Office Reception Counter

[Charlie J]

Where can I get a nice office reception counter. We've been talking about making one for about 2 weeks, but I'm just wondering if it would be easier to go purchase one. I'm looking for something 40-48" tall, 96" wide, with area for a computer, cash drawer, etc.

Any ideas?

I'd also be interested to see pics of what you have in your shop.

 

[wildside]

here is what we did.

you can see the backside with all the drawers and cabinets

this was from a video store that was closing, we have pieces of it everywhere, and then just wrapped the front of it that customers see

overall i think it is 8ft one direction, and then 12ft on the other "L", and then we have another 10ft in one other room and then 6 more foot of it in the basement of the shop

we paid like $300 for everything and then started looking into a few replacement doors etc for it and came across the manufacturer and the complete setup we bought was like $7500 new.... so it was a good buy i'd say

 

[Border]

Craigslist would be a great place to look for business closings/liquidations.

Nice counter, Wildside!

 

[the graphics co]

My wife sells office furniture out of milwaukee, where in illinois are you located

 

[elsignshop]

nice counter wsgraphix, i would like to see some too, cause im in the process of building one or just buying one.

 

[ucmj22]

Baaaaaa... just make one! Like this....

 

[Border]

Here's one I found with a quick search for $550 for the whole setup. This would be cool to wrap the front and top with translucent graphics/photos and light the inside of the display!

 

[Border]

Oops! here's the photo

 

[Patentagosse]

Great look WS! I really dig the diamon fade... reminds me few years ago when dot fader striping were the hot trend.

 

[Charlie J]

Baaaaaa... just make one! Like this....

I really like yours. I've got just enough space for one this size. Where'd you get your counter-top?

 

[ucmj22]

I really like yours. I've got just enough space for one this size. Where'd you get your counter-top?

Its just a standard countertop you can pickup at a home improvement store. I wrapped it with a black diamondplate pattern. The front is just 3mm aluminum composite with a hole cut out for the light box, framed up w/ wood trim.

 

[binki]

We purchased ours from the liquidator at COMPUSA when they closed down. It was the firedog display, We took 4 of the 6 counters. 2 work benches and 2 display or reception type counters. We paid a couple hundred for them.

Check out craigs list in the biz section and type in fixtures. If you are in a large metro area like Los Angeles you will find tons of stuff on the cheap.