Can you post a photo of the office and the dimensions? We can help you better with a visual.

do you guys have craigslist in sf?!

Yep, Craigslist started in San Francisco. We also have tons of used office furnishing stores in various parts of the bay. That would be my option. Probably less espensive than Ikea and of better quality.

they have a fab craig's list in sf. bet they got a great restore too! IC i met a young man here who wanted a desk off arch. hrdware over $600. got the glass for free from craigs and the wood off ebay, more than he needed he then went to a carpenter to give him a lovely personalized rendition of that desk for less. Do ikea for the shelves etc. the combo will look fab, and the people here as you already saw, can help a lot or hire one of the designers to integrate it all.

Thank you very much for the replies. All good advice. Will try tl post some dimensions next feel. Sine there are three of us we may have to go off the rack but I really like the idea of vintage too.

apologize for typos - hate handheld!

the point is much is not vintage, and you can even use vintage parts to make modern. But most of us are willing to work with ikea, we do measurements and a few details pls