Office Furniture Center recently sold 100 four-drawer lateral file cabinets to a supermarket chain. Office Furniture Center and other dealers operate showrooms that are open to the public.

At Office Furniture Center's 250,000-square-foot facility, remote workers can browse through hundreds, if not thousands, of multicolored desk chairs and conference and work tables.

Ms. Susewitz, 49, has worked in office furniture since 1997, when she became a customer service representative at Lindsay-Ferrari, a Bay Area furniture dealer now known as One Workplace.

While some second-hand furniture comes in great condition, it does occasionally require refurbishment as well. Sam Coggin, company director of The Coggin Group says his company specialises in this.

Office furniture fills the showroom display at Better Source, a warehouse that liquidates furniture from Bay Area companies and sells it at a discount, in Hayward, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2024.

Jane Brearley (left) says she saved tens of thousands of pounds by buying second-hand office furniture Funky green chairs. Dark wood for the desks - no white melamine, definitely not. And it has ...