Desk and Chair Recommendations

I've been using an old IKEA chair and desk. Both have held up well. But I'm looking to repurpose the current chair and desk, and purchase a new chair and desk. I'm looking to purchase an adjustable standing desk and ergonomic chair. Curious if anyone had any recommendations with a specific brand or model they liked?

Personally, I do notice the difference now if I'm sitting for extended periods of time or in a chair with less support. For the chair, I've been researching some and considering a brand like Herman Miller as a long-time purchase. For the desk, I'm leaning towards going with a cheaper one that has good reviews. I was curious if anyone had experience with comparable brands that held up well and/or cost less. May look to see if there's any Black Friday deals.

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Here is the chair The Doc recently bought: [www.officedepot.com]

I am likely going to buy one this month. Amazon sells it, too, and it may be cheaper there. The Doc says it is very comfortable. The chair I have now was made by Serta and it didn't last two years.

The best desk chair I ever had was a Walmart Black Friday special. I kid you not. It was $40. That chair lasted me many years and I've never been able to find anything as comfortable.

As for the desk, probably avoid that subject with The Doc. My desk and credenza came from Havertys about 12 years ago. It is solid. I like it, but it is too big for my bedroom which is now my office. When I owned a home, my office was a repurposed dining room and I had much more room for this desk. I used standing desks at my old job. It probably would not hurt me to have one of those now. It would save space and force me to stand more. You may have given me an idea, Okie.

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Don't do what I did.. I'm using a plastic desk with a permantent bowl on the top. My son made a table top for it, out of wood, and painted it. So it at least has a flat surface. It's big enough, I have my sewing machine and most of my crafting supplies at one end. The desktop computer and a stand for the monitor in the center, and the other end works for my printer. Then I bought a really cool looking and moderately comfortable big cushy desk chair that kept leaning forward, and I couldn't make it lean back even a little bit so I could get comfortable. After several years of fighting with that chair, I got some regular swivel desk chairs, no wheels, no arm rests at an auction and I'm using that one currently.. I've been iced out of all the nicer desk chairs in the auctions lately, maybe I'll get a really good one eventually. My granddad's big wooden office desk is still in the moving truck, it takes several people to carry it and my son is only one guy.

Thanks ServiceAward! I searched for the chair, and it's currently at a good price at both Amazon and Office Depot. Amazon is currently $30 cheaper. I'll look into it more. I also use a seat and lower back cushion.

Yes, look into the standing desk! You can start out standing again for 10-15 minutes every hour until you get used to it again and keep going from there. Watch for the load though. The biggest benefit for me was spinal alignment.

Morledzep, hopefully you can arrange for the wooden desk to be moved! It sounds like it would give you more room to operate and free things up. In my area, the city collects bulk trash every month. A lot of times, people will drive around neighborhoods and take items like used office furniture laying out before it's collected.

Service has had to listen to me moan and groan about the ridiculously expensive desk I bought, only to have it turn out to be a piece of garbage. I'm still trying to get that situation resolved.

The chair, however, is a keeper. My butt has been parked in it eight hours a day, Monday through Friday, for several weeks now, and I've got zero complaints. I added a headrest that I found on Amazon.

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WW-II US Army surplus. Solid wood table and chair. Comfortable and may even survey WW-III.

Don't be me! am fortunate to have a dedicated office with a large, fancy corner desk and a nice chair. Unfortunately, yesterday, I leaned forward to pick up something off the floor and had a nasty accident involving an overturned chair on top of me. My chiropractor said he has never seen my back so much out of line.

ShopperGirly, Ouch, sorry to hear. Hopefully, it's a speedy recovery! I'm looking into getting some routine chiropractor adjustments done again.

We bought a configurable, adjustable height desk. It's in a corner with sit and stand desk space. My DDs love it. I find it a bit annoying when sitting as I find the standing desk space is too close to my right side. Our printer is on one of the shelves underneath which I find annoying as well. The chair is an ergonomic model that is so comfortable. Bought the chair from Staples and the desk on eBay. Area rug bought from Wayfair.

that sounds painful girly.. feel better soon.

this is great timing, I need a new desk chair.
Glad to know the Serta is not worth it.

Okie, I left Dallas about 10 years ago but there used to be a used office store on Central Expressway that took donated office stuff like chairs, desks etc. I bought two heavy duty file cabinets there for less than the flimsy ones at Staples etc. Don't know where the money I spent went to.

You might go and sit in a few chairs to see if any meet your needs. Perhaps someone might have donated a stand up desk they didn't like. You could probably call and ask if you find a store.

I've also had a kickass wood desk with glass tops and metal desk with formica top that put what the stores sell now to shame. All hand me downs.

Hm, thanks! I'll take a look and see if there are any good deals on used ones. I saw a desk at IKEA I might get.

Regardless of the brand chair you get, make sure it is adjusted so your arms and legs are in an "L" position. The lumbar support should be in the lower third of the back.

Gaming chairs have all the features of an office chair without the price tag. Never buy a used chair.

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@HonnyBrown wrote:

Regardless of the brand chair you get, make sure it is adjusted so your arms and legs are in an "L" position. The lumbar support should be in the lower third of the back.

Gaming chairs have all the features of an office chair without the price tag. Never buy a used chair.

I've looked at a gamer's chair I think called Owinx or Dwinx and it's surprisingly cheap for the features.

The other thing you need to take into account is the weight limit on the chairs some are only 250 max.

And I'm not accusing anyone of being overweight. Just stating they might fail if you exceed the maximum weight limit.

I have no clue about gamers chairs.

Thanks! For the chairs, I narrowed it down to some with current deals. I'll look into it being adjustable. I'm on the taller side and sometimes rest my feet on something.

For the desk, only the monitors would have significant weight. I use a laptop with the lid closed connected to a docking station, where I'll place my keyboard on top of the laptop. For the standing desk, I'll probably go with something that has enough space to fit the monitors. Where I'll use another another open surface for the few times I need it and some disconnected storage off to the side underneath the desk.

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