How to furnish your airbnb like a pro and a few shopping secrets

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[AndrewThronImprovements]

Beer, cocktails, wine, Heroin..

Boy.. that escalated quickly 🤣

[dottyjyoung]

There's a warehouse in Baltimore that buys furniture from 5-star hotels, sells it to 2 & 3 star hotels, & offers the rest to the public, super inexpensively. I bought lamps, cushions, & a media console, from them last week, for $130 total. 😍 I painted the media console today, & will finish it tomorrow.

[PaxPixie]

If you're not "design inclined" then I suggest reaching out to a local Home Stager or you can do a remote consult with a stager who does Airbnb staging. It may cost you $2-300 but they will likely save you thousands by avoiding mistakes and also providing insight into where to shop locally to get the best deals. If you're a crafty person you can also make your own art so it's custom to the home. I'm a Home Stager and I love helping people get the most out of their short-term rental. One idea I LOVE is doing a string-art piece in the shape of the state your rental is in or an iconic landmark in the area (if it has a great outline). No artistic talent involved. Just paint or stain a 2-3 foot board whatever color you want and then draw an outline, hammer some nails in 1-2 inches apart around the outline and then start wrapping string or twine around the nails. If you do the shape of a state you can put a nail in the spot where your city/town is and have the strings all wrap around that so all of the strings are "radiating" from your location. Great, cheap way to add color and personality to your space.

[DestinationRetirement]

All my guests in my Air bnb in Mexico comment that they love that I have real furniture and real art and it's not Ikea like furniture and ugly canvas art. It makes a difference in bookings and it shows in my reviews.

[valeriehasti]

First: We truly love and appreciate all your videos, personality and guidance! Husband and I are taking all your advice to heart and currently converting 4 bedrooms in our home and a tiny house on our property for Air BnB. Using your shopping list for guidance. Was just ready to order mattress for one of the bedrooms and was going to purchase the Zinus mattress you recommended. Me, being me.. I had to research first and grateful that I did. The Zinus mattress contains fiberglass and tons of news stories, youtubes and articles outlining the horrific stories of health issues etc. because of fiberglass. I'm so relieved I researched first! We won't be purchasing anything that contains fiberglass. Pretty certain you had no idea & would appreciate the heads up. Not sure what we'll purchase, but will spend much more time to research to ensure the mattress is not a health hazard. Again, we think you are awesome and appreciate your video's bar none!

[DawnOldham]

I’m following your advice in so many areas of our brand new airbnb, and things are going very well! We’ve had two people stay the past week and a half for 4-5 nights each. The one thing I bought and do NOT like are the IKEA cotton sheets you recommended. Even after washing them twice with fabric softener, they feel like fine sand paper. I had to overnight from Amazon, and thankfully the bamboo sheets we now have are wonderful. Maybe the sheets have changed since you made this video? Just a heads up. Thank you for your great content! I’ve been watching since you were still in your first year, so your growth has been astounding! Congratulations!

[maverickf]

I just want you to know that most of your views on this video are me watching this over and over again. I appreciate this video SO much and it is also quite entertaining.

[Keefus]

We open up our doors next week! Renting out the upstairs with airbnb. So stoked! Thanks Rob!

[jenovermoyer]

I wish I had watched this before buying my place. I managed to find a furniture store local to my airbnb that was able to deliver day after closing! Everything else was purchased off of wayfair at Costco and even a trip to World Market. Glad to know you like the ruggable rugs. My husband is obsessed with them. We bought our place in November and it's going live in about 3 more weeks (delays with the sleeper sofa for the den/game room. I wasn't sure about fake plants but I may have to give in to them. One thing that will not go into my airbnb are those horrible signs with fake inspiration quotes! I sure hope people enjoy our property but refrain from doing heroin. Wish me luck!

[alexandramargo]

I manage multiple Airbnb's in Miami. We have this one property of 8 1-bedroom units. They're tiny but still a great size. We found it hard to find a nice couch that fit in the units well and ended up building a wooden frame that fits two twin beds in an L shape. We got thick fitted linen sheets and really big comfy pillows and now it looks just like a sectional minus the arms. It's great because we can sleep more guests and we don't have to worry about guests ruining the couch since we can just replace the fitted sheet if need be and we can play around with the colors to make all the units unique. However, we have found that it does cost around the same price as a couch to make with some added effort. Once it's done it looks so cool though.

[SlackerWannaB]

Rob, you are always one of the most entertaining personalities on YouTube!

[chrisparker]

Arguably the single highest value YouTube channel I've ever watched. Thank you.

[loganrosenbeck]

Please give us a video of the actual process of setting up an Airbnb! My husband and I have done one so far and we’d love some tips on how to do our next one more efficiently! Thank you so much for all the helpful videos, we love your channel (and sense of humor!)

[CKism]

I have been very happy with sheets I have bought from Costco as well as the towels. They also have good kitchen stuff.

[lailaatallah]

Soooo fantastic, Rob! I have wondered about this for ages and it seems like no one else on YouTube shares specific retailers. Very helpful to learn the typical cost per foot and total cost, too.

[cgreatthings]

People in Watson, OK need to see this. There are cabins going in like crazy specifically for STRs and lots of people have no idea how to make their cabin stand out.

[GetItWithBecca]

Nice content Rob! We are furnishing our fifth Airbnb rental right now. I know exactly what you're referring to when you mention starting off with a smaller budget, which consistently grows with each new listing. We started off with an anchovy budget which became caviar taste. 🤣
Additionally, the house we are furnishing is twice as big as any of our other properties so thinking per square-foot is great advice. We are currently almost double over our budget, because we did not factor this in.

[maryannwildcat]

Literally started my online shopping list two days ago for my Airbnb and here I am! So happy you made this and going to check out the list you provided as well 👍🏽

[blaf]

This is one of the more useful videos you’ve put out sir — Appreciate you.

[jessicabixler]

Some of the best furniture that I own is used. Someone else bought the expensive stuff then I fixed it up (that is my current living- rehabbing frniture) so cheap and beautiful and durable.

Target cotton sheets stay on!