create your perfect workspace

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contents why Sharps & you?

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utilising your space

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your office, organised your way

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service that works for you

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home office ranges

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personalise your workspace

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what to do next

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plans and ideas

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why Sharps & you? At Sharps we’re experts at designing and installing home offices that work as hard as you do. Our skilled designers will listen carefully to understand how you use your home office, and then work with you to create a quality solution uniquely tailored to your requirements. Whether you’re a full-time home worker or need a dedicated working area for when you get back from the office. Whether you work flexibly or you’re looking for a base for the kids to do their homework. Maybe you’re fed up with mismatched office furniture, or maybe you need to be much more organised. Whatever your motivation, our solutions are designed and built around you, so we’ll ensure your new office suits your type of work, complements your style of home, and helps you to be as efficient as possible.

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Converted attic space

Converted spare room to see our home office video

utilising your space A Sharps home office can be designed to fit anywhere in your home. A spare room, an attic or a garage can become a dedicated work area. A living room, bedroom or family room can become a multipurpose work and living space.

We’re always looking for ways to make use of every last millimetre. That means creating wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling solutions. And engineering your home office to create the maximum possible work and storage space.

Even unutilised areas like landings, alcoves and spaces under the stairs can, in the hands of our designers, become an efficient home office to maximise your productivity.

Office created using understairs space

Combined bedroom and home office

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to see our planning a home office video

your office, organised your way The most efficient office space is the one that allows you to organise everything you need in the easiest, most accessible way. So our designers will set out to create a home office that meets your exact requirements. Using every last available millimetre of space, they’ll equip your office with clever storage solutions including floating shelves, slide out shelves, filing drawers and bookcase shelving. If storage for paper files or DVDs is a priority, tell us and we’ll build it in. Or, if you’re the kind of person who works better with everything spread out in front of them, no problem; we’ll design your office with extra deep desks and cabinet tops to give you the space you need to do just that.

Touch-catch doors on bookcase

Contemporary wall units

And if you’ll be sharing your office with someone else, we’ll even create dual workstations to meet the individual needs of both parties.

Bookcase sliding doors

Soft close drawers fiited as standard

Dual workstations

Slide out printer shelf

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Your home office will be a truly

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bespoke design, created around your individual needs and the space you’ve chosen in your home. However, you can get an idea of the many design options available, and of their quality and flexibility, at one of our

We put your needs at the centre of every design. So when we meet with you for your home design consultation, we’ll share our expert advice but always work in partnership with you. We’ll listen to understand what you need from your home office, your style, space and working habits. With that in mind we’ll help you plan your perfect workspace, then we’ll design, create, install and guarantee it for you too.

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At your free, no obligation home visit, our designer will help you choose the perfect style, work out what you need storage-wise in your new room and then create the perfect plan just for you. They’ll even give you a price for the job and discuss the different ways you can pay.

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showrooms across the UK. To find the showroom closest to you, simply visit

97% of customers

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would recommend us In a recent survey, 97% of customers said they would recommend Sharps to friends and family – the best possible endorsement of our quality, value and service.*

*Source: Independent Customer Satisfaction Survey, Click2

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Before we construct your home office, every little last detail is doublechecked in our home survey. Only then is it made-to-order at our state-of-theart facilities in the West Midlands.

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Then, when we come to fit your room, our joiners & craftsmen will do it with the same painstaking care, precision and attention to detail (that’s why we have a FIRA Gold Award for installation). Leaving you with a perfect job and often within 21 days of placing your order.

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We’re so confident that your efficient new home office is built to last, we’ll YEAR PRODUCT give you a full, no-quibble, 12 year & INSTALLATION GUARANTEE product and installation guarantee.

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home office ranges

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new como oak A contemporary home office combining contemporary light oak units with white gloss doors and drawer fronts. Optional black gloss sliding doors, as shown here create real impact.

Above: Sliding doors hide clutter. Oak, white, burgundy, aubergine and ivory finishes also available Left: Sliding stationary tray helps keep work surfaces clear

Soft close drawers as standard

Peninsular desk creates space for meetings and collaborative working

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Contemporary wall units for style and practical storage

new como oak Como’s flexible design options also allow it to be seamlessly integrated within a bedroom setting, as seen in this combined bedroom/home office suite.

Lighting upstand

Dual workstations allow office space to be shared

Slim chrome handle: See page 37 for more details

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Sliding bookcase doors hide documents and box files from view

como light walnut Shown here, as part of a multipurpose work and living space, Como light walnut provides both a professional office environment and contemporary home styling. Light walnut working areas can be combined with stainless steel and glass units.

Shallow depth worktops can be specified to avoid obstructing walkways

Choice of black or white glass cupboard doors

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luca oak A practical, flexible home office design. Luca can be complemented with optional sleek touch-catch doors. Shown here in aubergine, they are also available in black, white, ivory, burgundy or oak.

Left: Pop-up power module to keep cables hidden

Dual workstations allow office space to be shared

sharps & you Sloping ceilings and other awkward spaces easily accommodated

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Curved worktop maximises use of corner spaces

Mixed height bookcases: Tailor your storage options

luca alder A wide range of cupboards, units, sliding doors and storage features makes Luca alder one of our most flexible home office formats.

Wide range of cupboard options including solid doors, clear glazed, or frosted doors as shown here

Recessed TV storage is a smart option

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luca alder Luca alder, with it’s warm neutral finish is perfect for living environments, as seen in this understairs office. Adjustable shelving in open cupboards can be altered as required, and a shallow desk ensures no encroachment of walkways.

Above: Bayer chair in Sandstorm fabric – See page 39 for more information Left: Adjustable shelving

Shallow, laptop depth desk to prevent obstruction of walkways

Understairs design utilises ‘dead space’ in the home

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Recessed TV storage is a smart option

luca alder & cream A lighter finish combined with the Luca alder design, perfect in rooms or corners where natural light is limited and ideal for managing storage in limited spaces, easily and efficiently.

A wide range of handles to choose from – See page 37 for more details

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nico dark walnut Classic dark walnut combines with sleek styling in this sophisticated home office design. Pair with our contemporary aluminium shelf system, with adaptable shelving height to create the perfect flexible storage solution.

Adjustable shelving system

Works superbly when paired in a bedroom with our Malmo range, shown here

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Slide-out pen drawers

nova oak Contemporary oak design shown here with large worktop areas, adjustable shelving and a choice of drawer depths and sizes.

Cupboards designed to house printers, hard drives and other equipment

Classic office drawer detail

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features & accessories We are able to include a number of clever features in your home office design to help you work as productively as possible. Floating shelves add extra storage to your wall space as well as looking great and there’s a further range of hard-working features and accessories that will work hard for you and maximise storage space. We’ll fix it so that you can keep all of your equipment securely and neatly out of sight and everything else stowed away and impeccably organised.

Touch-catch doors

Bookcase sliding doors

Slide-out printer shelf

Slim chrome handle: See page 37 for more details

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Deep file drawers

Choice of file and pen drawers

Bookcase unit

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knobs & handles Small details like handles can make a big difference to your working environment. Practical as well as stylish, choose from any of our coordinating handles and knobs in a huge choice of designs and materials, helping you personalise your home office space while putting everything at your fingertips.

Rail Bar

Slim Chrome (medium)

Platinum

Madrid

Curve

Office Satin Steel

White Gloss

Tube

Shaker

Brushed Stainless Steel

Bar Nickel Stainless Steel Also available in Matt Satin Steel and Antique Brass

Slim Chrome (small)

Arc Polished Brass Also available in Satin Steel and Antique Brass

Polished Chrome

Sphere Brushed Chrome

Linea Square

Oslo Pin

Classic Brushed Chrome

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chairs

choose from a range of 8 fabrics

Our range of home office chairs has been carefully chosen to offer the highest levels of comfort while encouraging the right posture for effective, fatigue free working. At the same time, we’ve made sure they don’t take up more space than necessary by selecting designs with a smaller overall footprint. And which slide away under the desk when you’re not using them. Plus, of course, we’ve combined functionality with style to provide a choice of colours, designs and fabrics.

Hannes chair in Penstemon

Hannes chair in Aruba

Aruba

Black

Penstemon

Prism

Blizzard

Grape

Sandstorm

Steel

Bayer chair in Blizzard

Bayer chair in Sandstorm

Stam chair available in black faux leather

Oskar chair available in black leather and mesh combination

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lighting The importance of lighting in creating a productive environment should not be under-estimated. Not only do you need the right mood, you also need the right light to enable you to concentrate on all the finer details. We can install a range of lighting from ambient to practical, that will give you the mood and focus to be as productive as possible.

Underdesk & shelf uplighting

Control and change light colour remotely

Illuminated desk upstand

Multicolour lighting adds extra drama

Underdesk strip lighting

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what to do next?

your plans and ideas

Now you’ve seen just what’s possible with your Sharps home office, the next step is to arrange a consultation with one of our designers. Before you sit down for this free, no-obligation chat, we suggest you make a note on the enclosed planning page of the features you like and what you personally require from your new work space.

Because we love helping you to be organised, we’ve provided a planning area for you to keep your ideas and thoughts together.

Range ............................................................................................ Lighting .......................................................................................... Storage options ............................................................................. Accessories ...................................................................................

we promise you won’t find this quality and service at a better price At Sharps we’re so confident in the quality of our products and the calibre of our service that we’re willing to put our money where our mouth is. We promise if you can find the same style of home office, made individually to fit your room, to the same exacting standards, from the same quality materials, with the same fantastic design-to-installation service that Sharps offer, at a better price than ours, we’ll match it.

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