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The scope of application of this furniture is not limited and depends on their size, design, shape. You can quickly make a shelf with your own hands to place on it:

Theoretically and practically, the shelves are suitable for storing any items that fit in size and do not roll off the horizontal plane. They can even hold dumbbells.

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Strebizh Viktor Fedorovich, leading construction foreman

Even before going to the store, you will need to decide on the parameters of the future design, make a drawing and make a list of all the parts indicating their sizes. If you want to clarify something, please contact me!

How to make a reception desk with your own hands?

The reception desk is a high table that is rounded, fitting perfectly into almost any interior of the hall.
However, the modern market, despite the fact that it provides an incredible number of different models of the said furniture, is not able to provide the consumer with decent and cheap stands. Every statement has its exceptions. For example, here are reception desks at affordable prices. Hurry up to purchase, as available models are quickly sold out.

Choosing a layout

Racks of this type can have individual sizes and shapes. All these parameters are selected according to the type of room, its preliminary interior and the desired effect.

Before you start making a reception desk, you should decide what you want to do. If you are not a designer and are not able to draw this product yourself, then you can adjust one of the standard layouts to your dimensions.

Today it is very easy to compare everything using special computer programs that will allow you to immediately select the size, color and other parameters of furniture.

Independent creation of a reception desk

Initially, you will need to create a project in order to think through all the necessary details. Do not forget that you will need to use durable materials. Strictly speaking, in the overwhelming majority of cases, it is their use that leads to an increase in price.

You can organize the project in a specialized program. The advantage of 3D modeling lies primarily in the ability to evaluate the appearance of a finished product.

Below are the most common options that are involved in the production of reception desks:

MDF;
chipboard;
plastic;
fake diamond.

As a rule, only the countertop is made of artificial stone. At the same time, plastic performs a variety of functions. The stand can even be equipped with lighting elements.

This looks especially attractive if in the hall, in addition to the central lighting, there are additional lighting fixtures.

Types of reception

Racks that do not have corner parts are called straight. They are ideal for organizations with a large flow of people. They are often installed in government organizations and service centers. Pairs perfectly with other interior details.

To complete a structure with straight parts, corner posts are often used. They are the ideal solution for small spaces. Can be supplemented with archival shelves, file and catalog cabinets.

U-shaped racks are called structures made up of straight and corner modules. Suitable for premises in which, in addition to the administrator, other employees work.

Arc-shaped racks are solid and practical. This system allows the employee to always be facing the visitor. At such a counter the client will feel his importance. Installed in organizations with a large flow of clients.

Tables shaped like a circle or square are called closed. The style is more suitable for shopping centers, hotels, public utilities and car dealerships.

The stand looks great and perfectly complements the interior of the room. The design of the reception desk should be chosen based on the size of the room and the number of visitors. Do not forget that all interior details should form a single picture.

Corpus construction of the reception desk

After the project has been built in the program. You can print out the patterns and give them along with the materials to sawmills. Furniture assembly is carried out with the help of confirmants.

The advantage of this approach is the ability to quickly disassemble furniture.

Needless to say, the assembled reception desk will be quite heavy, which is very, very good for daily use.

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But if transportation is necessary, the furniture will have to be disassembled.

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The video will show various variations of reception desks:

MDF panels

The cheapest of all the options presented. This stand has a pleasant appearance, will last quite a long time, does not create any particular inconvenience during operation, and can be easily disassembled when moving to a new location.

However, the main disadvantage is that the client may have an unpleasant impression of the company, a feeling of business failure.

When choosing a reception desk for a business, be sure to pay attention not only to its functionality and cost, but also to its presentable appearance, because it is this that serves as the face of your company in front of the client.

Reception desk made from pallets. Drawings, dimensions and assembly instructions

What I love most about this blog is that the humble experience I share with you turns out to be really useful to my readers.

I am also immensely grateful for your messages on VKontakte and Instagram.

Firstly, despite the fact that I am quite sociable and quickly get along with people, I am still a huge introvert. The idea of spending the whole day in pajamas under the bed sometimes seems very tempting to me. But then I get your messages and I remember why I write this blog and why I can’t live under my bed all the time. By the way, for some reason it’s always very dusty there.

But I want to express special gratitude to my blog subscriber Dmitry T. If it weren’t for him, the story about the reception desk made from pallets most likely would not have seen the light of day.

Dmitry, I hope my article will help you!

I present to your attention a reception desk/bar counter made of pallets (or rather, under pallets), which we made together with a carpenter two years ago. Most of our office furniture is made for pallets - computer tables ( drawings with dimensions and instructions ), conference tables, coffee tables, window sills.

Materials used

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For the manufacture of corner posts, various materials are used, from the cheapest to the elite.

If this is a large, reputable company, it cannot afford to order a reception desk from cheap laminated chipboard. But novice entrepreneurs shouldn’t spend money on exclusive materials either.

Let's look at a few popular options.

DIY reception desk

I present to your attention a project of a simple reception desk that I drew for a hairdressing salon. It is simple in design and easy to assemble, so it is easy to assemble it with your own hands.

Functionally, this project can be divided into two main modules: The stand itself with a table, as well as a roll-out cabinet-chest of drawers. There is a laptop on the table, and a printer on the right (above the cabinet).

The outside (on the side facing the client) is planned to be decorated with a self-adhesive decorative dividing profile from the Versailles system (horizontal and vertical profiles).

I decided to use banal plastic corners as ties, due to the fact that they are not visible from the front side.

The cabinet is assembled using confirmations (the bottom and the drawers themselves).

So, the list of accessories used:

confirmat 50 mm - 20 pcs.
plastic corner - 40 pcs.
Self-tapping screw 16 mm – 100 pcs.
Self-tapping screw 28 mm - 50 pcs.
Ball guides 250 mm - 4 sets
Handle brackets 4 pcs.
Wheel supports 4 pcs.
Decorative molding (quantity depending on the complexity of the decor)

Rack drawings

Drawings of a roll-out cabinet

*Parts of complex shapes are detailed

The PVC edge used is 2 mm - 17 m, 0.4 mm - 9 m. For production you will need 2 sheets of 5 sq.m.

Reception functions

In order to better understand its value in any office space, let's look at the tasks performed by the reception desk.

Firstly, it is forming an opinion about the company. The reception desk is the first one that catches the visitor's eye, this makes it his responsibility to look beautiful, presentable, and preferably, in line with the corporate style.

Secondly, she is responsible for the proper arrangement of the administrator’s work space. Properly organized work of this employee will allow him to quickly serve clients, accept requests, and answer phone calls.

Thirdly, the counter zones the reception area very well, highlighting a working area and a place for waiting. This will allow the administrator not to be interrupted from performing his duties even if there are visitors in the reception area.

Fourthly, the employee located at the reception helps clients not to get lost in the often long and winding corridors of the office, but, after consulting at the counter, to initially choose the right direction.

Stock reception with glass facades.

The reception desk and cabinet are made of chipboard, the tabletop is 32 mm.

The main idea is stylish glass front panels. I haven’t done this before, but I didn’t doubt it for a long time. If you have an order, you have to try it. Good experience.

This is what happened.

Branded colors. The facades are painted glass. Without any frames or end protection. It cost me a lot of nerves. I don't want to work with glass)).

Many issues had to be resolved during the process. What dimensions and clearances should I make? How to treat glass on the painted side? How to glue? What to glue with? How to collect?

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Glass, of course, is a fragile thing. But the premises are not passable - not a shopping center or a market) The glass is glued over the entire surface. I hope it's strong enough.

The cost of a turnkey set - a reception desk with a cabinet with drawers + a cabinet with glass fronts - 64 rubles. 1 year warranty)

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Apparently, it will fade away little by little. There was already a table there at the same distance from the wall. But the renovation was recent.

What kind of bumper for the chair?

we made such a wafer, plexiglass + oracal film, glued it ourselves, both the film and the reinforcement

Put a beautiful secretary in a short skirt there and there will be a reception with built-in fan service 8).

Beautiful, though! What did you glue it on (you won’t do it again anyway :))?

IMHO, the silicate quartet is extremely hard and with slight deformation the chipboard will tear off the paint.

I’m now going around gluing 2mm polycarbonate, in retail it’s the same 2t.r./square, but without painting/oracal, only in the color of the chipboard.

The paint is backed with a white Oracal protective film, machine glued.

The glass and film were glued to Akfix neutral silicone for mirrors.

I hope that I pulled the chipboard panels with glass panels evenly and they will not come off. There, each glass is on a separate chipboard panel.

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Wow! I didn't know there was such a sandwich. Then yes, oracal glue and a layer of silicone rubber should dampen it.

Reasonably speaking (subjectively, of course), silicate glass for industrial use is more practical than acrylic or polycarbonate in terms of scratchability, and its thickness and continuous sizing make it quite resistant to impacts.

Nice to know I was thinking in the right direction regarding glue. I have a much lighter version - a kitchen for my beloved. I'll collect it and show you)

Thanks for the answer!

This is for receptionists with beautiful legs.

What, there is no “edit” button?

something is too expensive, I thought it was impossible to do more than 45

64 is the selling price, not the cost price. That rxnj can be done for at least 164) The main thing is that a buyer is found and agrees to pay.

In what color and where to place the administrator’s workstation?

The counter should be located next to or opposite the entrance so that the visitor will immediately notice it. The secretary should not have his back to the visitors, so position the reception desk with the front facing the clients. A common layout for the reception area is in a corner or against a side wall.

When choosing a color scheme for the design of the administrator's place, build on the corporate style, but do not overdo it. Just because your logo is a bright color doesn't mean your reception area has to look the same.

When choosing a color scheme, decide what emotions you want to get from the client. Dilute, mix, combine colors! When designing the stand, do not forget about the walls and ceilings, furniture and lighting, they should complement each other.

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The human perception of color depends on the saturation and direction of its action, so pay attention to the ornament and logo. Color is perceived more easily if it is applied vertically, dynamically diagonally, and stable horizontally.

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This is the reason why we don’t connect equipment at all. The maximum for extracting the box is to assemble it (since they often go through sections and are covered with panels) or plug the refrigerator into an outlet. All these connections (water, gas, electricity) must be carried out by people with appropriate permission.

For many years I was categorically against such work in our small furniture production. The boss always said: well, people ask for additional payment, but that’s what it’s all about. Until one incident - after the grandmother whispered. Four years ago we installed a small, fairly budget kitchen. I connected a two-burner gas hob. I tightened the nut, there was a gasket under the nut, I checked not only with soapy water. And in the evening my partner calls me and says that the client’s gas exploded. I almost turned gray at that moment: this was not the first hundred surfaces I connected. In fact, it turned out that the gas that had accumulated in the spoon drawer under the hob just puffed out. They got away with soot on the box and the housewife was scared. Since then, no one even thinks about taking on such a thing: there are gas workers, there are electricians, there are plumbers - let everyone do their job.

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In any case, the format of the reception desk, as well as its design, must correspond to the size of the lobby, the approved interior, as well as the number of rooms and expected occupancy. The last criterion is extremely important so that the reception staff can quickly check in guests at the hotel, including during peak occupancy periods. To do this, it is enough to provide additional workplaces for employees behind the reception desk.

Materials for the manufacture of a hotel reception desk

Since the equation “expensive = rich” (with a sense of style and taste) has not yet been canceled, premium hotels use more expensive materials, and vice versa. At the same time, a certain material can be used as a basis in hotels of different levels, but the “status” differences will be in the decoration. Also important is the strength of the material, ease of care and its ability to maintain a presentable appearance for a long time. For this reason, for example, installing an administrative counter made of laminated chipboard will be justified from an economic point of view at the initial stage; however, it will quickly lose its appearance.

So, most often the following materials (and their configurations) are used to manufacture an administrative desk:

Laminated chipboard (chipboard). It is produced by pressing sawdust and then laminating it.
MDF, or fine fraction. It is a slab pressed from wood fibers.

The fundamental difference between these two materials is the composition of the glue.
In the second case, the fibers are glued together using natural resins, which makes the material more dense in structure. This makes MDF a more expensive material than laminated chipboard. As a rule, the material is used in inexpensive hotels, but with proper design it can look quite interesting and dignified. An example is the reception of the Brigantina 3* hotel in Rybinsk. The counter is entirely made of plastic and painted in the hotel’s signature colors. As a rule, wood is used in the interiors of either expensive or themed hotels (for example, when playing with country style). Take, for example, the luxurious, classic-style Ritz Carlton Central Park hotel, located in the center of New York. The hotel reception desk is also designed in a classic style. Its nobility and timelessness are emphasized by the decoration, which uses inlaid wood.

Come, your dishwasher has flooded everything!

We installed a kitchen for a client in his small office. The client is a lawyer, there are 6 people in the office, so the kitchen had a small sink, a couple of cabinets for storing mugs and cups, and a dishwasher. It’s convenient - everyone throws dirty mugs there, then she washes it all together. The office is located in a new building - everything sparkles, somewhere else workers are running around, fixing or cleaning something. Many of the premises are not occupied yet, not even sold yet, so it seems like we are in a half-empty building.

In short, they installed the furniture, connected the dishwasher, paid, and left. The next day, late in the evening, a call: “Come, your dishwasher has flooded the entire kitchen!” I'm trying to find out more details, but it's not going well. They say they turned it on, then they come - there’s a puddle on the floor. How this happened and why - no one knows, everyone got scared and turned off the dishwasher out of harm's way. Okay, I say, I’ll be right there.

I arrive at the end of the working day, pull out the dishwasher from under the countertop, but connected to the water and drain, and with the client we begin to start it up to understand what is going on and what diagnosis to make. After about half an hour of operation, the dishwasher begins to change the water, that is, pump out the collected water through a hose into the drain and collect clean water. This is a common procedure and this is exactly what we were waiting for, because the first thing I thought was that there was a hole somewhere in the hose. Everything happened the same as the first time - water flowed across the floor. But what’s most interesting is that it leaked not from under the dishwasher or from the hose, but about half a meter to the side, closer to the sink. I turn off the dishwasher and begin to clean the cabinet from under which water was leaking. I move it aside and find a small piece of pipe sticking out of the wall. And water drips from it with cheerful chimes. So, stop, something is not clean here!

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I start the car again, it begins to pump out water and from this pipe the water begins to pour out onto the floor without shame or conscience, I would say very cheerfully. We closed this case, found a bucket, a rag, and turned off the dishwasher. The client himself already guessed that the problem was not with her, but with a strange system of pipes that entered the wall in one place and came out a meter later. We agreed to leave everything as is - the client was determined to have a decisive conversation with the foreman right in the morning.

The client himself told me what happened the next day, with a break for cigarettes and swearing. It didn’t work out in the morning, but towards lunchtime the foreman looked at the pipes and discovered that the builders had managed to connect the drain pipe intended for the dishwasher with another drain pipe, thus closing the pipe into one whole and the water had nowhere to pour out, so it poured out adjacent hole. But in the morning the foreman did not succeed, because on the third floor (the client’s office was on the second) the builders forgot to connect the sewer pipes to the common drain and all the toilets began to return everything that had accumulated in them during the day. The law of communicating vessels has not yet been repealed. Thank God that not all the offices were occupied by tenants - not many people learned about the shame of construction. The client asked to put the dishwasher aside until the issue with the pipes was resolved, and we agreed that we would come later and connect it. A week later everything was fixed, we put the cabinet and dishwasher back in place and the client was satisfied.

Preparing parts

The best option is to immediately include parts for the shelf in the list when ordering the cutting of components for assembling a kitchen, wardrobe, children's room or any other furniture. If this moment is missed, you will have to act on your own.

Almost every seasoned furniture maker, at the beginning of his career, tried to replace a format-cutting machine with a jigsaw. At first it turned out so-so, but with each damaged part the hand became stronger and the quality improved. For an amateur craftsman, a jigsaw is an ideal option, but first you need to “practice on cats.”

It will take some time to get used to the instrument. To do this, it is recommended to cut out several small parts from unnecessary chipboard scraps. After training, you can begin the main cutting:

Draw the exact contours of future parts on the scraps with a simple pencil or a thin marker. Take the flat sides of the workpieces as the base. In addition to the tape measure, you will need a measuring angle for marking.
Cut out the outlined parts with a jigsaw, having first secured the workpieces with clamps on the table top.
Remove rough edges and burrs. Ideally, this is best done with a sander, but you can use sandpaper attached to a block.

For cutting with a jigsaw, it is advisable to choose so-called progressive files. Their teeth on a tapering blade are sharpened using Japanese technology, which ensures the thinnest cut and clean sawing without chipping on the laminate.

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Concrete structures

A versatile, contemporary material known for its ability to stand out in any setting. The reception area can be rustic, elegant or cozy, whatever you want.

Round shapes will soften the harsh nature of the material itself.

The harmonious combination of concrete and wood is a truly beautiful balance.

In the style of minimalism

The simplest designs are sometimes the best. Most modern offices follow this strategy.

Look how simple the stand is, but how impressive it is simply with the placement of the light.

Simple and luxurious. Backlighting is used here to highlight the shapes.

Many offices try to use simple shapes and stand out by doing so. Here is an example of such a stand.