Are you curious about the history of chairs? While people throughout the ages have either found or created some place to sit, what we currently recognize as a chair was constructed about 5,000 years ago. You may be interested to know that the office chair with wheels was designed and built during the 1800s by Charles Darwin! It was at this time as well that household chairs became popular throughout the world.

During the 1960s’ Modern Movement, new forms and styles of chairs were introduced by furniture designers. The butterfly chair, along with various types of plastic chairs, were just a few popular styles of the time. It’s not surprising that the 20th century also saw the appearance of technology in chairs. This includes adding levers to raise and lower seats.

Chairs and other essential office furnishings account for a significant percentage of online sales. Currently, the industry average for online sales alone is $12 billion. While the year has barely begun, the United States has already been responsible for generating the most office furniture sales in 2018. The market volume for these sales has already reached $46,203 million.

When you work in an office, there’s a good chance that you have a variety of chairs, work surfaces, and other essential furniture such as cabinets and shelving. Whether your office has hardwood flooring or thick carpeting, it’s a good idea to have chair mats. When choosing the right mats for your office, you’ll want to consider the type of flooring, office desks, and chairs that you have.

Given the type of flooring that you have, chair mats are available for both hard floors and floors with either thin or thick carpets. These mats can help with protecting surfaces from some of the wear and tear that occurs from moving chairs in and out of your desk or other work surfaces. They can also protect flooring from heavy desks, free-standing cabinets and shelving.

If you have large chairs with wheels, for example, you may want to consider an oversized chair mat. When looking at oversized chair mats, you may be interested in having them in specific colors and materials, such as black chair mats or vinyl chair mats. Transparent, or clear, chair mats are also available. It’s important to note that there are different types of custom chair mats that can be made to your specifications so they blend in with your office furnishings and decor.