ft by 6 ft closet.

Plastic Recycling: The Lie We’ve All Been Sold

Buying from vendors that source their materials thoughtfully and sustainably is one step all of us can take to stop our world from devolving into a landfill. Eustis Chair sources sustainable raw materials to produce our USA-made hardwood chairs. We are dedicated to creating premium quality sustainable furniture.

Westminster Traditional Classroom and School Dining Chairs

The Westminster

Like many of our chairs, the Westminster chair combines design elements of two of our other chairs, the Willard and the Oberlin. We originally designed it for a prestigious boarding school, the Westminster School. In addition, we made this chair in a stacking and non-stacking version. The non-stacking Westminster (shown here) has a slightly wider seat than most of our chairs, and is a welcome addition to our line of wood library chairs. Its back angles very slightly at its top for both comfort and ease when moving it.

New York Public Library Chairs

The New York Public Library has provided its patrons with free resources since 1895. The Rose Reading Room, a staple of the New York Public Library, features a beloved piece of interior decorating close to our hearts here at Eustis Chair: our Rose Reading chair.

What Does Reproduction Furniture Mean?

Reproduction furniture is furniture made to emulate the designs of the past. Using this style of furniture adds a flare of history to any space. While antique furniture is beautiful it can be damaged, easily broken, and is expensive to purchase and maintain. Reproductions offer the same look as the furniture of the past without having to go over budget or run the risk of having an antique be broken with use.

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