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I have 1 picnic table, 2 bistro's, 2 8x10 folding tables and a card table. I have plenty of chairs. There may be about 60 people, so far I have seating for 30. I have asked people to bring lawn chairs and blankets because I am planning an outdoor movie night. The problem with rentals is the pick-up and return. Hope you can help!
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I was featured in the Chicago Sun Times in 1999 for my creative Thanksgiving ideas including using a door as a table!
All you need is your card table and a flat panel door (lightweight is best). Take the door offf the hinges and remove all of the hardware. Set the door directly on the card table, centered. Cover it with your table cloth of choice. Just make sure people on the ends know that they can't lean on it to get up.
An 8 foot door should seat 9 or 10 people. If you have friends who can donate 2 more card tables and you have 2 more doors, you can get the rest of your guests seated!
Have fun!
I was featured in the Chicago Sun Times in 1999 for my creative Thanksgiving ideas including using a door as a table!
All you need is your card table and a flat panel door (lightweight is best). Take the door offf the hinges and remove all of the hardware. Set the door directly on the card table, centered. Cover it with your table cloth of choice. Just make sure people on the ends know that they can't lean on it to get up.
An 8 foot door should seat 9 or 10 people. If you have friends who can donate 2 more card tables and you have 2 more doors, you can get the rest of your guests seated!
Have fun!
Planning a very large backyard picnic, I need tables but don't want to buy or rent, any creative ideas?
professor
I have 1 picnic table, 2 bistro's, 2 8x10 folding tables and a card table. I have plenty of chairs and benches. There may be about 60 people, so far I have seating for 30. I have asked people to bring lawn chairs and blankets because I am planning an outdoor movie night. The problem with rentals is the pick-up and return. Hope you can help!
Answer
Go to a "resale" shop and get some used flat doors for a couple of dollars each. With saw horses, these make really good "tables." Modern saw-horses fold for pretty compact storage. You can re-donate the doors if you have no other use for them. They also store pretty easily.
Plywood works,but be sure to get a thick enough grade that the sheet will be stiff supported only on the ends, or invest in a saw-horse to put in the middle, too.
Look around your home for options, too. What can you take outside for use? Take the drawers out of desks and chests of drawers, and cover with butcher paper or sheets for "table cloths." People can sit on an otoman. No law says you can't take actual furniture outside if the weather is good-- you might want to put "bags" on the legs of furniture to keep damp from the lawn out. These options require you have someone to help move furniture, though...that may be difficult to arrange if you are on your own..
Another option - your church might be able to lend you tables for a small donation, and they might even be able to help you with the pick-up and return.
Go to a "resale" shop and get some used flat doors for a couple of dollars each. With saw horses, these make really good "tables." Modern saw-horses fold for pretty compact storage. You can re-donate the doors if you have no other use for them. They also store pretty easily.
Plywood works,but be sure to get a thick enough grade that the sheet will be stiff supported only on the ends, or invest in a saw-horse to put in the middle, too.
Look around your home for options, too. What can you take outside for use? Take the drawers out of desks and chests of drawers, and cover with butcher paper or sheets for "table cloths." People can sit on an otoman. No law says you can't take actual furniture outside if the weather is good-- you might want to put "bags" on the legs of furniture to keep damp from the lawn out. These options require you have someone to help move furniture, though...that may be difficult to arrange if you are on your own..
Another option - your church might be able to lend you tables for a small donation, and they might even be able to help you with the pick-up and return.
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