How to Choose Cafe Furniture

Planning to open a café? Is this your first time in this line of business? You should be having some idea of simple economics if you want to design your own café! Your café should have aesthetically appealing and snazzy furniture that'll make your café stand out from the rest of them in town. So, choose furniture for your café environment with a vague idea of the economics of space, because the more spacious your café, the more the capacity, the better the business. So, what are the main things you should look for in furniture designs to create a unique café environment? Let's find out...

Know Your Space and its Limitations

There's just one problem with space - you never have enough of it! This is where space management comes into use. You need to be aware of the amount of space you have in your café, and how many furniture pieces you need. You can include café tables, chairs, booths, stools, and even a counter, but remember that you can't change the fixed structures, that is, the doors, windows, and layout of the room. So do you know how much space you have and what furniture you are considering for the space?

The best possible thing is to create a scaled floor plan of your café and carry it with you when you go for buying the furniture. You should have the measurements of the doorways, walkways to and from the kitchen, restrooms, and emergency exits listed on the paper to help you look for proper furniture.

Utilize All Available Space

Cafés should utilize the space beautifully and well. Corners are the most difficult to accommodate, and some cafés use large tables to fill the gaps with wrap-around seating so that the hassle of pulling up tables is virtually non-existent. Some also fail to utilize these corners. Cafés with large tables or booths in the corner are sometimes a good idea, although buffet-type restaurants never use it.

Do you want to create a section of the café for lone diners? This will allow customers to dine alone and provide a place to sit that doesn't inhibit large families to continue their eating. It also helps to maximize floor space. Café counters could entail adding a few smaller tables for two or for four to make most of the space.

Choose Furniture Wisely

Choosing furniture wisely sounds like apt advise, but when your try your hand at it, you'll find out that it's far tougher than you thought it would be! Having the right type of tables and chairs, so that you can accommodate large groups and still have space for others to sit, calls for measuring and double checking to make sure the type of furniture you've purchased fits in perfectly within the space provided.

After all, customer satisfaction comes first, and you'd want the furniture to create an illusion of spaciousness and yet be comfortable as well as blend with the atmosphere in the café. Go be imaginative!

Bert likes to write about DIY and business.