Shared office storage: plan the seating and access together
A practical guide to making storage work beside shared seating and touchdown spaces, using Studio TK’s Harbour Hybrid resources as a starting point.
Start with the arrival, not the cabinet
In a shared office, a storage decision starts before anyone opens a door. Picture an employee arriving with a bag, finding somewhere to put it and settling into a short work session. Then picture a colleague collecting belongings while a conversation is underway beside the same cabinet. Those two moments should inform the furniture plan together.
Studio TK’s current Harbour Hybrid product page brings modular seating, storage and work surfaces into one collection, designed by Alyssa Coletti. It describes integrated cubbies with locked and unlocked options. This original planning guide uses that verified resource, checked October 29, 2026; it does not assign an unverified launch date. The questions below are our suggested project checks.
Separate personal belongings from shared supplies
Before selecting compartments, make a simple inventory: bags, coats, meeting supplies, loan equipment and anything that must remain assigned to one person. Decide what should be stored for a few hours and what may stay overnight. Shared supplies and personal belongings can require different access rules even when they sit within the same furniture setting.
Ask the client who will manage allocations, forgotten items and changes in staffing. If locks are requested, confirm the proposed mechanism, how access is administered and who handles a lost key or access problem. A lock option alone does not answer the operating questions.
Draw the setting while someone is using it
Place the proposed storage, seating and work surface on the plan, then sketch the activities around them: approaching, opening a compartment, sitting, standing and passing through. Review the arrangement with the responsible design team, including accessibility and circulation requirements. Do not judge the usable footprint solely from a closed cabinet’s dimensions.
Test the intended use in words as well as drawings. Is this a brief touchdown point, a place to wait or a small conversation area? If several activities are expected, identify the primary one and check where the others could conflict. Furniture that combines functions still needs a clear place in the room.
Specify a complete assembly
Harbour Hybrid’s official page links a brochure, pricing resources and an environmental data sheet. Use those resources to request a documented configuration, rather than quoting from a photograph. Confirm the selected storage arrangement, adjacent seating or table, materials and any accessories with the manufacturer.
For the dealer’s proposal, record what is included, the approved layout and which questions remain open. If users need charging, ask how power would reach the setting and have the appropriate project professionals coordinate it. Do not assume that a pictured work surface includes outlets or that a storage element provides acoustic privacy.
Give facilities a workable handover
Before ordering, agree who will clean the different surfaces, administer storage and retain the final specification record. Ask for current care instructions, installation requirements, pricing and lead times for the exact assembly. Put those answers beside the finish approvals so the operational decisions remain visible.
Edgewater Contract represents Studio TK in Southern California, Las Vegas and Arizona. Share your project location, a floor plan and the belongings or activities the setting needs to support. That gives the product discussion a practical starting point and helps connect the design intent with the right manufacturer resources.
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