Design

Planning Your Seating Arrangement for Your Next Event

When planning an event, arranging seating for your guests can be one of the most challenging tasks. To make this easier on yourself, use some common household items and this will be a quick and hopefully painless process.

First, write down the name of each of your guests – alphabetically – on individual sticky notes. Next, number your paper plates – one for each table. Attach the sticky notes in a fan shape around paper plate until you reach your desired number of guests.

Here’s a handy chart so you will remember how many guests fit at each size of table.

Table Size	Number of Guests
3’ (36”) Round	Min. of 2 – Max. of 4
5’ (60”) Round	Min. of 6 – Max. of 10
6’ (72”) Round	Min. of 8 – Max. of 12
6’ (60”x72”) Rectangle (Two 30”x72” tables together can create the same look)	Min. of 4 – Max. of 6 Try not to seat guests on the end of rectangular tables – the table legs will prohibit the guests from sitting flush to the table.
8’ (60”x96”) Rectangle (Two 30”x96” tables together can create the same look)	Min. of 6 – Max. of 8 See above suggestion
48″ Square	Max. of 6