Presidents’ Day is coming, and it’s time to celebrate the president in your household. They may not govern the 50 states, but they’re the Chief Executive in your family, sworn to faithfully discharge the duties of their own office. Even if that office is not the Oval Office, help your favorite Commander-in-Chief exercise the privileges of their position with some magnificent new executive office furniture.
All the votes will line up in their favor when they assume the chair of a classic executive office desk. One that’s a majestic work of art, that expresses the excellence your leader deserves to be surrounded by. Look for features such as locking file drawers to hold the presidential archives (and other paperwork) in both letter and legal sized folders, keyboard drop for issuing executive memos and a cord management system to keep all the support systems in line.
Perhaps your leading official would like to greet visitors across the surface of a classic unobstructed desktop with a radiant veneer. Or maybe they prefer a multipurpose desk against a wall, topped by a hutch with enough compartments for all departments to work in harmony. Keeping organized will be a breeze when every vital document is within arm’s reach. Some of these are credenza-style units with expanding work surfaces and shelves that can be removed to allow more than one monitor. No 21st century president can manage the reins of government without electronic capabilities, and the best executive desks have AC outlets and USB ports built right in.
Another option: bring harmony to all branches of government with a coordinated modular system. Pick a desk, a computer base and hutches all in the same style from the same collection to support one another in non-partisan unanimity. Your CEO can configure these office components to work together efficiently to promote domestic prosperity. George Washington should have had it so good!
A stately bookcase or two is a necessity for anyone occupying a high office. At their fingertips, they’ll have all the information and inspiration they need to superintend their affairs, stored in a beautiful piece of furniture. Choose one with tongue in groove back paneling and shelves adjustable for official documents of any size.
File cabinet, that is. A rolling file cabinet is always an option, but why not house the presidential papers in a piece that matches the beauty of the other furniture. Give your captain of state one with utility drawers, a lateral drawer and a drawer that holds both letter and legal-size documents. All the better if the veneer is an elegant wood, the file has a safety lock mechanism and the drawers fully extend.
They’ll make the right executive decision every time when seated in a luxurious presidential chair. Whether it’s classic imposing leather or rewarding sumptuous fabric, whether the base is authoritative steel or time-honored wood, it will be the ideal command post for the person who holds the reins of power. Even Abe Lincoln would be pleased to occupy such a seat.
And what would an executive office be without a well-appointed guest chair for visiting heads of state? Choose a classic plush model or add a new element to the deluxe atmosphere with a recliner. It’s not only for guests; your own chief administrator can slide over from their swiveling chair and find a new perspective where they can kick back and expand their leadership vision.
Add a desk lamp, maybe one with a bronze base, a wooden pole and a sophisticated dome, to shed the light of wisdom on their important orders. Give them a few more accouterments to make their desktop work as hard as they do: a handsome desk clock, a flattering memo pad holder and business card holder. Make the desktop complete with a piece of refined desk sculpture that meets the presidential seal of approval.
Your family executive may never take a seat in Washington, but in an elegantly appointed home office replete with furniture of presidential timber, they’ll build a legacy that will make their household proud.