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From our latest volunteer project to the most modern interior furnishings and designs, learn all about what is happening at CORE and in our industry. As a minority-owned, woman-owned small business based in Tucson, Arizona, CORE is pleased to be able to offer top-quality corporate furniture and interiors from a variety of office furniture manufacturers including Tayco, JSI and Trendway products, boutique-style interior services, and news about our industry.

This page has been set aside specifically so you can keep up on the hottest furnishing styles, colors, and fabrics as well as industry news and what is happening at CORE. Whether you are searching for wood casegoods, lobby seating or everything in between, you can find out what’s cutting-edge for creating an exciting, modern office with CORE. Check out our news articles and the latest furnishings to get inspired.

What’s Hot in Hospitality: Five Design Trends for 2021

By Angela D. Wagner | Sep 28, 2021

By Angela D. Wagner With a return to normalcy happening slowly but surely in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospitality industry is finally beginning to see an uptick. People are starting to travel again and are feeling more comfortable in public spaces across the board. Our year in quarantine has affected virtually every…

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CORE’s Guide to Workplace Ergonomics

By Angela D. Wagner | Apr 15, 2021

Ergonomic solutions may also relieve general fatigue and discomfort that can affect a worker’s day-to-day performance.

By Angela D. Wagner | Feb 16, 2021

For the last few years flexible, multi-use, and open-planned spaces have been all the rage. What these designs have lacked in privacy they have made up for in cooperative productivity. According to a piece in the Houston Chronicle, open and multi-use spaces promote creativity and communication amongst users, which in turn creates a more positive…

Home Office Essentials

By Angela D. Wagner | Jan 27, 2021

The three must haves for your home office By Angela D. Wagner Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more people than ever before have been working remotely. Although many have been able to return to their offices, a recent Gallup poll suggests that one-third of Americans are still working from home. A piece from…

Trends in Office Furniture and Décor to Watch for in 2020

By Angela D. Wagner | Jan 6, 2020

As we enter 2020, we are not only moving forward into a new year but into many exciting developments in commercial office furnishings and interiors. With shifts in workplace trends such as hot-desking and multiuse spaces to décor changes and advancements in technology, there is a great deal for employees to look forward to. Here…

CORE Shares the Love this Holiday Season through Spreading Threads

By Angela D. Wagner | Nov 8, 2019

By Angela D. Wagner The sound of rustling papers, happy chatter, and staplers clicking filled the Wetmore office of CORE (Commercial Office Resource Environments) the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Rather than filling orders for office desks, chairs, or educational or medical furniture, the women of CORE and several other volunteers turned into Santa’s…