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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I've worked at a place where you had an allowance from a particular catalog once you made partner- until then you got dreck- but they gave me a dask and chair. I've also worked at a place where the firm provided everyone with very inexpensive furniture. If you wanted more, you could spend your money. Only the fancy partners did so.
I've never heard of not giving anything. I'd work off the floor for awhile until they back down.
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The problem here is figuring out how personal taste can coexist with the rest of the office. My personal tastes run to mid century modern, but that wouldn't have gone at all with the French provencial look that my last firm had.
If "decorate" really means "furnish," I second the used office furniture suggestion. Large offices redecorate all the time, and they often have NO idea what they have when they get rid of their old furniture. My brother redecorated his apartment on a shoestring a few years ago, and he spent a lot of time pouring through used office furniture warehouses and found goldmines. Beautiful designer chairs that are still in production for a fraction of their cost. Desks and credenzas that are beautifully finished (and heavy as shit, I'm never helping my brother move again). There is no reason in the world that anyone in California should pay full price for an Aeron chair (str8 should probably look for an extra large one, since he's tall).
If "decorate" means "adorn," benefit auctions, in my experience, have been the best places to pick up nice artwork for a reasonable price.
