How to Host the Perfect Playoff Tailgate Party Can you believe it? The NFL playoffs are finally here! Sports fans around the country are gearing up this week to attend or host tailgates and playoff watch parties. As the divisional playoff rounds wrapped up this past weekend, four teams advanced to the AFC & NFC Conference Championship games. This season...

2022 is here! Around the world, people hosted New Year's Eve parties with friends and families to ring in the new year. Guests gathered around kitchens and entertainment rooms, munching on savory treats and desserts while they watched the iconic ball drop live on television.  Due to the changes in society over the last couple of years, many are worried...

Let’s Learn How to Stake a Party Tent Correctly It’s arguably the most important safety lesson a party tent owner can learn. Knowing how to stake a tent the right way—the safe way—is crucial. And thankfully, there isn’t really much to it. Staking a party tent correctly is a simple matter of understanding angles and how to use the proper...

What Materials are Tarps Made of? Tarps (or tarpaulins) come in just about every size, shape, and color imaginable. There are countless styles and designs of tarpaulins on the market today. So the question we’re going to tackle in this article—what are tarps made of?—doesn’t really have a simple, straightforward answer. Not that that’s going to keep us from answering...

How Much is a Folding Table? And Where Can You Buy Them? Folding tables and folding chairs are must-have items for anyone organizing backyard parties. And that’s especially true if you’re someone who, like many of our customers, hosts these shindigs often. But where can you buy a folding table? How much do they cost, and how often will you...

Tarp Colors Aren’t Just Aesthetic. They Impact Temperature, Too It’s a hot and sunny summer day, and your backyard barbecue will be kicking off in a few hours. You’ve got several coolers filled with ice, food, and beverages, and you want to provide them with some shade. You’ve got two tarps to choose from: one black, the other silver. Will...

Let’s Learn How to Make a Portable Dance Floor Note: This article talks about tiled portable dance floors, like the ones we sell here at PTD. It doesn’t discuss portable marley dance floors, but explains how to make a portable dance floor with tiles that snap together. Nothing gets the party popping quite like a portable dance floor. Just fire...

Considering Buying a Tarp? Let’s Find Out What They Cost As a homeowner, there are certain tools and other items that prove themselves to be essential. And tarps, or tarpaulins, definitely fit that description. But how much is a tarp? Are they expensive? And is their price justified? The value of a high quality tarp simply can’t be overstated. From...

Are Tarps Waterproof? And How Useful are They Around the House? Are tarps waterproof? That’s a very popular question, and it unfortunately doesn’t have a simple answer. With so many different styles of tarps on the market today, it’s frankly impossible to give this question a quick and easy response. So here’s the short version: It depends on the tarp...

Hand Truck Basics: What is a Hand Truck and What Does it Do? It’s moving day. All of your belongings are carefully stowed away in big cardboard boxes, ready to be loaded into the back of your rental truck. Your friend then turns to you and asks where the hand truck is. Wait, what? What is a hand truck? You...