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Church Furniture
George Kreger

What is “Contract Furniture”

The term “Contract Furniture” can be a confusing one.  As I provide counsel on church furniture to churches across the country, the subject of “contract furniture” surfaces.   Essentially contract furniture manufacturing is the production and sale of furniture to large users such as hotels, colleges, offices, etc. that require design level furnishings regularly for multiple locations.   Contract furniture is 100%

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April 16, 2010 1 Comment
Church Chairs / Worship Seating
Church Seating
George Kreger

Church Seating Criterion #6: HANDLING

Handling church chairs and seating normally only gets attention when the chairs need to be moved regularly, and even then only by those individuals who have to actually move them.  Here are some factors to consider to help appreciate the efforts of the chair movers in your church. Weight: The most common style of worship chair weighs around 20 pounds. 

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March 24, 2010 No Comments
Church Chairs / Worship Seating
Church Seating
George Kreger

Church Seating Criterion #5: AESTHETICS

What kind of environment will your church chairs be located in?  A more formal traditional one?  Or an edgy casual one?  Your environment will be the number one determiner of the level of aesthetics you will want as you purchase church furnishings.  Let’s take a look at various choices to be made for your church seating. Chair Frames: I believe

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March 17, 2010 No Comments
Church Chairs / Worship Seating
Church Seating
George Kreger

Church Seating Criterion #3: STORAGE

Now that we’ve looked at the top two church seating criterion, cost and comfort (see my previous two articles), we’ll move on to other five.  Each of these five are very important, but normally not given the consideration they deserve.  We’ll start this group of five additional criterion by examining “chair storage“. When I counsel churches on chair purchases, I

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March 7, 2010 No Comments
Church Chairs / Worship Seating
Church Seating
George Kreger

Church Seating Criterion #1: COST

When you appoint a committee for any sort of church furnishings purchase, you can be sure that among the group members will be those whose primary concern is going to be cost.  This is certainly true when it comes to church worship seating.  Over the years as I’ve worked with church furnishing manufacturers and church construction firms, one consistent refrain

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February 28, 2010 1 Comment
Save Your Church Money Blog
Church Furniture
George Kreger

March Jonti-Craft Storage Sale!

Jonti-Craft has shared with us about their upcoming March, 2010 Sale.  Many of their storage units and wood lockers will  be featured at their lowest pricing in years.  I love everything about Jonti-Craft products.  Their quality is phenomenal.  The finish on their products is amazingly easy to clean.  And during March these same products are more affordable than they have

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February 17, 2010 1 Comment