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A place setting seen from above through dappled shade — a printed menu on a scalloped green plate, silver flatware, cut-crystal coupes, a linen napkin

Planning the table

Practical notes on holiday tables, office parties, tablecloth sizes and ordering by the piece: the questions that come up while a table is being planned.

  1. Office holiday party ideas for the Sacramento region

    Ideas for an office holiday party around Sacramento: seated dinner or cocktail hour, which pieces carry each format, and what to send for a quote.

  2. Setting a Friendsgiving or Thanksgiving table

    How to set a Friendsgiving or Thanksgiving table with rented plates, glassware, flatware and linens, from a table of eight to a long table for forty.

  3. How to set a holiday table, using our six bundles

    A holiday place setting, piece by piece, shown through our six Christmas bundles: which plates, glasses, flatware and napkin each one pairs together.

  4. A company holiday party timeline, week by week

    When to set the date, count guests, choose the table and confirm rentals for a company holiday party, plus how late a rental order can realistically be placed.

  5. How much to rent per guest: plates, glasses, napkins

    How many plates, glasses, flatware pieces and napkins to rent per guest for a seated dinner or a standing party, with the arithmetic worked through.

  6. Our six holiday bundles, piece by piece

    What comes in each of our six Christmas bundles, how many pieces a guest's setting uses, and how the 15% holiday bundle offer works for 20 or more guests.

  7. Flatware by the piece: ordering for your menu

    Flatware is rented one piece at a time. How per-piece pricing works, what each collection offers, and how to count what your menu needs.

  8. Choosing a tablecloth size for round and long tables

    How to work out a tablecloth’s drop, which of our 120-inch, 132-inch and 90 by 156-inch linens suits your tables, and when a cloth reaches the floor.

  9. How to set a wedding place setting, piece by piece

    Where the charger, plates, flatware, glasses and napkin go in a formal wedding place setting, and how to put one together from rental pieces.