Looking for table and chair hire near you? Visit our directory of event furniture suppliers located in the UK, Europe and USA. Filter by postcode/zip code/city and category of hire required.
Looking for contemporary, vintage, Scandinavian hire furniture, trestle tables, poseur tables. Chiavari or banqueting chairs? Designer chairs and Scandinavian design are popular choices for exhibition stands. Consider Kartell Masters, Hay, Eames Eiffel chairs, Wegner Wishbone Chair, and Tolix for a casual or industrial feel.
Here's our guide to some of the suppliers you will discover:
Options Great Hire offers a wide variety of furniture and props for hire across the UK.
Virginia's Vintage offers high quality vintage and rustic furniture, props and decoration for hire nationwide - with warehouses in Scotland, the South-West and London.
Granger Hertzog is based in London and offers a huge selection of high quality, unusual furniture and decorative pieces for hire. You need to arrange your own collection and return to Granger Hertzog.
Total Event Rental and Select Hire are two of the larger suppliers of event furniture hire in Ireland.
Illuminated LED furniture and funky sofas make great choices for a casual party. For a festival style look, consider using tolix chairs and bar stools, oversized colourful beanbags, wooden pallet bars and festoon lighting.
Depending on the style of your wedding, you might be interested in formal banqueting chairs with banqueting tables and crisp linen, or lime washed Chiavari chairs with covered trestle tables or vintage wooden chairs with rustic chairs with trestle tables.
Scandinavian style chairs and tables have been very popular in recent years for trade show stands. The clean lines and minimal aesthetic allow the graphics of the brand (or the products on display) to take centre stage. Minimalist furniture also works well with tech stands that are heavy with audio-visual devices, such as ipads, touchscreens, and video walls.
Things to consider when choosing chair style
Footprint - is space at a premium? Choose lightweight chairs with a small footprint that can be stacked when not in use, or tucked under tables and high benches.
Transportation costs - it's cheaper to transport chairs which stack. Cubes, armchairs and sofas require a lot of cubic space in comparison to chairs which fold up or stack.
Function - will people be eating, drinking, working at a computer or lounging? If people are drinking red wine, coffee and tea, it's easier to clean a metal tolix chair or wooden seat than white fabric upholstery.
Table and chair hire is straightforward when you know how to get the most for your budget.
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Scandinavian style chairs and tables at the Booking.com lounge at ITB Berlin. Photo courtesy of Elevations Exhibition Design & Management.
Bertoia inspired bar chairs at WTM London. Photo courtesy of Elevations Exhibition Design & Management.