Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Dining room tables

[Joanie Connors (jvcphd]

You can also make "L" shapes, and pluses (+) and other odd arrangements to
fit the space that create interesting conversational possibilities.

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 9:40 AM Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote:

> Personally, I like small square tables because you can break them up into
> a more café like setting for the common house dining room. Long large
> tables tend to make the dining room look like cafeterias.
>
> Our small square tables have a huge podium style “leg“ that Has to be
> folded up and it is still very heavy.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> All tiipos ... curtesy of Siri  :-)
>
> > On Nov 20, 2019, at 9:49 AM, Joanie Connors <jvcphd [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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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