The last Sunday of each month is Heritage Sunday in Leicester, meaning some of the region's heritage properties throw open their doors to the public - and if you plan to do the same, banqueting furniture can help you to make the welcome a little warmer.
Since the summer, Leicester Castle, Wygston's House and The Magazine have been opened up for free on several occasions, allowing visitors to see inside them on the last Sunday of each month - and for a small charge, guided tours have been available too.
If you own a property with an important link to the past, it is likely people in your local community would have an interest in seeing inside it, and by equipping it with banqueting furniture you could already be well on your way to transforming it into a profitable tourist attraction.
For instance, a castle environment - or any large historic property - is a great setting for a mediaeval feast, and banqueting furniture is the ideal way to set up a seated table layout that reflects the way the venue might have been used in Tudor times or before.
It's just one modern way for these buildings to find a new use - just as they have been doing for centuries, as Leicester City Council point out: "Leicester Castle has seen many distinguished visitors over the years, including Richard III, Edward I, Edward II and Henry IV.
"Peter Pan creator JM Barrie also spent many hours at Leicester Castle when the building was converted into courts, reporting on trials as part of his job as a reporter on the Nottingham Journal."
While setting up a court house might not be an option, there are plenty of other profitable ways to reconfigure a large space in a heritage property, provided it is equipped with the right furniture.
Banqueting furniture can also work well for wedding meals and receptions, or even as a contemporary workspace for local artists or digital media professionals.
And if you don't want to devote the space to such use permanently, look for stackable and folding chairs and tables, and like Heritage Sundays, you can throw your doors open only on as many days of the year as you wish.