We're thinking about justing laying sheets on the ground and putting things on them. Will this work or are there any other ideas? I'm wishing for free & easy.

Also, if you have a couple of trees that are close, you could use a clothesline thingy and hang clothes on it. I've seen sheets used, too. Sometimes I get a bit lazy, though, and hate to bend down. Yes, I'm lazy.lol

Oops! Another thing you might could use is trashcans, turn them upside down, and again, use board, or heavy cardboard to do a makeshift table. Good luck with it!

I have also seen things laid out on sheets. But I haven't done it because we have enough scrap wood to rig up display areas.

I agree with hanging up clothes even baby clothes. I've started buying baby clothes at sales. I hate it when people direct me to a box full of clothes and expect me to to rummage through it. The tables of folded clothes are hard to look at without making a mess. I like to look at stuff and see if it's stained or not.

If you have a problem with the plywood sagging in the middle of the span, would it be possible to find a (large) cardboard box of the right height to hold up the middle? Or even a small stick - it wouldn't take much to hold it in place.

Would a local appliance dealer give you some of the cardboard cartons that the appliances come in? They are made of quite stiff cardboard.

Maybe you could find some boards or pieces of plywood to put between two (or four) of them?

ole joyful