Furniture rental: a guide to design for hire
Furniture rental: a guide to design for hire
Meet the entrepreneurs and stylists making furniture for hire a fun, eclectic and sustainable design experience
Over time, our needs change, our tastes change, our space changes. ‘I believe in well made, well designed furniture, but “forever furniture” can be quite a weight,’ says Henrietta Thompson, Wallpaper editor-at-large and co-founder of Harth, a curated marketplace for pre-owned design, specialising in furniture rental. Founded in 2018, Harth’s mission is ‘to bring the circular economy to interiors and encourage a new system that delivers better outcomes for people and the environment’.
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The largest quite literally marker of style now isn t so much about what you wear, but rather what you re sitting on. Expensive Italian furniture, especially those pieces designed by the melodic names for sale on 1stdibs are not new, but the cult of the It sofa is. Which particular lounger you choose (for those lucky few who have access to such things) speaks volumes. And it better, because these babies cost about as much as a car. To be fair,
the furniture seems to actually appreciate in value.
It should come as no surprise that interiors have taken the stylish lead in a year spent at home where the sofa has become the coffee spot, work desk, and Netflix perch all in one leather- or fabric-covered mass. People simply care more about their spaces the more time they spend in them and spend looking at other spaces on their phones in them, according to Maggie Holladay, founder of Claude Home. There s a huge influx in interest in interior design and furniture right now, it
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The largest quite literally marker of style now isn t so much about what you wear, but rather what you re sitting on. Expensive Italian furniture, especially those pieces designed by the melodic names for sale on 1stdibs are not new, but the cult of the It sofa is. Which particular lounger you choose (for those lucky few who have access to such things) speaks volumes. And it better, because these babies cost about as much as a car. To be fair,
Abi Omole and her olive tree at Studio Arva: N1.
Throughout the pandemic summer, London-based creative Abisola Omole spent her days sourcing vintage pieces like a Vico Magistretti Maralunga sofa that she reupholstered in a cream-colored bouclé from Bute Fabrics. The plush, inviting couch now lives among burgundy leather Marcel Breuer Wassily chairs, an Italian travertine coffee table, and DIY expanding foam mirrors in Abi’s new Studio Arva: N1.
The highly curated flat serves as a showroom for her interior design firm, as well as a rentable location for photo shoots and private gatherings. With its neutral tones and trendy textures, the Instagrammable space is as much a reflection of Abi’s 12-year-long digital career as it is a product of it. “I’ve always been around technology, so I think it naturally is a part of my thinking,” she explains. “I’m very conscious of what does work and how people will react online.”
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