Themed events: transforming venues, transporting guests
December 1st, 2023
Held to announce an engagement and designed to give guests a luxurious Middle Eastern experience, ABC Fabulous Events bedecked the interior with all manner of decor and details to uphold the theme. The tent was filled with pillows, lounge areas, colorful rugs, decorative chairs and tables, gold cutlery, hookahs and more. Every event offers opportunities […]
Tent cleaning & repair tips
October 1st, 2023
Keeping tents clean and rental-ready sometimes just requires old-school elbow grease and a stiff bristle broom or brush. Photo courtesy of Awning Cleaning Industries/APCO Products. During the busy season, when parties, events, weddings, festivals and so on have kicked into relatively high gear, tents are going out, coming back in and then going out again. […]
Retirement planning: The long road to letting go
August 1st, 2023
The massive 100-by-340-foot tent was installed by Tents For Rent for the Uline Distribution Center, celebrating that company’s employees who sold $1 billion worth of products in a single year. So outstanding was the achievement that Uline executives were flown in for the occasion in two retired Chinook helicopters. Photo courtesy of Tents For Rent […]
Extreme challenges of extreme heat
June 1st, 2023
RIGHT: Held outdoors in August 2020 under a clearspan tent, Marianne’s Rentals had to strategize ways to protect wedding guests (and flowers) from the extreme Oklahoma heat. One strategy used for this reception tent was installing a white top on the tent, removing and replacing it with the clear top before the wedding. Photo courtesy […]
Now you see it, now you don’t
April 1st, 2023
Jaclyn Watson Events enhanced the natural beauty of this Century tent by swagging the ceiling, covering the poles with fabric and greenery and placing twinkle lights overhead. Photo courtesy of photographer Sam Blake and Jaclyn Watson Events. The blank slate that is a tent offers event planners plenty of opportunities to create unforgettable environments and […]
On-trend bar and food stations
December 1st, 2022
Taken after sunset, this shot reveals the dramatic lighting design that served as a backdrop to the stunning cocktail bar that awaited guests at a private wedding reception under a clear-top tent. Planning and design: Evantine Design Inc. Photo courtesy of Dan Chen of Roey Yohai Studios and Evantine Design Inc. After the past several […]
The return of festivals
August 1st, 2022
Revelers crowd the stage at the 2019 Beachlife event held in Redondo Beach, Calif. Choura Events provided a variety of structures for this festival, including those seen off to the side of the stage and VIP tents. After a two-year pandemic pause, the company is seeing a resurgence of festivals, which prior to COVID comprised […]
An Olympian Task
June 1st, 2022
Several volunteers and VIPs at the Beijing Winter Olympics are shown outside the 15-by-30-meter double-decker lounge structure by Liri Modular Structure. Photo courtesy of Liri Modular Structure and Liri Tent US. It would have been a tall order for a less adept company. After all, the job wasn’t only extremely high-profile—the Beijing Winter Olympics—it involved […]
Flooring and staging trends
April 1st, 2022
Weddings began returning in 2021, picking up steam as the year wore on. But now they’re really making a comeback, foretelling a wedding season that could extricate the tent and event rental industry more fully from the doldrums of the past two years. A TF2100 Engineered Tent Floor provided the foundation for this beautiful wedding […]
Workforce challenges and solutions
December 1st, 2021
Workers with L & A Tent & Event Rentals are shown opening fabric for an install. In addition to weddings, the company focuses on the educational, corporate and event segments, and has become more selective about the jobs it accepts due to labor shortages. Photographer: Envious Media Group; photo courtesy of L & A Tent […]