I'm not an expert either, but I'd think you'd have to really pay attention to the joinery that attaches to the feet. My tendency is to over-engineer things, but I could see 2 or 3 boys leaning on one side of that table or people leaning back on a bench and having the joint fail. Again, I have a habit of overdoing things and there are many, many people here with more practical experience than I have. Maybe I'm wrong.