The only had a 5K budget for the furniture
$5000 doesn't buy much in the good quality furniture department. That will get you perhaps four chairs. No table, no sideboard. That's not going to last at all. Don't believe me? Go to a good furniture store and look at even the medium end solid wood stuff.
That $5k will get you particle board core stuff with veneer, not hand crafted hardwoods.
If you want a good dining room table that will handle up to ten people, you need ten chairs. . . and a matching sideboard to store the dining set and silverware in. The solid wood table alone would likely be $8,000 to $10,000 and each chair would be $1250 to $1500. We thought ourselves lucky to find a good set with some armless chairs on close out sale for $900. Matching chairs with arms were $1100 each on sale. . . and these are already breaking down after only 10 years of normal use. We should have paid more for better quality.
Whoever budgeted this was thinking tract home quality furniture, not Cabinet Level office furniture.