I’m in the middle of moving our company to a brand new office space and let me tell you, it’s been insane! I can barely sleep at night because as soon as I lay down I think of something else I want to research or need to chase down or something.
A decent amount of today was spent considering chairs for the new space. Most of the employees at my company sit all day long so having good chairs is incredibly important. The last thing you want is to interrupt a developer’s “zone” because he’s got a backache and needs to walk around to get the kink out of his back.
If budget wasn’t a concern (ha!), I know exactly what I would buy: Herman Miller Mirra chairs. These are the newer version of the iconic Herman Miller Aeron chairs which everyone knows are, like, the best chairs ever. And considering the roughly $1K price tag for Aerons they’d better be!
The new Mirra chairs are more modern than the Aerons and about half the price. I’ve sat in both and I honestly think that they’re equally great chairs. What’s cool about the Mirra chair is that it comes in various colors and you can pick not only the color of the back but also the color of the seat and the base, so you get a really customized chair. Unfortunately the color choices are a bit bland, but that’s to be expected for office furniture. Another plus for the Mirra chair is that it comes in only one size that’s meant to fit everyone, while Aerons come in various sizes and you need to pair the employee with the right chair size.
But of course, there always is a budget to adhere to and ours simply will not allow for $8,000 in chairs. I even negotiated the price down from the local retailer but not low enough to be able to justify the expense. I’ll just have to be content with looking at the picture of the pretty chair while I sit in a not-nearly-as-awesome chair that cost less than half as much . . .
Read my next post to see what affordable task chairs I considered that were actually within the budget!
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