Tillworth Cafe Furniture / Topic collection
How to fit bistro seating around a counter, a line and a bakery case without blocking the door. The articles work from floor area and party size to a count of tables and chairs, with the spacing figures that keep the room easy to walk.
Draw the floor before you buy. Mark the line from the door to the till, then the counter, then the window, and seat what is left. Two-seat tables push together for four; rounds don't. The articles give the clearances and a method you can repeat for the next shop, and the [planning guide](/planning) holds the figures in one place.
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Room layouts · 6 min
Between the lunch line and close, a row of two-tops along a wall gets more abuse than any other furniture in the shop. A pair pushes two tables together.
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Room layouts · 6 min
How small can a cafe table go before it stops working? Smaller than most owners think, and not as small as the cheapest top in the catalog suggests.
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Room layouts · 5 min
A bistro table and its chairs get bought as a pair and blamed as a pair. When the room feels cramped by the second week, nobody says the top was too small.
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Save stools, chairs and tables with their options and counts, then copy the plan when the next shop or a refit comes round.