I recently had the opportunity to Stage a "Spec" Home with Rental Furniture. The Builder had always prior to this, spent $60-100k furnishing his models, and quite frankly, was interested in the Staging concept, and just what I could do.  I was a bit nervous to say the least, with the idea of what his expectations would be, and just how I could "pull it all together" with a minimal budget.

First..I made some calls to various rentals in my area, and went with Aarons Furniture, since I had used them in the past. Unfortunately, they do not have an inventory of small scale, and more up to date chairs, so I opted to buy some additional inventory chairs from Overstock.com.

Second.. I called my Friend who owns a furniture store and pleaded with him for a dining table, 6 chairs, entry table, and a side board for the TV that I purchased from Props by IDM. He allowed me to rent from him, if we could keep the "Furniture Name Tags" from his store on the pieces. I then called back the builder to get his approval. Yikes...that was close!

I quickly determined what was left in my inventory that would work for this project ,and moved it all into my living room to see just what else needed to be purchased.  When I got over to the property, it became clear to me that this place "sucked up" all of my inventory, and I needed more. I was off shopping with a list!

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