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Tia
Private-office casegoods of balance and symmetry — a run-off desk on understated lifting columns, with a refined credenza and lifted-base storage that carries from the executive suite to the conference room.
Overview
Tia is private-office casegoods with quiet, considered craft: a run-off desk on understated lifting columns, a refined credenza, and lifted-base storage that reads as calm and premium. Grain-matched surfaces, touch-latch doors and tech-ready cutouts keep it clean, and the same language carries from the executive suite to the conference room. Here’s how it works, and when to reach for it.
Tia is a private-office casegoods collection from Watson — for a workspace that should feel calm, considered and quietly premium. It centers on a run-off desk carried on understated lifting columns, paired with a drawer-support credenza and secondary storage in locker and wardrobe styles. Watson’s eye shows in the small moves — thin cladding, grain-matching across surfaces, and a slightly elevated plinth base that lightens the feel of the storage — while touch-latch doors, removable adjustable shelves and tech-ready AV cutouts keep it clean and practical. The same language runs from the executive suite to the conference room, so a whole floor reads as one.
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Tia is our pick when a private office should feel calm and considered, not corporate. Watson builds it to order in the USA, and the craft shows — grain-matched surfaces, touch-latch fronts, and a plinth base that makes heavy storage feel light. It won Best of NeoCon Gold in 2018 and has aged well because it was never trend-driven. When an executive suite needs to look quietly excellent and still work hard, Tia is the one we reach for.
So here’s when we’d specify Tia — and when we’d point you elsewhere.
Specify it when
- You want quiet, considered craft — a run-off desk on lifting columns, a refined credenza, lifted-base storage that reads calm and premium.
- You want grain-matched surfaces, touch-latch doors and tech-ready cutouts.
- You want a private office that feels understated and high-end.
- You value a manufacturer that shares our standards and backs us up when a project needs it.
Consider something else when
- You’re furnishing an open-plan workstation floor — a system fits better.
- You want a bold, design-forward look.
- Lowest-cost value leads.
- You want a heavy, traditional executive look.
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Highlights
- Quiet, premium craft.
- Grain-matched, touch-latch.
- Lifting columns, tech-ready.
Configurations & construction
- Run-off desk on lifting columns — an understated sit-to-stand column base that keeps the desk clean and quiet.
- Drawer-support credenza — pairs with the desk for storage right at hand.
- Refined freestanding storage — credenza and sideboard on a slim 1.5" plinth base that lifts and lightens the pieces.
- Stacking storage, locker & wardrobe — with or without doors, and removable, adjustable shelves.
- Touch-latch doors — clean fronts with no visible hardware.
- Tech-ready AV cutouts — on the back panel for a wire-managed setup.
- Thin cladding & grain-matching — subtle craft that reads as quality up close.
- One language, suite to conference room — Tia extends to conference and team tables, so a whole floor coordinates.
Certifications & sustainability
Finishes
Tia’s Watson surface palette — laminates and edges, premium Fenix, Forbo linoleum, and powder-coat metal for the lifting columns and base. Sections are collapsed; open any one to see the range. (Neutral tiles are awaiting swatch images; names and codes are final.)
Laminates & edges 32 + Fenix & Forbo
Standard HPL laminate 32
Storage pieces also offer a thermally-fused LPL subset (12) and a Craft Saddle laminate; edge banding and match-to-laminate edges are specified per piece.
Edge profiles 6
Pulls 6
Fenix NTM — premium matte 11 colours
Anti-fingerprint super-matte surface; a Watson upcharge tier.
Forbo linoleum 10 colours
Powder-coat metal — columns & base 29 colours
For Tia’s lifting columns, legs and storage plinth base. Clearcoat and extended RAL available.
Watson builds Tia to order in the USA. In a Discover & Plan project we specify the exact laminates, edges and metal finishes with you.
Downloads
Free for professionals — brochure, price list, planning guides, certifications and warranty. Watson publishes 2020, CAP and Revit symbols for space planning; we share the current files on request.
Pairs well with
A few of the lines we’d specify alongside Tia — a starting point, not the full list. Nearly every category coordinates; we’ll bring the rest to the table.
We’re here to help
We read every inquiry and follow up personally to help move your project forward.
Not sure exactly what you need? Tell us the space and the teams who’ll use it, and we’ll bring the options to you. Specifying is what we do.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 847-679-5148.
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