School Furniture Blog

Every teacher’s nightmare – too many new students, and not enough chairs or desks to go around. Taking late enrollment students and finding seating for them can be a challenge, especially when new furniture lead times can extend in to your school year. Worthington Direct is offering a new "Quick Ship" program to get those needed chairs and desks to you within just a few days, bypassing the queue other customers must endure to get their furniture. In many cases, such as our Virco 9000 series chairs and popular size tables, it is as simple as "Order Monday, Deliver Friday" to most of the US.

A wider variety of stack chairs, tables and student desks are available to deliver in many cases inside of two weeks with our 5-day quick ship items from quality vendors such as Smith System, Midwest and Virco. Steel stools for drafting classrooms, art rooms and metal shop rooms are in stock and ready to ship in 5 days or less, even in July and August.

Need something specific, but not sure if it will arrive on time? Give Worthington Direct a call, or contact them directly online and their friendly staff will be happy to assist you in finding the right furniture for your needs, to fit your time table. 

Worthington Direct carries everything to meet early childcare furniture needs, including, believe it or not – the kitchen sink! Worthington Direct carries the Jonti-Craft line of furniture, which in addition to items like the 4 station art center, Imagination Station, pick a book stands, and yes, even a full line of pint-sized kitchen furniture. The Joni-Craft name implies durability – their strong, natural birch plywood ensures a lifetime of use, and in fact carries a lifetime guarantee.

In addition to play and activity furniture, Jonti Craft has a wide variety of mobile storage units, just right-sized lockers and cubbies to meet all your storage needs. Worthington Direct carries a wide variety of additional early childhood furniture, from infant cribs to toddler and preschool age chairs and tables.

Last week, the house approved the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, H.R. 3021, legislation to make schools greener, and improve conditions for those with environmentally linked health problems. The bill passed by a vote of 250-164. This bill ensures that 90 percent of the funds allocated will be directed towards the purchase of greener furniture, such as Greenguard certified furniture. Greenguard is rapidly becoming the standard in "green school" furniture, with many manufacturers providing a wide selection of Greenguard certified chairs, school desks, activity tables, and more. As the green segment of school and church furniture continues to grow, companies such as Worthington Direct strives to expand their selection of green furniture for environmentally and health conscious schools.

Many of Virco’s products, such as the Metaphor series, and Telos series, as well as the classic Virco series chair desks’ tops are made entirely of Virco’s proprietary Fortified Recycled Wood to help improve the amount of reclaimed materials used in manufacturing. For more Virco products that use green materials such as Fortified Recycled Wood, visit Worthington Direct.

Take a look at this screencap of a recent episode of The Office, the hit TV show starring Steve Carrell (no relation to Smith Carrell, makers of study carrels) as Michael Scott. Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) of The Office sure looks excited about something as he stands in front of a Ghent letter board.  What isn’t there to be excited about? His office’s name is clearly displayed in the easy to read office park directory made by Ghent. Ghent makes a variety of boards, including letter boards, corkboards and combinations of the two, in durable aluminum (as shown), and timeless oak.

Ghent also makes a variety of easels, from oak-framed whiteboards  to classic aluminum-framed chalkboards, suitable for any college, classroom or conference room. Looking for something more casual? Best-Rite offers their Rubber-Tak tackboards in a variety of colors, which allows quick posting by anyone in the office, without leaving ugly pinholes when the thumbtack is removed. Rubber-Tak boards come backed and framed, or can be purchased alone with an adhesive backing to create an entire wall of ideas.

Such a wide variety of ways to get your message across, how to choose what’s right for you? Try contacting Worthington Direct, or visit their website at www.worthingtondirect.com for great deals on these boards and more.