[aisle] Furniture

Tue Mar 7 09:02:28 CST 2023

I'll jump in while the water is warm.  I have flexible furniture as well.
I do NOT recommend the curvy shelves! The books don't stray on the shelves,
they fall behind each other.  The curvy shelves are not functional as
shelves.  We use them as displays because they are so impossible to keep
books on them.  As Neha says, never do I want to reconfigure the shelves in
decorative ways.   The flexible shelving is for everyone else' ease when
using the library.

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On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 8:40 AM Neha Thakkar via AISLE <
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> This is probably an unpopular opinion...buuuuuuuuuut... I'd strongly
> suggest NOT having flexible shelves as I never wake up and think "hey,
> today I'd like all my nonfiction to be with my picture books"...however,
> your admin will LOVE having a meeting space and then the library gets moved
> around multiple times. I also strongly suggest square or rectangular tables
> that can be reconfigured to many set ups rather than "pretty" or "cute"
> flexible seating that makes a flower or other art...again, never do I wake
> up and think "I want a flower, and not enough seats for all my students". I
> also suggest plugs EVERYwhere, in the tables, on the floor, in the ceiling,
> on the walls, in the center of the room..., etc. If the tables can be
> whiteboard tables, that's also useful for collaboration or just plain fun.
>
> Just my 2 cents, happy to share more!
>
> Thanks,
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> On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 8:15 AM Julie Flack via AISLE <
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>> We are currently in the process with Mien and Frank Cooney.  Does anyone
>> have any experience with Mien?
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 7:58 AM Mrs. Hamernick via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>>> We are working with Frank and Cooney as well and we are middle of the
>>> road in terms of satisfaction.  We have done 3 projects over the last 7
>>> years, and this one seems like it's taking forever, all stages of the
>>> process. I do really like my couches with hightop table attached to the
>>> back, students love it. I also am really excited about my new tables, as we
>>> have tables that will have 2 legs with wheels, so we can tilt them and move
>>> them easily. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 1:47 PM Monica Fumarolo via AISLE <
>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>>>> I second Frank Cooney! They were great to work with!
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 1:28 PM Tiffany Ouellette via AISLE <
>>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>>>>> We just did all of our furniture district wide this last year with
>>>>> Frank Cooney. My elementary kiddos LOVE the oversized beanbag chairs and
>>>>> wobble chairs.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 12:43 PM Jacob Roskovensky via AISLE <
>>>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> So I am getting to order furniture for some of my Elementary
>>>>>> buildings....  what vendor do I get the best deal from?   Any seating areas
>>>>>> you love?  any tables you love?
>>>>>>
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