Mike is one of my friends, who is a nice guy.
He was enthusiastic about the party, and every time he invites us to go to his home for the party.
Though the party almost succeeds every time, there still exists a problem.
His house was too small to entertain such many people, especially at the dining room with lots of chairs, which give the feeling of crowded.
Mike also is afflicted with this problem, and tried to find out an effective method to solve it.
Once, along with Mike, we went to the downtown area for shopping.
In a restaurant, Mike found an interesting phenomenon.
Though the restaurant owns limited space, but it still can accommodate many people without feeling crowded.
After carefully observation, Mike pointed out the secret is the seating.
The seating in this restaurant have various shape, such as straight, curved, L-shape and U-shape.
And it can be placed against the wall, wrap the corners, or installed back to back.
A very excited expression was shown from Mike, and he told us, he would give us a surprise when the next party came.
From the Internet, Mike learnt about such kind of seating was called banquette seating, so he decided to place several banquette seating in his home.
He looked around his house, and drew some simple blueprint on some papers.
Finally, he decided to purchase three banquettes, one in the dining room, one in the sunroom, and the last one under the window.
Then, Mike decorated the home busily following his plan.
The party came around again.
We all were pleasantly surprised at the changing of these banquette seating.
I was impatient to lie on the banquette beneath the window to enjoy the sunshine.
At the mealtime, we huddle on the banquette without the feeling of crowed, but enjoyed the intimate and cozy mood.
Mike proudly introduced the skill of choosing banquette seating.
He said, there was a key point when choosing the upholstering material of the banquette, and it was stain resistant.
The type of material depended on the personal preference, such as fabric, canvas, denim, vinyl, and leather, but make sure it can be cleaned easily by wiping with the cloth.
Then, Mike told secretly, there was another function of the banquette-the storage container.
Just then, he took out the flavor bottle from the draws.
This party ended in the joyful and amazing atmosphere, which was the most successful one.
We were surprised at the wonder of the banquette seating, and planned to design our own banquette at home.