Nowhere is the furniture glut stronger than in San Francisco, where tech workers have been slowest to return to the office.
Brandi Susewitz touched the curved stitching on a pair of bright red Arne Jacobsen Egg Chairs and announced they were worth around $5,000 each. The chairs were in pristine condition, perched in the reception area of the software company Sitecore’s office in downtown San Francisco.
Susewitz, who started Reseat in 2020, is one of an increasing number of behind-the-scenes specialists in the Bay Area who are carving out a piece of the great office furniture reshuffling. There are professional liquidators, Craigslist flippers and startups spouting buzzwords like “circular economy.” And a few guys with warehouses full of really nice chairs.
Some startups have abruptly gone under, including the flying car company Kittyhawk, the autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI and the interior design startup Modsy. Others have slashed spending, starting with their dusty, rarely used offices full of designer furniture. Twitter auction nets absurd bids for statue, other ridiculous office items How much would you pay for a beer dispenser from Twitter's HQ?
The listings are a reminder: Silicon Valley is a place of booms and busts, with enterprising hustlers who see nothing but opportunity, even in the rubble.For furniture specialists, it all starts with supplies from tech companies like Dropbox. Since then, his business, called Enliven, has expanded to include a van, three employees, a 4,000-square-foot warehouse and annual revenue in the mid-six figures.
On a recent tour of his warehouse, Norbu pointed out a pair of never-used felt poufs from a startup, two glass coffee tables from Delta Air Lines, some gray lounge chairs that were “probably from Google” and plants from a venture capital firm. Over the next two decades, she worked in sales and business development, outfitting Bay Area businesses with goods from “the big five” of workplace furniture — Steelcase, MillerKnoll, Haworth, Allsteel and Teknion.
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