If you're hosting an event at an eye-catching venue such as a castle or stately home, you might want to make sure your banqueting furniture does justice to its surroundings, in order to ensure that the event makes the maximum possible impact on those in attendance.
Some scenery can be a godsend, providing the perfect partner to a celebration - for example, on December 7th, an event at Muncaster Castle in Cumbria will combine fine food with the ideal ale accompaniment, all against the backdrop of one of the region's most recognisable buildings.
The menu of locally inspired dishes combines spiced carrot soup with Hardknott Brewery's Cool Fusion, treacle-cured salmon with Queboid, chorizo-stuffed belly pork with Infra Red or Azimuth, and a cheese board with the 12.7% ABV 2013 edition of Granite, the strongest beer ever brewed by Hardknott.
Dave Bailey, who runs the brewery, says: "Wine and beer are very different drinks, but that doesn't mean beer doesn't have just as much variety and subtlety of flavour and it can complement food just as well."
If the right setting can make something as everyday as beer into a glamorous accompaniment to a meal, it should provide inspiration for a wide range of other events too - but it's all about making the most of the space you have available in which to set your celebration.
Your choice of banqueting furniture is just one way to make your own mark on a venue, particularly if you're limited in terms of options when it comes to altering the decoration of the rooms, walls or other fixtures.
Alternatively, you can choose purely practical stackable furniture, which can be moved into even fairly confined spaces, or through narrow doorways, without any unnecessary delays or the risk of getting stuck partway into the premises.
Stackable furniture can also be cleared away quickly once the banquet itself is over - so if you are planning to transform your venue from a dining room into a disco in a matter of minutes, versatile furniture that can be put away quickly and easily, with a minimum of storage space needed, is an essential consideration.