Contract furniture has to do more than look good in a rendering. It needs to withstand daily use, hundreds of guests and years of housekeeping, without losing the warmth that separates a considered space from a corporate one.
Furniture is also one of the few things every guest actually touches. It shapes how a lobby feels on arrival, how a restaurant performs on a busy night, and whether a guest room earns a return visit. Specifying it well is as much about durability as it is about design.
This guide highlights the Laskasas pieces best suited to hospitality and contract projects, organised by the spaces where they matter most.
Jump to: Lounge & Seating | Dining & Bar | Guest Rooms | Outdoor & Wellness
A hotel reception where a ribbed wood wall, Dave Wall Lamps and a Jazz Suspension Lamp draw the eye upward, while Lanie Flower Pots balance the stone reception desk.
Lounge and Seating for Hospitality Spaces
A lobby sets the tone before a guest reaches reception, and the furniture needs enough presence to anchor a large, open space without blocking the paths people actually walk.
Sofas and armchairs built for residential comfort translate well here, provided the frame and upholstery are specified for continuous use. Leather holds up in high-traffic corners and is easier to clean than fabric. Fabric adds warmth to areas meant for lingering and is smoother than leather.
Scale carries as much weight as material. One generous sofa anchors a seating group better than several smaller pieces scattered across the same footprint.
Two Wellington Sofas face each other across a Nilo Coffee Table, forming a lobby seating group with enough presence to anchor a large, light-filled space.
Dining and Bar Furniture for Restaurants and Hotels
Restaurant furniture works harder than almost anything else in a hospitality project. Chairs get pulled dozens of times a day, and tables get wiped after every service, so structural integrity matters as much as looks.
Dining chairs with a solid wood frame hold their joints better than veneered alternatives over years of continuous use. For bars, bar stools should be specified against the venue's actual counter height, not a generic standard.
Jayne Bar Stools line a curved bar counter, built to hold their shape and finish through hours of continuous use.
Dining tables are worth over-specifying. A slightly heavier base resists the daily movement of service, and a finish that can be spot-repaired avoids a full replacement further down the line.
A round Marilyn Dining Table in marble, paired with Ambrose Chairs and a Jazz Suspension Lamp, set for a restaurant table that needs to perform night after night.
Guest Room Furniture and Casegoods
It’s the bedrooms that guests remember the most. That means furniture here needs to feel personal rather than uniform, even when repeated across dozens of identical layouts.
An upholstered bed softens a space that could otherwise feel clinical. Bedside tables and tallboys carry the practical load of offering storage, charging points, and a stable surface for everyday guest items.
Coordinated finishes across every room reinforce a property's identity more convincingly than a single statement piece ever could.
An upholstered Gray Bed and a pair of Pema Bedside Tables bring a residential feel to a guest room without losing the durability a contract project demands.
Outdoor and Wellness Furniture for Spas and Pool Areas
Pool decks, spa courtyards and rooftop terraces demand a different kind of durability. Furniture there faces sun, chlorine and moisture daily, and needs to hold its shape and colour under all three.
Well-specified outdoor pieces now hold their own against indoor furniture on comfort and finish, which matters where indoor and outdoor spaces share sightlines, a common feature in resort and spa design. Consistent materials across a terrace and an adjoining lounge keep the transition from feeling like a downgrade.
Salim Sun Loungers line an indoor pool, holding their comfort and finish in an environment defined by humidity and daily use.
Choosing the Right Contract Furniture Partner
Off-the-shelf catalogues rarely survive contact with a real hospitality brief. A property's identity comes through in details a standard range doesn't offer, an exact fabric, a specific leg height, a finish matched to an existing material palette.
Specifying hospitality furniture at this level means balancing design intent against volume, timeline and long-term maintenance. Working with a manufacturer that adjusts dimensions, materials and finishes to the project, rather than the other way round, tends to solve most of that tension at the source.
Explore our lookbooks for further inspiration, or contact our professional team to discuss your next hospitality or contract project.
