Showrooms
Receiving Area Furniture Planning for Showrooms
Specify the occupied size, operating clearance and route into the building before choosing furniture by catalogue dimensions.
Explore the ideas
Compare the options
- Set the brief
- Use templates at the size of the actual furniture. Include seated users, open drawers and reclined positions where relevant.
- Compare
- Decide which items need to move independently and which benefit from built-in anchoring.
- Before buying
- Confirm that the largest pieces can turn at the entrance, lift lobby and corridor, or specify assembly in place.
Worked example
A utility room needs a tall cleaning cupboard, but the vacuum and mop handles vary in length and the door is narrow.
Measure the longest tools and cabinet delivery path before choosing an off-the-shelf unit. Consider adjustable interior fittings and verify the door swing leaves a usable loading position.
How to test it
Overlay the furniture in its stored and in-use positions, then check both against the measured plan.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Connect receiving to a back route and keep temporary staging away from the showroom entrance.
- Detail
- Protect corners and floors where products turn, and provide a clear place for packing material.
- Trade-off
- A generous staging zone makes setup easier but consumes back-of-house area.
- Trace the largest item from delivery point to display
- Check turning points and door clearances
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