Seats Eight To Ten
Each cover measures 52 by 87 inches, sized for the long rectangular tables a school or a rented hall puts out, with room for eight to ten places. On a smaller round or square table the extra length hangs and reads as drapery rather than looking short. The size is the reason it works for a family dinner and a school event without a second product being needed for either.
Plastic Against Frosting
Valentine food is pink, sticky and dropped. Durable plastic keeps red frosting, juice and melted chocolate off the table underneath, and a damp cloth takes care of what lands on top. Scratches from a candle holder or a plate slid across the surface stop at the cover. Cleanup after a classroom party is a matter of lifting the corners and carrying the whole thing to the bin.
Hearts On Camera
Taped to a wall, one cover becomes a backdrop for the photographs that get taken in February: a couple at a dinner table, a class lined up with paper cards, a toddler in red. The pattern is dense enough to fill a frame without a light or a stand. Two of them side by side cover a wider wall, which is how a corner of an ordinary room becomes a photo spot for an hour.
Two Rooms Covered
Having a spare changes how the day runs. One goes on the classroom table in the morning, the other waits at home for the evening, and neither event borrows from the other. Households that host a dinner one night and a family lunch the next get the same benefit. Whatever is not used stays flat in a drawer until the following February, since nothing about the print dates it to a particular year.
