| We get asked a lot about the wood and construction | | | | lower quality is the use of laminates instead of real |
| that is used in hotel furniture and how to tell low | | | | hard wood. As an example, typically you can tell the |
| quality furniture from high quality furniture. In a lot of | | | | difference in flooring from a laminated wood over a |
| cases, you get what you pay for but with furniture | | | | hard wood. Next, if the wood is not actually wood |
| prices going lower across the board from lower | | | | instead it is a particle board or MDF (medium density |
| overseas labor rates, sometimes good items are not | | | | fiber board, somewhat like particle board) that cuts |
| that much more expensive than lower quality | | | | down on the construction material costs, lowers your |
| furniture. Here I am going to tell you about low | | | | price but typically reduces the quality of the piece. So |
| quality furniture and what to check for. | | | | your second question should be what are the |
| We all know of the running joke about some | | | | materials in this hotel furniture? |
| manufacturers and their "easy" at home assembly | | | | The final part is to visually inspect the piece and think |
| with the hundreds of screws, boards and dowels and | | | | about the following things, after I have assembled it, |
| mostly undecipherable directions. These types of | | | | can I move it again or do I think it will fall apart? Are |
| items, called RTA or ready to assemble are not built | | | | the backs and bottoms of the piece fully finished or |
| with quality in mind, most of the time, they are used | | | | can I see the particle board? Does the hotel furniture |
| because they are compact and if you are shipping | | | | look square, or are the doors or joints crooked? Can |
| the items in a shipping container you can get a lot of | | | | I take this apart again if I want to move it or will |
| boxes stacked on top of each other. While these | | | | that destroy the entire piece? Finally if you put a |
| items may be suitable for home use, for long term | | | | television on it, will it cause the hotel furniture to fly |
| hotel use they typically cannot stand the wear and | | | | apart at the sides? |
| tear of high volume usage. Over time, a lot of these | | | | The overall theme here is that you want to purchase |
| designs sag, twist and contort and need to be | | | | solid, well made hotel furniture for your property. |
| replaced. So your first question to ask is, is the hotel | | | | Keeping in mind a few questions before you |
| furniture already assembled? | | | | purchase will definitely save you money over time |
| Once you find if the item is preassembled, you can | | | | but probably cost you a little more up front. |
| double check the materials that were used. A sign of | | | | |