Free standing modular furniture and wall system

A room divider panel system including at least one modular room divider panel wall and at least one free standing desk that forms an integral part of the room divider panel wall, wherein:

• the room divider panel wall includes a plurality of interconnected room divider base wall panels formed in individual panel modules of uniform height and width, the base wall panels forming a half wall that extends upwardly to approximately the height of a desk, the base wall panels having interior peripheral frames that are connected together edge to edge, decorative exterior surface covers removably fitting on and covering the frames so as to form a continuous half wall structure;
• the free standing desk is a pedestal desk wherein a rectangular work surface having front, rear, and side edges is mounted on pedestal type vertical support columns at least partially under side edges of the work surface, the pedestals being the same height as the base wall panels and being a depth from the front to the back of the desk that is an even multiple of the width of the base wall panel modules, the desk including a back panel that extends across the back of the desk between the pedestals, the back panel being formed from a plurality of back panel sections having the same height and width as the base wall panel modules, with the back panel sections being formed of interconnected frames and exterior surface covers having the same shape and exterior appearance as the base wall panel modules, the width of the desk, including the pedestals, being an even multiple of the width of the base panel modules, such that the desk can be used by itself as a stand alone desk or it can be incorporated into a room divider system where the pedestal and back panel of the desk serve as an integral part of the half wall structure;
• a transverse support beam being mounted on the underside of the work surface and extending from side to side, the beam having a recessed open interior that provides a wiring receptacle under the work surface;
• the work surface being mounted at each end to a pedestal as a floating desk top by means of cross braces, each cross brace comprising a hollow inclined frame member attached to the underside of the support beam and extending downwardly and outwardly and is connected to an inner side of the pedestal, the hollow frame member including openings at each end that provide communication between the open interior of the support beam and an open interior of the pedestal, such that wiring can be routed to the work surface upwardly through the interior of the pedestal, through the hollow frame member and into the open interior support beam, the work surface having access means for accessing wiring in the open interior of the support beam from the top of the work surface.