A breakout table made from an existing desk frame with a new Forbo top and planter, a REFRAME rework
Custom & Bespoke · Rework

Rework and resize the office furniture you already own

A new role for furniture you already own. We resize desks, replace tops and reconfigure storage — measured and drawn in London, reworked by our UK partners.

Lead time
2–4 weeks, small pieces
Cost
Usually well under new
Minimum order
None
Designed in
London, built in Britain
What can be reworked

More than most people expect

The frames, carcasses and structural parts of commercial furniture are usually the most durable; it’s the visible surfaces that date or wear. So the change you’re paying for is the surface, the size or the configuration, not the whole asset.

  • Re-topping desk frames: sound sit-stand or fixed frames take new tops in a fresh colour, finish or material.
  • Resizing desks and tables: tops cut down or extended for a denser or more generous layout, or to clear columns.
  • Reconfiguring banks: a six-person bench into two threes, back-to-back runs into single-sided pods, loose desks into a tidy bank.
  • Re-finishing: metalwork repainted, surfaces re-laminated or refaced, edges refreshed so old and new sit together.
  • Adapting storage: pedestals, cupboards and credenzas reconfigured; doors, fronts and handles changed.
  • Lockers: shroud kits, tops and end panels that tie a bank into the new scheme.
  • Power and cable management: grommets, trays, under-desk baskets and power modules retrofitted.
  • Breakout and meeting pieces: tired tables or redundant desk frames reworked into something new.
Read the refurbishment guide
An IT tech bench reworked from existing tambour units with new cupboards, pre-drilled for equipment and power
How it runs

A design job as much as a making job

A reworked piece has to fit a specific space and sit alongside whatever is staying, so it goes through the same process as a bespoke commission: measured, drawn, engineered, then issued for manufacture.

  1. Brief and site visit

    The new layout, the look you’re after, budget and timeline, and the existing furniture seen in situ. Photos and a floor plan are enough to start.

  2. Survey and assessment

    Frames and units measured and checked for condition, and an honest call on what can be reworked and what should be replaced.

  3. Design and finishes

    Drawings for the reworked pieces, with finish, colour and detailing chosen to match the wider scheme. Every drawing is produced in-house.

  4. Sign-off and making

    Re-topping, resizing, re-finishing and new components by our vetted UK partners, checked against our drawings.

  5. Delivery and install

    Fitted across London and the UK, phased around your occupation or the move so disruption is kept down.

Custom breakout table with cable management, a large central planter and reclaimed flooring used in the top
Before you decide

How to tell what’s worth keeping

Structural soundness matters far more than surface wear, which is usually fixable. A quick audit before committing either way:

  1. Count and photograph each type: desks, frames, storage, tables, lockers, with quantities, sizes and finishes.
  2. Check frames are straight and stable and carcasses solid.
  3. Test the pieces against the new layout: desk pitch, zones, columns and floor boxes.
  4. Weigh the rework cost against new for each category.
  5. Flag finishes and heights that must match furniture that is staying.

Where a piece is structurally tired, or the layout needs a fundamentally different number of positions, replacement is the honest answer and we say so before quoting. Mixing reworked frames with a modular system such as Recon is often the most cost-effective result.

Moving office? Read the desk audit guide

Rework, answered

“We’ve got 40 desks that don’t fit the new office”

That is a perfectly good brief. Send photos, rough sizes and the floor plan if you have one, and we’ll reply with the questions that matter, then an itemised quote.