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There are a variety of different ways to use modular furniture in any office environment. Here are just a few ideas and typical applications:

1) In Wide Open Rooms
As companies continue to grow, and commercial real estate costs continue to rise, modular furniture is the logical solution to get the most utility from the open space you have. We can custom tailor each workstation to the occupant's specific needs, work habits, and function within the company.

Wide Open Spaces With Modular Furniture

"We were satisfied with Matt's constant persistence and follow up with us to get this project off the ground and completed in a timely manner. Very timely responses. Overall very satisfied and would recommend."

Suzanne Bernard
IIT Corporation
San Francisco

2) In Private Offices
Modular furniture can be used in private offices to create a space efficient, cost effective alternative to traditional free-standing wood furniture. Panels can be used to divide private offices into individual work areas, as well as creating audible and visual privacy. Or you can simply use work surfaces mounted on "T-Legs" with wall mounted components (i.e. flipper doors, tack boards, task lights) to customize a work area to your individual needs.

Private Offices Divided With Panels

T-Leg Mounted Work Surfaces With Wall Mounted Components

"We had the pleasure of working with Creative Solutions. Our experience was extremely positive.... We were extremely pleased and thoroughly satisfied with their ability to consistently follow through on what they said they would do....We were very pleased with their workers, they were always courteous and responsive to our needs and willing to "go the EXTRA mile" without a moments hesitation. The quality of the products was outstanding. We were operating on a "shoestring" budget and elected to populate our new offices with some refurbished cubicles. The condition of the refurbished product was impeccable!!....We at Arsin Corporation highly recommend the services of Cathy Cooper and Creative Solutions."

Rhonda Wallace
Arsin Corporation
Santa Clara

3) Reception Areas
Modular furniture can be used to create a highly functional, upscale looking area to greet your customers at a very cost-effective price. Reception areas can also be outfitted in fabric and trim color to coordinate with the other modular furniture throughout the office.

Reception Areas

"I am pleased to recommend the services of Creative Solutions. I have worked with this company for the past several years and found them to be competent, reliable and cost effective. They have helped me in a variety of situations including entire office build outs, space planning and moves, to unique space-function redesigns for small areas. Cathy Cooper has been my main contact from Creative Solutions over the past year. I have found her to be an extremely effective space planner...She is a delight to work with, as are all of the employees at Creative Solutions."

Marty McCowen
UCSF Health Care
San Francisco

Typical Configurations

The following are some of the typical size cubes we've created over past years. These are intended to give you a feel for relative sizes and uses. There are a variety of other options besides what is shown below.

Telemarketing / Customer Service
4' X 2' Short Panels	4' X 2' Tall Panels	4' X 4' Medium Panels
Administration / Customer Service
6' X 6' Short Panels	6' X 6' Tall Panels
Typical Workstation
6' X 8' Tall Panels	8' X 8' Tall Panels
Team / Manager Cube
8' X 14' Tall Panels	8' X 12' Tall Panels
Conference Room With Door
8' X 15' - 80" Tall Panels

"We feel we were treated like a "Big Account" even though our order was very small, and would not hesitate to refer others to you. We love our new cubicles!"

Shannon Haworth
Heller Consulting
Berkeley

"Thanks again for the quality service. Special thanks to Cathy, Jose, Cruz, Eddie, and Mario. Eddie and Mario saved the day moving some extremely heavy awkward furniture for carpeting replacement in Nikon's executive area."

Jim Bryant
Nikon Precision
Belmont

"We have used Creative Solutions for many years and continue to appreciate the quality of the customer service provided. Cathy Cooper-Smythe is fantastic to work with and the installers are all efficient and very professional."

Don Toy
Mark Thomas & Company
Cupertino

"Kendra made the entire process easy for choosing the right furniture in our new suite. From hand drawing various layouts to giving us professional advice on what would and wouldn't work in our area. She did a fantastic job on our prices. We are extremely happy with the quality of service and professionalism from Kendra! I will definitely keep her in mind for future furniture purchases."

Lisa Lopez
Weidlinger and Associates
Mountain View

How Do I Decide What Is Necessary Inside Each Cube?
The basic building blocks of any modular work station are as follows:

Item Issues To Consider / How Used

Panels
Which height is optimal? 35", 42", 48", 54", 62", 66", 80" (standard Haworth^TM panel heights). The level of privacy or interaction required between employees will determine height. In general, taller panels are more expensive. You can easily mix panel heights within a given installation for functionality or aesthetic reasons.

Work Surfaces

24" deep or 30" deep? 24" deep is the most popular, however if the occupant needs extra space to lay out blueprints or large documents, 30" deep may be more appropriate. Is a corner work surface necessary for a computer monitor, or is a rectilinear ("L" shape) work surface configuration all that is needed? Corner work surfaces are typical in about 95% of the installations we do.

Shelf
Provides overhead storage for books or binders. Low versions are available where space is at a premium, and extra deep versions are available where maximum storage space is required. Most of the installations we do have at least one shelf per cube.

Flipper Door
Flipper doors turn a normal shelf into a lockable unit that can hide clutter at the end of the day. Typically most installations have one shelf and one flipper door per cube.

Pedestal File

What mix of filing and collateral storage is needed?

3" high drawers are called "pencil" drawers and are good for storing pencils, pens and other small items.

6" high drawers are called "box" drawers and are good for storing larger desk accessories.

12" high drawers are called "file" drawers and are set up for filing regular or legal size Pendaflex folders.

We can create any combination of the above drawers depending upon one's individual needs. Typically most cubes are equipped with one (1) box/box/file pedestal file and one (1) file/file pedestal.

Pencil Drawer
A small drawer that is typically installed beneath a corner work surface. Good for storing pencils, pens and other small items.

Lateral File
Two drawer lateral files which fit under a work surface are typically used inside a cubicle only when the occupant has relatively large storage and filing requirements. If the filing space is not needed, they tend to steal valuable leg room, and thus are better suited to larger cubicles.

Tack Board
A useful accessory to tack frequently used pieces of paper in a readily available location above the work surface. Usually placed above the two "return" work surfaces in each cube. You can tack papers directly onto Haworth^TM panels without a tack board, however the surface is not intended to support a considerable amount of paper weight, and eventually the fabric will become tattered.

Task Light Auxiliary fluorescent lighting strips which can be placed in the workstation underneath shelves and/or flipper doors to augment available ambient lighting. Usually placed above the two "return" work surfaces in each cube.

Adjustable Keyboard Pad (AKP)
Used to support a computer keyboard. Provides more work surface space for the occupant, as well as facilitating ideal ergonomic adjustment of keyboard.