The back room

Who sets the table

We cut disposable table covers, press charger plates and turn craft foam, and we have been doing it for the kind of room where forty tables go up in an afternoon.

What we actually make

The catalog runs to 54 listings in 4 lines. Covers come in two cuts, round and rectangle, because those are the two tables that fill a hall. Chargers come in 3 metals and a few painted finishes. Foam comes as spheres and half spheres, loose or in the big assortment.

Everything here is made to be set out, used for one evening and cleared away. That is not a shortcut. A cover that has to survive a wash cycle is a heavier cover, and heavier film does not fall the way you want over a trestle leg.

Why the sizes are what they are

A cover is only right if the drop is right. Too little and it sits on the table like a sheet of paper; too much and it pools on the floor and people tread on it. These are half drops: the cover hangs over the edge and stops above the legs, which is the drop banquet rooms actually use, because a cloth long enough to touch the ground is something people catch with a chair.

Every size on this site is printed with the tables it covers and how far it hangs on each of them. That is arithmetic, not opinion, and you can check it yourself on the table plan.

How the ordering works

We do not run a till. Ordering, payment, stock and delivery all sit with our retail partner, and the button on every listing takes you to them. Prices and availability on this site are copied from there and can move without anyone telling us.

Where to start

If you know the table, go straight to the rounds or the rectangles. If you know the room but not the table, the table plan asks two questions and counts the boxes for you. If you are still deciding how the whole thing should look, the host notes are written for that.