With summer on the horizon we find ourselves still living in a unique and precarious situation; events that may have been planned for years now are having to make some severe adaptations to still work comfortably in this day and age of social distancing. During these times, we at Chair Decor have been put in a position where we have the opportunity to help the betterment of society with our tips and tricks on social distancing events. These times may make events more difficult to run, but these are also the times when positive contributions to life are all the more necessary, and what’s more positive than a celebration? While social distancing means we must be more cautious, we can’t let it deter us from celebrating the important milestones in our lives altogether. Birthday are a great example; while going out to eat with a group of friend’s may no longer be possible, sharing the moment with them still is, through the many video platforms offered online (Zoom, Skype, etc!).

At Chair Decor we pride ourselves on having a unique variety of linens that can complete any look. Once you have picked your theme or colour palette, we can assist you with making your décor vision come to life! In this blog, we are going to walk through our delivery process and what that looks like for you!

Many of our clients prefer to book an appointment and select the linens or accessories that work perfectly for their event ahead of their event date. However, you can still secure your order through the phone or website! Once you have secured your contract and confirmed the order, we allow for 2 methods of delivery. For pick ups, a client will arrange the time and date with their sales representative. Chair Décor will ensure their order is ready to go based on their scheduled time!  The orders get prepped and prepared and made available through our front office, where a team member will greet you on arrival. It’s quick and simple! The linens are prepared and placed in plastic bags to shield them from all weather conditions, we also provide you with a labelled, heavy duty bag for soiled linens after use. A descriptive label is placed on the linen bag with your event detail information, linen name, quantity, and size. We are also happy to include any additional information our clients deem necessary to ensure a smooth and easy experience once you are onsite with your order. We try our absolute best to ensure customer satisfaction from all levels of the customer experience!

If you do not wish to pick-up your order, that is okay with us! We also offer a delivery service, which comes with a charge, that delivers throughout the GTA and York Region. The driver has a daily delivery schedule with detailed notes provided through a member of our team. Our drivers know to work quickly but carefully to deliver the linens safely to their designated location. We always touch base with the Venue Coordinators to ensure they are prepared for the arrival of your linen but also to make sure the linens are delivered to the appropriate onsite location. Pick up and drop off times for the orders are discussed between the account manager and the client, to determine what works best for you, the venue as well as our other scheduled deliveries. This helps with your general pricing as well as our efficiency, and is meant to make both parties as satisfied as possible.

Chair Decor delivers not just speciality orders but also to large venues at least twice a week to meet supply and demand. This allows us more flexibility to meet client’s various needs to ensure no linens are held onsite too long as well as accommodate all venue’s set-up times.

We take pride in our customer experience which includes our timely and professional deliveries. Once your event is over, we have already scheduled a prompt pick-up for your used linens. This time is pre-arranged based on the event and venue details. The extra thick, labelled plastic bags provided with all our orders are used at the end of the night immediately following your event. These bags allow us to differentiate our linens from potential other orders onsite or other events taking place which makes the pick-up by our team go much more quickly and efficiently. Once the items come back to our warehouse, our dedicated staff members open the bags, count the products, separate, and then thoroughly clean the linens. This is an extremely professional, streamlined process to ensure as few hiccups as possible. By the end of your experience, we are always working to ensure that every customer becomes a customer for life!

Whether its new trends hitting the scene or old trends coming back to life, event designs are constantly changing. Yet with any design, its important to know the basics. We want to share with you an instrumental element in many event design regardless of changing trends; tables and their sizes.

 

Tables are required at almost any event in order for it to be a success and understanding their sizing is one of the building blocks for event design around the globe. Tables are a necessity; whether you’re hosting a wedding, charity event, or birthday, it’s essential to know the variety of sizes and shapes that tables have to offer in order to accommodate each guest, dining style, and available space in your event design.

 

There are two basic categories of tables, both of which are proportionally larger or smaller to fit the needs of the customer or space; Circular tables, and Rectangular tables. Traditionally, you’ll find the smallest square to be 2.5×2.5ft, a style that fits two people and is often seen in small restaurants and cozy cafés. When it comes to event planning, these are typically seen in european themed events, featuring intricate designs on fitted cloths. These tables rarely use floor length linens, and usually only need a simply small cloth to fit on them. People usually will use a 90×90 square linen in a colour of their chosing.

 

In banquet halls or event spaces, you’ll notice much larger tables to accommodate more guests. Still using the same two categories, circular and rectangular tables; but each with their own sizing charts. With circle tables, we measure by diameter, and sizes are typically found between 30”-84”. With rectangle tables, dimensions typically follow the length of the table. But what do these numbers mean? Below, we’ve listed the estimate guest sizes for each size of table typically seen at events;

 

The circle table has multiple size:

30”: Would be a high top cruiser table, this would require a 120” round linen unless you tie the linen using a sash, then you would need a 132” round linen;

30”: Is a small round, fitting 4 to 5 people; this would require a 110” round linen;

60”: can fit 8-10 people; this would require a 120” round linen;

66”: Can fit 8-12 people; this would require a 126” round linen;

72”: Can fit 10-12 people; this would require a 132” round linen;

And now we are seeing and influx of venues carrying the largest round of:

84”: can fit 12-14 people; requiring 184” round linen;

 

The rectangle table has multiple sizes

2.5x6ft: can fit 6 people; this would require a 90×132” rectangular linen;

2.5x8ft:  can fit 8 people; this would require a 90×156” rectangular linen;

4x8ft: this table is wider to allow your guests to have more room with your centerpieces, however it can still only fit 8 people; this would require a 108×156 rectangular linen.

 

Our recommended linen sizes for the table are to ensure your linens are floor length. If you prefer the look of your linen pooling at the bottom, then we would recommend you order one size larger. If you do not care if your linens are floor length and would like to save on cost, a smaller 90×90 linen size would work on all the tables.  As long as your linen company as the sizes you require, then the colour and material chose is up to you! The colour of your linens are where you can really showcase your design and theme. We encourage you to have fun with it as the linens you pick, can make a big difference for your event.