Re: Dining room tables
From: Joanie Connors (jvcphdgmail.com)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 06:48:59 -0800 (PST)
Many restaurants I go to now have smaller square tables that they pull
together for larger groups.
Would that not work?

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:25 AM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> > On Nov 19, 2019, at 12:33 AM, Linda Hobbet <coho [at] lindahobbet.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > We are researching tables for our dining room. I imagine have similar
> criteria:
> >
> > 1) Collapse, stack, and/or fold-up so they take as little space as
> possible when we want to use the dining room for something else, like
> dancing, a performance, etc.
> > 2) Easy to move around.
> > 3) Well-made so they last a long time.
> > 4) Affordable.
> > 5) Healthy (glues and finishes, etc) and environmentally sustainable.
> > 6) Good-looking.
> >
> > What is your community using and what are the pros and cons.
>
> This is the Jimmy Hoffa question of Cohousing. Anyone who can design a
> table that meets all these needs would be famous! Think “Big Book Deal" —
> well, not exactly but big table orders. We’ve been looking for 15 years.
>
> We have tables that are very nice and sturdy and fold up, but each one
> weighs over 100 lbs and it takes two to safely fold them up and transfer
> them to a rolling cart to clear the room.
>
> No one wants to use tablecloths in our open multi-use room. We wouldn’t be
> happy with less sturdy tables. They have to fold, although I must say that
> they have not been folded and cleared out for sometime. A lot of us just
> got tired of moving them. Aluminum is the perfect solution but it’s metal
> and not cozy feeling.
>
> Let us know when you find them, or create them!
>
> Sharon
> ——
> Sharon Villines Washignton DC
> Takoma Village Cohousing
>
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