Ace Office Furniture Houston The Story

Ace Office Furniture Houston sells new and used furniture to businesses and individuals in Houston and surrounding states. Large showroom, family owned and operated by local Houstonians.

Overview

Ace Office Furniture Houston specializes in the supply of high-end and budget friendly, executive-quality office furniture solutions for businesses in Texas cities that are beginning, expanding, upgrading, and/or moving.

Representing over 50 manufacturers, Ace Office Furniture Houston offers affordable options for start-up businesses to high-end executive suites. Its products include new or pre-owned desks, credenzas, conference tables, chairs, couches, file cabinets, reception furnishings, storage solutions, office cubicles, and open workspace solutions. The company’s design consultants also guide clients through conceptualizing, designing, selecting, delivering, and installing their furnishings.

The company offers clients options from various furniture distributors, including the Global Furniture Group, Office Furniture Distributors OFD, Nevers, Maverick Desk, Hooker Furniture, Martin Furniture, NDI, Fluid Concepts, Indiana, Cherryman, Office Source Furniture, Safco, Storlie, Friant, OFGO, OCI Seating, Boss Chair, and X-Chair.

The company participates in the local area Chambers of Commerce and real estate professional groups and attends industry trade shows annually. The company is also strongly associated with the Better Business Bureau. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Ace Office Furniture also has distribution hubs in Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin, Texas.

History

Ace Office Furniture Houston was founded by a father and son duo, Ace A. Astala, a former President of the Board of Directors of the American School of Gas Measurement Technology who retired from the gas industry in 2015, and Kevin Astala, a Who’s Who organization inductee; and their wives, Linda Astala and Shauna Astala.

The company began with an auction purchase of a small amount of used furniture in September 2008. In 2015, after a subsequent auction purchase of a much larger amount of used office furniture, Ace Astala formed Ace Office Furniture Houston LLC (AOF Houston) to sell used furniture to the public. Within a year, AOF Houston’s focus changed to sales of new office furniture when Ace and Kevin began forming contractual arrangements with well-known vendors of new office furniture.

In the following two years of operation, Ace Office Furniture Houston was presented with an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. The company evolved from a small, family-owned business to a full-service commercial office furniture store with a showroom sales force providing strategic planning professional expertise to our clients in the architecture and design (A&D) community, end-user, government, and education markets.

By 2019, the company had begun to outgrow its original location and was searching for a new location when the Covid pandemic began in early 2020. Ace Office Furniture Houston leased the property once occupied by ITT Institute of Technology (ITT-Tech.) and renovated the new space to include a new furniture showroom, pre-owned and demo furniture showroom, offices, and woodshop.. Purchases of delivery equipment, including a trailer, a high-profile van, and a box truck added capacity and flexibility.

In 2021 Ace Office Furniture started a sister company called Live Edge Houston Texas, which manufactures custom tables, desks, and other furniture from eco-friendly-sourced wood worldwide. Each piece of wood is hand-selected, ensuring the quality of the furniture, and is hand-crafted using traditional woodworking techniques to bring out the natural wood grain. Live Edge Houston’s tables are available in various kinds of wood, including walnut, maple, and oak.

Philanthropy

Ace Office Furniture supports several local non-profits, including The 1960 Hope Center. and donated much of the furnishings for the renovated day center for those experiencing homelessness in the northwest Houston and Cypress Creek Parkway area. It also donated funds to help provide t-shirts for all volunteers participating in the local area Thanksgiving feast.

Since Hurricane Harvey, Ace Office Furniture has continued offering discounts for disaster victims, individuals, and businesses and have contacted previous customers to check on their needs. Many of the projects were small family-owned businesses, but others were larger projects, such as Northgate Country Club,

Ace Office Furniture, AOF, provides discounts for active military, first responders, and veterans of military service. They have donated furniture to the nonprofit Veterans Stand Together, and this ongoing relationship has provided an opportunity for further outreach.

Since 2019, the company has been a regular Buyer at the Klein Independent School District’s Livestock and Project Show, including purchasing the Reserve Grand Champion Horticulture Project in 2020 and several livestock projects.

Some employees are active volunteers for The Vine Mentoring Program in the Spring Independent School District.

Awards and Recognition

• 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 Houston Award — #1 Google Rated Office Furniture Store
• 2019 Express Office Furniture Star of Excellence Award
• 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 Awards of Excellence — Winner of Distinction — Better Business Bureau of Great Houston and South Texas
• 2022 Bronze Medal Stevie Award, Ethics in Sales Award from Sales Partnership
• 2022, Houston INNO Innovation Awards for revenue growth from 2019–2022
• Listed in the Houston Business Journal Fast 100
• Listed AOF as #96 in the Best of Small Businesses list by The Small Business Expo SBE

Affiliations

• American Institute of Architects (AIA) — Kevin Astala is an Allied Individual Member.
• American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) — Ace Office Furniture Houston is an Industry Partner.
• Better Business Bureau of Houston and South Texas (BBB) — Member since 2016
• International Facility Management Association (IFMA) — Houston Chapter
• International Interior Design Association (IIDA) — Industry Member

Wikipedia Profiles

• American Institute of Architects (AIA) — Kevin Astala is an Allied Individual Member.
• American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) — Ace Office Furniture Houston is an Industry Partner.
• Better Business Bureau of Houston and South Texas (BBB) — Member since 2016
• International Facility Management Association (IFMA) — Houston Chapter
• International Interior Design Association (IIDA) — Industry Member