Puzzle Peas

We just use lightweight cookie sheets. The ones with sides so that we don't have to worry about them slipping off, LOL. We have six- all the same size so that they stack nicely. We only use four of them for a 1000 piece puzzle, but use all six when we do a 1500 or 2000 piece.

And we just use our dining room table for puzzling. A 3x3 foot piece of backing board for working the puzzle itself and then the six cookie sheets.. makes it easy to move off the table if needed. (We only need to the few times a year that we have guests as we always eat in front of the TV when it's just us.)

I use a puzzle board like this one.  It’s great although one cat does think it’s another bed for him.    It has a number of extra boards and I spread the puzzle over them as I sort it but it’s easy enough to fold them away mid-puzzle and store somewhere else.   

I have a bazillion stack & sort trays. And 4 puzzle portfolio cases so that I can just close them up and carry them to wherever I want to do the puzzle.

Puzzle board

We use a set of stacking trays I found on Amazon. Our puzzle is created on a card table.

I have these:


www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Games-Puzzle-Sorting-Trays/dp/B08DD9XFC9/ref=sr_1_7?crid=5OLKPJZOL13A&keywords=puzzle+trays&qid=1707408245&sprefix=puzzle+trays%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-7

But you can't fit 1,000 in one set.. but you should be able to in two sets or close to it.  They are cheap and I like having them instead of pieces all over the table.. to messy for my eyes.. I don't have a separate room (I use our kitchen table).  I want (NEED) one of those puzzle boards that spin!! 

i just this morning ordered a 4' x 2' foldable table with adjustable leg heights. i will use it over the chaise portion of my couch.
also, my sister and i have been buying the cute little test tube puzzles with tiny pieces. put together they are only 4x6". they're cute and fun and don't take up much room.

I have some boxes(6) from puzzles that I've Mod-Podged, we sort into those. We work puzzles on an old self-healing mat (it's old, 36 x 30, and I've taped it with clear packing tape in areas that are cracked) for the 1000 piece puzzles-works great and can move puzzle if needed. For larger puzzles, I put one of my larger mats (40 x 60) over the table to work on the puzzle. I like using the gridded mats to orient the puzzles, and can move them from the table if needed.

I have this puzzle table
My go-to puzzle is 1000 pieces, but I bought the bigger table because some of the White Mountain 1000 piece puzzles are pretty large and wouldn't have fit on the smaller table when finished.
It has 6 drawers, 4 large and 2 small. These, plus the cover, are key to my sanity with a cat in the house. I use the puzzle table on top of a card table.