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Published: 19 May 2016

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Images is everything in the world of business today, and whether you have a potential customer walking through the door or a potential employee, you want your environment to look nothing short of amazing, Planning a commercial renovation, though, isn’t quite like planning a home renovation. Instead, far more thought, planning, and help has to go into the process. Fortunately, we can help.

Office Spaces to Libraries

Challenges abound in almost any public space, and minimizing those is a must. After all, staying on time and on budget isn’t really optional. To get the best solution for your company, you need a well-managed, well-executed project that will actually create a more productive space, not detract from your business as it stands today.

Carroll Seating Company excels in commercial remodeling services. We’ll help you from design to completion to ensure the best possible results.

The Carroll Seating Company Difference

From a simple refresh of your current decor to a full transformation, Carroll Seating Company is the premier source for commercial renovations. Since 1954, we’ve been serving companies like yours, working to create some of the best looks in the industry. We incorporate the latest software tools and technology into the planning process to ensure even the smallest details look amazing. You’ll work one-on-one with a project manager to ensure things go as planned. We partner with the highest quality vendors so you get the casework and look you want most.

Our reputation is based on knowledge and reliability, and the skill of our tradesmen is second to none. We’ve worked in many different spaces in the past to help enhance space utilization and capacity, as well as aesthetic appeal. No matter what your final goal, we’re here to help you achieve it.

To learn more about our services, please contact us today.

Published: 30 December 2015

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Your employees work hard every single day. What’s one thing you can do to make sure they know how much you appreciate their contribution? Design the perfect break room. The furniture you choose will make a huge difference in the way your break room is perceived, too, so it’s one facet of the design you certainly don’t want to overlook. Here are a few tips that may help.

Go for Physical Relaxation: Investing in workplace comfort can often mean serious increases in productivity and employee engagement. Offer soft, stylish furniture including couches and lounge furniture that encourages physical relaxation while they’re on break. Whether you go with a couch, a lounge style club chair, or something like a love seat, you’re providing a space where employees can rest their minds so they can get back to something more productive much sooner.
Go for Functionality: You want your break room to be as functional as it is relaxing, so go with the right spaces for employees to congregate, have a snack, or even enjoy a meal. Make certain to include some fixed furniture options like countertops for things like a coffee maker and a microwave to ensure employees have everything they need at their fingertips.
Go For Flexibility: You want your break room to serve a number of needs, particularly if it is required for meeting space or something similar. Small bistro tables may make that happen, as may comfortable, portable seating options that allow for a break or a functional meeting.

More offices than ever are moving from that traditional work environment to a slightly more stylish space, and adding break room furniture your employees love can be the perfect first step toward that in your own work environment. Contact us today and we’ll show you how you can make a positive impact on your team with the right break room furniture.

Published: 17 June 2015

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The National Real Estate Investor online publication recently released a story about the increasing interest in student housing. There has been a lot of interest in student housing over the past twelve months or more. Why? People are seeing the economy improving, but interest rates remain low. While they can’t get a big return on more traditional investments, these people are finding that they can get big turnaround on their money when they buy properties and rent it out to students.

A long list of new investors have also joined the bidding for student housing assets, including high-net worth individuals, private equity fund managers and institutional investors… The total number of transactions grew slightly and the average sales price per bed also grew by about $3,000.

So, what does this mean for traditional student housing operations? It means that you have to step up your game to continue competing with those who are new to the game. New buyers tend to sink money into the off-campus properties at the start, to make them as attractive as possible. Students like the luxuries that come with houses and apartments that are off-campus, and which rise above the uniform dorm room look.

If you want to continue to compete effectively, then you need to design rooms that are inviting to a very creative generation – one that is used to customizability and one that embraces individuality. Built-in furniture isn’t against the rules, but it should have a modern feel with plenty of space for personalization. At Carroll Seating, we allow you to start the trend of customization. Create the layouts, select the pieces that you think will best accommodate the incoming students and we can make that happen. Wardrobes, dresser systems, and desks with plenty of overhead storage, are just a few of the pieces that can make your rooms attractive enough to compete with the new student housing investors. At Carroll Seating we have the knowledge and expertise to customize your student housing built-ins. To find out more, call us at 816-471-2929 or visit us online.

Published: 23 April 2013

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With new buildings or even redesigns, it’s often the little things that make a difference. Paint colors, for example, instead of a dry, matte white finish could make an office look more inviting, helping to propel your business forward. Specialty millwork, too, can serve the same purpose.

Understanding Customized Millwork
From creative doors to great baseboards and crown molding, specialty and custom millwork provides those special little touches you just can’t get with off-the-shelf solutions. It helps to bring together the whole picture of your office, tying in the right design themes that will help put your customers at ease again and again. Think the millwork details don’t matter? Think again. Consider an unfinished room for a moment. It likely feels incomplete. Now add in the right millwork components. Even if you have the same drab white walls, you have a far more complete look, helping you get more done every day.

Carroll Seating Company has been providing specialty millwork solutions for decades. More than just a company that designs seating solutions, we can create the ideal look in almost any setting. We’ve worked in schools, libraries, hospitals, and lots of offices in the past. Our work has been featured in offices of some of the biggest brands in the nation, and we would be proud to feature it in your office as well.

From start to finish, we provide turnkey solutions to help meet your needs and your budget. We can help with the initial planning phase and recommend the right products for every job. We know you want the highest level of satisfaction at the right price, and we’re committed to meeting your needs.

Excellence defines Carroll Seating Company, so as you look for a custom millwork provider, please keep us in mind.

Published: 9 April 2013

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Public libraries are unlike any other spaces on the planet. They’re not even really like other libraries. College libraries serve only the needs of university students and academics. School libraries are specifically designed for kids of various ages. Specialty libraries are often dedicated just to experts.

Public libraries, though, have to meet the needs of the many. From great reading areas for kids to help entice them in day after day to careful spaces constructed for elderly patrons, public libraries need special attention when it comes to design, so we’re nothing short of proud to put our name on the design work of the Alsip Marionette Park Library.

A Year in the Making
Some design projects take just a few months. Others, like this one, take quite a bit more work. We got started in January of 2012. After preliminary designs, pricing, and all of the details that go into any of our projects, we were finally able to install some of our Brodart Contract Furniture line in February of 2013. All of it was custom made for the library.

In the adult sections, we were able to design double faced computer carrels to save space as well as individual study carrels with pop up power and data for those using laptops. We also integrated new reading tables, study tables in the study room, double sided book displays, and custom OPAC stations as well as dictionary and atlas stands.

In the children’s area, we designed square and round tables at heights that worked for both children and adolescents. We also created half-moon computer stations with velcroable front panels for reading fun. Additionally, we added a customized children’s puzzle table among other things.

This project really demonstrates how far we’ve branched out from the idea of seating. We wanted to be part of this from the start. With us, you know you’re never going to have to flip open a catalog, point to what you want, and have us assemble it. Instead, we invest ourselves in delivering exactly what you’re looking for, and we succeed with quality and precision.

Published: 26 February 2013

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With a name like Ace, you can be sure almost everyone knows what you’re talking about. Created in 1924, the branding strategy this company has employed has made it a household name for decades. We were nothing short of honored when Ace came to us to work on their corporate headquarters. The goal was to create a new look for their lobby, a common area, and an essential conference room. The results were pretty impressive, even to us.

Serious Design Needs, Serious Results
With a company as large as Ace, aesthetics needed to be at the forefront of everything we did, particularly given that much of our work would be on display on a daily basis to a variety of different visitors. Nothing we did within this project could be business as usual. You simply don’t get a job like the Ace Hardware headquarters without already being the best of the best.

To meet their needs, we used a mix of custom millwork applications, employing both acrylics and poly resin panels for a finished look that you just can’t get with other materials. The goal here was that high end architectural finish that really demonstrated our skills as a millwork provider, and we certainly met that goal.

Promoting the brand was also important to Ace in all of the areas where we worked, so we added new signs to help boost the company’s name. Getting that logo above any real traffic area was a must, so we used 3FORM, high design image captures with acrylic feature panels to help push the brand out into the open while still staying with the current atmosphere.

The chance to work with Ace was unique, and we’re proud to have been part of the project. Our millwork skills are second to none, and a quick visit to the Ace lobby will show you nothing less than perfection.