{"id":10414,"date":"2025-11-19T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/?p=10414"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:50:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:50:03","slug":"how-to-easily-make-formal-or-informal-seating-arrangements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/how-to-easily-make-formal-or-informal-seating-arrangements\/","title":{"rendered":"How to easily make formal or informal seating arrangements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choosing between a formal and informal layout is one of the basic requirements when planning an event in a marquee as it can affect design decisions for the whole event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to create formal or informal layouts is by the use of furniture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Formal:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A formal function will have uniformly laid out furniture often using 5ft or 5ft 6inch round tables seating 10 guests (for weddings always use 5ft6inch tables to seat 10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/diymarquees.co.uk\/images\/formal-seating.jpg\" alt=\"formal seating\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Informal:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Create an informal atmosphere by using different size smaller tables, typically 3ft (seating 2-4) and 4ft round tables (seating 6-8). Although occupying a similar amount of space the appearance will be far less formal (similar to the seating in a tea shop for example). It will also look less out of place if some of the tables are moved outside the marquee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/diymarquees.co.uk\/images\/informal-seating.jpg\" alt=\"informal seating\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are always happy to offer more customised advice for your event, please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/diymarquees.co.uk\/contact-diy-marquees.php\"><u>contact us<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;giving a few details of the event you are planning (type of event, space available, number of guests and diagrams\/photographs of the site if possible) and we will be more than happy to advise on your options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to use or quote any part of this article please contact us for permission or licencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing between a formal and informal layout is one of the basic requirements when planning an event in a marquee as it can affect design decisions for the whole event. The easiest way to create formal or informal layouts is by the use of furniture: Formal: A formal function will have uniformly laid out furniture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marqueesforsale.uk\/diy2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}