Ideas to Add Privacy to Existing Office Furniture
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, open office design had faced pushed back for privacy. Now, it needs be modified to allow 6 feet of social distancing. Social distancing does not exist with the benching stations installed at many companies. We have ideas to add privacy to existing office furniture.
In What Happens When We Return to the Workplace, they reference their 2020 survey where the office was people’s preferred place to work, as long as it’s designed to support their work. Yep, the office beat out home, co-working space, or coffee shop.
If you are like many companies, you have taken a huge hit to your business plan. Purchasing new office furniture wasn’t in your plan. What is an affordable way to add privacy to existing office furniture?
Add Freestanding Customizable Dividers in 3 Heights
There are several freestanding divider options. These are easy to assemble, customizable, made in the USA, and ship well. During the pandemic, they were used in many hospital and medical situations. We have had clients use them at the end of desk runs to provide privacy. We like that you can customize the panels with sound absorption, dry erase board, wood planks, plexiglass, etc.
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Starts at: $1,200.00
As another freestanding office divider option, we like this minimalist design made from acoustic material. Perfect for visual privacy!
How to make Cubicle Walls Higher
Perhaps, you want your existing cubicles to be more private and you are asking, how to make cubicle walls higher? Yes, there is a way! You can add cubicle height to a cubicle wall. These are add-on panels for just this purpose. They came out as a solution for when folks realized the open office was too open. Then, during the pandemic, the popularity increased due to health concerns. They are a great solution to add visual privacy and absorb some sound.
Add Cough and Sneeze Desk Guards To Desks
Whether is it desk dividers, cough or sneeze desk guards, whatever you call them, your team needs something to keep you from droplets of plague courtesy of your co-worker.
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Starts at: $199.00
Side Desk Privacy provides Social Distancing Dividers for Offices
New privacy solutions for social distancing are launching everyday. This is our favorite for side desk privacy or social distancing dividers for offices. We like that it extends the privacy by and additional 2 feet for your 2 foot worksurface. It is also more than a divider. You can customize with a tack board or dry erase board. A client in Portland, Oregon has ordered this product twice to give more privacy to their sales team. We didn’t want to block the natural light and this dividers were a great solution.
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Starts at: $575.00
Cubicle Top Planter
There are many benefits to plants in the office. We love combining a cubicle top planter to add privacy. It is a stylish way to get the privacy and improve air quality!
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Starts at: $119.00
In this post covid install, the client added cubicle partition planters to the top of the cubicle wing panels to extend the height of the cubicle. The panel planters are available in different sizes. This client went with live snake and pothos plants that are low maintenance.
Add Cubicle Panels to Divide Desks
If you have a several desks in an area, you can provide privacy with cubicle panels. Long before Covid-19, this manager noticed the distraction of an open office. We added panels to wrap the current desks to provide privacy. The partitions drop down from tall to mid-height to avoid closing in the space.
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Starts at: $695.00
Here is a post covid solution made from used Herman Miller Ethospace panels. At 70″ tall, the glass tiles keep the area open. A pass through window was customized to allow paperwork to move between work areas.
Add Acoustic Hanging Panels or Dividers
Before Covid-19, the big complaint about the open office was noise pollution. Folks hated all the distractions coming at them everyday. These EZ Board Office Dividers or Office Hanging Panels are made from dense sound absorption felt are a solution for the noise and social distancing. These absorb about 20% of the sound surrounding the area. Much of the material is made from recycled bottles for a sustainability component.
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Starts at: $875.00
Freestanding Desk Partition
We discovered this freestanding desk partition launched at an industry conference. We love that it was pretty and functional. You have 2 sit to stand desks. Then, the freestanding partition can have a marker board or acoustic material as the center piece. On the side for more privacy, you have a paper management or acoustic option.
