Tables · 5 min
Round bistro table sizes, seats and the base underneath
A round top has no corners.
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Shop notes
Notes for cafes, bakeries and delis on table sizes, counter seating and the pieces that suit a small room.
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Room layouts · 6 min
A small bistro table that still holds the whole order
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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Chairs · 6 min
Vintage bistro chairs with the old cafe look and none of the wobble
Every owner who wants the old cafe look has sat on the real thing somewhere: a bentwood chair in a back street, its joints loose, its seat polished by sixty years of...
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Tables · 6 min
Choosing a wood bistro table for the wear, not the glow
Wood looks its best on the day it arrives. The real question is how it looks in its third winter, after thousands of cups, a few dropped forks and every wipe at close.
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Chairs · 5 min
Wooden bistro chairs and the seat that wears first
Wood all through, or a wood seat on a steel frame? That is the real choice behind wooden bistro chairs, and it decides more than the look.
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Room layouts · 5 min
Two at a 24, four at a 36: matching a bistro table and chairs
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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Shop plans
Save stools, chairs and tables with their options and counts, then copy the plan when the next shop or a refit comes round.
Pick a place to begin
Move the plan along to a clean order.
Seat the shop first
Open chairs or bar stools for the height your counter or tables need. Put the configured price next to the listed size, then decide whether one piece suits the whole shop.
See cafe chairs →Count the whole table
A table can come whole, or as a top and a base sold on separate pages. Check what is included and that the parts fit each other before you price the shop.
See complete tables →Keep the shop total in sight
Save each configured piece to a named section. You can watch the furniture subtotal and change counts.
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