Guides, Tips & Industry Insights

buyer guide

Steelcase task chairs like the Leap and Gesture are among the most respected made, and Canada has a strong ergonomic ...

June 16, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

A factual map of the commercial office furniture supplier landscape in Ontario for 2026: full-service interiors firms...

June 15, 2026 · Steve Katz

commercial furniture

A guide to buying new, commercial-grade office furniture in Ottawa: the city's government, Kanata technology, and hea...

June 14, 2026 · Steve Katz

clinic furniture

Furnishing a private medical or dental clinic comes down to a welcoming waiting room, furniture with cleanable easy-c...

June 14, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

Staples office furniture is a convenient national retail catalogue, and Staples Professional adds a business furnitur...

June 14, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

Grand and Toy office furniture comes from a broad B2B distributor with a Workspace Interiors division, and it shares ...

June 14, 2026 · Steve Katz

office design

Office space planning is arithmetic before it is design: headcount times density, plus the rooms and circulation ever...

June 11, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

The Office Shop is an established, award-winning Ontario dealer with a consultative, quote-first partner-brand model....

June 11, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

Offices to Go and Global are two lines from the same Canadian manufacturer, not rival companies. This guide compares ...

June 10, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

Keilhauer and ergoCentric are both premium Canadian seating makers, but they answer different questions. This guide c...

June 10, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

atWork Office Furniture is a proudly Canadian retail furniture group built around an online catalogue, national shipp...

June 10, 2026 · Steve Katz

commercial interiors

An office fit-out is a sequenced project, brief, design, costing, construction, furniture, and move-in, that lives or...

June 8, 2026 · Steve Katz

commercial furniture

A guide to buying new, commercial-grade office furniture in Toronto: the city's business districts and sectors, what ...

June 8, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

Global and Teknion are both Canadian makers headquartered near Toronto, but they win different projects. This guide c...

June 7, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

Humanscale and ergoCentric both deliver an ergonomic fit, but from opposite directions: Humanscale's chairs adjust to...

June 7, 2026 · Steve Katz

law firm furniture

Furnishing a law firm means solving for two things at once: a workspace that handles confidential, document-heavy wor...

June 5, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

Steelcase and Teknion are both leaders in office systems furniture. This editorial comparison, written for Ontario bu...

June 5, 2026 · Steve Katz

2026

A practical look at the 2026 office design trends that matter for Ontario employers: hybrid and activity-based zoning...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

A reception-area furnishing guide for Canadian offices: what to include, how to size and place the reception desk wit...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

boardroom

A conference and boardroom table buying guide for Canadian businesses: how to size a table by seats and room, choose ...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

A guide to commercial office storage types: vertical and lateral filing cabinets, open shelving and bookcases, and pe...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

Task chair versus executive chair, sorted by role: the differences in back height, padding, adjustability, footprint ...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

The build-versus-buy decision for enclosed office space: a modular pod or a constructed meeting room. The cost, insta...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

benching

Cubicles versus open benching at the workstation level: the privacy-versus-collaboration and cost trade-off, why cubi...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

Open-plan versus private and cellular offices for a business: the collaboration-versus-focus trade-off, what the rese...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

The office deployment decision: sit-stand versus fixed-height desks across a team. The three desk types compared, why...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

BIFMA

What commercial-grade (contract-grade) office furniture actually means, how it differs from consumer-grade, how to te...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

institutional furniture

A furnishing guide for Ontario's public sector and institutions: how durability, accessibility (AODA), Canadian-made ...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

Lease, rent, finance, or buy? A Canadian decision guide to acquiring office furniture: the four routes compared, why ...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

A channel guide for Canadian business buyers: big-box retail versus online-only versus a commercial furniture dealer ...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

A vetting checklist for choosing a commercial office furniture supplier in Ontario: the scorecard, the questions to a...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

Office-chair material, compared for a business: mesh versus upholstered fabric versus leather on breathability, cushi...

June 4, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

A commercial buyer's guide to the best standing desks for Canadian offices: seven sit-stand desks compared by adjustm...

June 3, 2026 · Steve Katz

buyer guide

A practical guide for Ontario businesses, schools, and clinics: what makes a chair ergonomic, whether ergonomic chair...

June 3, 2026 · Steve Katz

design

Office space planning for Ontario businesses and institutions: how much space you actually need (with the Canadian CC...

June 3, 2026 · Steve Katz

education

Ontario school boards can buy commercial office furniture from Brant Business Interiors under OECM Agreement 2025-470...

May 23, 2026 · Steve Katz