17 August 2026 · 4 min read

A serpentine table layout for 110 guests

One of the prettiest wedding layouts mixes serpentine tables with a few round ones. The serpentines form two waving columns, the round tables sit on the centre line, and the head table closes the top.

It leaves a clear central aisle, everyone faces inwards, and the room gets movement without becoming confusing.

Aerial photograph of a wedding on a lawn: four runs of serpentine tables in two columns, two round tables on the centre line and the head table at the top. — The same layout, seen from above and drawn in Vowly. The two columns mirror each other and open towards the head table; the round tables sit on the centre line.

A wedding floor plan in Vowly: an S-shaped head table, four runs of serpentine tables in two mirrored columns and two round tables on the centre line, with 110 seats filled. — The same layout, seen from above and drawn in Vowly. The two columns mirror each other and open towards the head table; the round tables sit on the centre line.

The numbers behind this plan

Table	How many	Seats
Head table, S-shaped	1	2
Serpentine 2.50 m / 69°, both sides	16	80
Round Ø 2.40 m	2	28
Total	19	110

The serpentines are grouped into four runs of four segments. Each run seats 20 people, ten on each side.

The floor space it needs

This plan needs a room or a lawn of roughly 16.6 by 32 metres — a little over 530 square metres, including the passage around the chairs.

Always allow 90 cm of clear space behind every seated guest. That is what a person needs to walk behind a pulled-out chair, and it is what the waiters need to serve.

Why this layout works

The central aisle lets service reach both ends of every run, so nobody has to cover the same ground twice.
The round tables on the axis break the rhythm and are the natural place for a group who all know each other — one family, the old friends.
The head table is visible from every seat, which is the whole point of a layout like this.
Seating both sides of the serpentines nearly doubles capacity without making the room longer.

If you have more or fewer guests

90 guests: drop one run of serpentines.
130 guests: add a run, or swap one round table for two.
Under 70: a single column of serpentines and one round table is enough, and the room can be much shorter.

Plan your room in Vowly

This plan was drawn in Vowly. You set the size of the room, drag the tables into place, and put every guest in their seat.

Every shape is in the bar: round, oval, square, rectangular, long, half-moon and serpentine. For a serpentine you pick the curve — open, medium or tight — or type the exact size your rental company stocks.

The Vowly seating plan open: a bar of table shapes, serpentine sizes, and the floor plan with 19 tables and 110 guests seated. — The tool from the inside: shapes along the top, serpentine sizes below them, and the plan with all 110 guests already seated.

At the end you export a scaled PDF for the venue, with every table and every seat named. When someone cancels, you change one name and the plan follows.