Problem: I didn't have anything for patio furniture and needed a table for a party that we were throwing. Needed something rather big but didn't want to settle for a plain picnic table. I wanted a transforming table that would change into benches. Seen a number of plans online but wanted to merge a couple designs. I liked the floating board look of one design. I had issues with the single bench design, but might come back to it down the line. I needed something that could take some weight as some of our families are, lets say, big boned.