Office Interiors Blog

8 Ways to Make Your Office a More Inspiring Workplace!

An organized and visually appealing workspace can make people feel more motivated to work and will lead to a happier team overall.  A clean and trendy office showcases to visitors that you take your work seriously and care about the representation of your company. The old adage, “a cluttered room is a cluttered mind” holds… Read More

Furniture

What Are Carbon Offset Credits: The Pros and Cons

The environment and health of our planet is a hot topic these days. This is especially true with Canada’s federal carbon tax plan coming into effect on January 1st, 2019. In the midst of this discussion, you may have heard about various carbon emission reduction plans including carbon taxes, cap and trade systems, and carbon… Read More

Community Uncategorized

How to Prevent Repetitive Stress/Strain Injuries (RSI) In the Office

People who work in physical, dangerous jobs like construction or oil rigging are not the only ones at risk for workplace injury. To a certain extent, the average office worker can also be at risk for bodily harm. An RSI or Repetitive Stress Injury is an injury, syndrome or disorder of the nervous or musculoskeletal systems caused… Read More

Ergonomics

2018 OI Summer Party (NB & PEI Edition)

One of our Core Values here at Office Interiors is Our People.  It’s the great group of people we have here at OI that has helped the company grow as it has over the past 27 years and it’s those same people who make it so easy to head to the office every morning. Since… Read More

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Height Comparison Guide: Counter vs. Bar vs. Cafe Height

Have you ever pulled a stool up to a table only to realize that your legs are now uncomfortably close to the table or, alternatively, you are now awkwardly sitting far below the table surface? There is often much confusion surrounding the various colloquial names for stool and table heights.  Is this table counter height… Read More

Furniture

The Definition of Unified Communications (in 100 words)

Unified Communications (UC) is an integrated network or solution that can fulfill all your communication requirements within one comprehensive solution.  A UC solution assimilates your various text, voice, video, email, file and data sharing, multimedia and collaboration applications.  Enhancing user’s communication experience by unifying all forms of communication services is the essence of unified communications. … Read More

Technology

The Office Furniture Buyer’s Checklist [Infographic]

New to purchasing office furniture?  Purchasing office furniture can seem like a daunting task when you consider the sheer volume of options available.  There are scores of manufacturers, all with dozens of lines.  Then, each product comes with any number of possible configurations and potentially hundreds of finish combinations.  It gives me a headache just… Read More

Furniture