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

Download my Airbnb shopping list 👇🏽👇🏽 www.robuiltchannel.com/host-camp-shopping-list

Beer, cocktails, wine, Heroin.. Boy.. that escalated quickly 🤣

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.

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.

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.

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 👍🏽

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

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

Great video! I love Airbnbs for their furnishings! Even if we aren't going to start an airbnb business, these are good resources for our own homes. Thanks for sharing!

We love your content and are working on our first bnb... Thanks for all the work and time it takes to share this stuff 👍

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

Arguably the single highest value RU-vid channel I've ever watched. Thank you.

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.

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

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!

Your videos are always fun and insightful. I find myself laugh a lot while watching your videos.

You’re hilarious while at the same time very helpful. I just found you and love every video I’ve watched so far.

The heroin joke happened a minute ago and I am still laughing. Nice work Rob.

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!

Glad to have found this video - working on a cost analysis for setup of an Airbnb. Some good nuggets in the video. Great stuff per usual!

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!

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 sooooo 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!

I loveee your videos!!!! You are sooo reliable!

Thank you so much for this insanely helpful video. Thank you for being so generous with your experience (and time)

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.

Thank you for your leadership. I wish you even greater success.

I totally resonated with that comment on how as an Airbnb host of multiple units you end up realizing a lot of furniture pieces are nicer than what's in your own home LOL. I always try my best to "rotate" where if I know I need to buy something for a unit I will check to see if something from my own home can go to the unit so I get the new piece of furniture or decor... but it's hard to compete with yourself when money is involved hahaha. Just bought the structube versailles king bed for my most recent unit... meanwhile id LOVE that as my own since my current bed frame is a bit dated and not airbnb worthy. The thing is... buying myself all of these dreamy pieces of furniture/decor for personal use wont make me that cash money baby!!! I need that cash to build more units ;)

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.

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.

Dude I love all your ideas and your videos. I used to work for one of the best furniture companies that still stand behind their products by fixing or replacing whatever you buy for the rest of your lifetime and they have been around for a hundred plus years. Find a Flexsteel and set up an appointment regarding furnishing your businesses.

Liked it before I even watched. Thank you for your content ❤️

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!)

It was the heroin for me LMBO......Man I just love you! Setting up my first airbnb for next year now, and so appreciate you and your channel this whole year....."You complete me"....LOL

Great video! This was super helpful! Now I just need to make sure I control myself because I LOVE to decorate!

What a great video! You’re SO helpful and also super funny! Thanks!😊

This list helped me out so much!! Thank you!

Bro you’re hilarious when you said what people are in the living room splurging on I lost it. Good content, I’m getting started now

Thank you thank you thank you! This guy is Amazing!!! Really answered so many questions that I had

Great video, Rob!

Just found your helpful videos and love your ideas! Thank you!

Thanks Rob! Love your content Brotha. 👍🏻🙂

Love your content!

Amazing content, Rob! I dunno how you do it. If school was anything like this, an A- would be a myth.👍👍

Bro, I was just about to search how to stage and where to buy furniture. This is so helpful! 👍

Checklist is clutch! Thanks for Sharing!

This was such a great video. I put it on replay

Im a long term furnished renter (Canada), considering moving a couple units to ABNB. However good info here for sure. my 2 cents. I do use some Ikea furniture, Klippan leather couches, some beds with storage, Ikea mattress with bed bug covers, then mattress protector on top of that. Also glasses and dishses, we buy extra for breakage. Will try the zinus or similar brand next thanks. Bedding was originally costco, but now buy Bed in a box from amazon everything included, micro fiber sheets guest love em. After my year long lease we clean and donate to shelters with costco white towels. structube is another furniture place in Canada as well as home sense. Costco pans, utensils and consumables, blankets and pillows, coffee pods for welcome basket. Dollar stores are great for small consumables for welcome basket as well, soaps etc. Art and Chatch ( decor stuff) is critical so place looks properly filled up. Note setting up a unit is like moving, it takes a few days, and is a process. As you get to where you think you are done, you will want to add or move items around. its several trips to final install. I have also standardized on may items, dishes, glasses, kitchen stuff etc. GET GREAT PHOTOS AND VIDEO IF POSSIBLE, IF A VERY HIGH END UNIT WE DO 3 D WALK AROUNDS. ONE EXTRA DAY OF RENTAL PAYS FOR THAT AND IT REMOVES MANY OF THE QUESTIONS. THANKS AGAIN

I don't have an Airbnb but you are hilarious! Definitely star quality!

Just subscribed to your channel. Will be starting at the end of my tenants lease. Thank you for your videos

Great content as always Rob #TeamHostCamper

lol! love how you casually slide "heroin" in that list of living room activities 🤣🤣🤣

So much sense making in this video.

Who would dislike this??? - Thanks for another great vid Rob!

8:25 "Cocktails, wine, heroin" 🤣 I can't be the only one who picked that up

Just finished my first one! Photographers spent the night this weekend!

Love this video! Thanks for the info!!

Thank you for this!

Beautifully done. Thank you!

I agree that is a really nice couch I became fond of it thru the video I'm going to go rent your airbnb just to sit on it.

Totalmente de acuerdo, tiene sentido. Saludos Roger Erosa

I was SO disappointed with Ikeas sheets, they felt like sand paper and I have to replace all 5 beds.. twice the work YUK

I normally never comment. Thank you for this. I feel more confident on my journey.

OMGoodness! Rob!!! They might have some wine, A Beer, some HEROIN. WoW!!! Now, I know to make sure I include No Smoking or Drugs, in all of my rentals.

LOL the moment you cried on the nice article leather couch. it's true my room is filled with ikea stuff yet my rental property will be fill with westelm stuff

I absolutely love this video.

Best channel ever!!!!!

You have such a great sense of humour! Thank you for making me laugh while I am WMAO 😂

so funny and informative, you should have your own show 🥰

Great video! Thanks.

Yessss....I was just Googling tips for styling, decorating, and furnishing my STR and all the content I found was awful. Thanks for this.

I actually sleep on a Zinus mattress and frame, and love it.

Ughhh such good content

Caveat here - you don't want to buy things on wayfair generally. Anything with veneer is going to have durability issues compared to solid wood. You get scratches and dents and peeling that can't be fixed as easily as wood. Zinus bed frames are awesome value & durability.

8:28 😱😅🤭🤣 I caught that but I did have to replay it to make sure lol 😂

Thanks Rob 👍

This video is amazing. Thanks very much

Wow! Love this video! I've come back to watch it several times over while I'm in the process of furnishing my airbnb because there are so many good recs. I requested the shopping list and see that the link points to a microfiber sheet set from amazon but the video recommends 100% cotton sheets from Ikea... Would you be willing to share your Ikea sheet set preference? Thanks!

Amazing Video. So informative

Thanks man!! 🙌🏽

Really enjoy the tips, but loved the pop culture references 🤩

This vid made me subscribe AND turn on notifications.

you snuck alot of funny shit in there! heroine.... golden corral.... ross's and more great vid~

😂 perfect timing

I would be interested in seeing a video of you physically setting up an Airbnb. It’s interesting listening to where and what you buy, but I guess I need more visuals, and would love to see actual pictures of some of your investments, purchases, etc. Thanks!

I feel like you issued a challenge to make my house as nice as my not-yet-existing short term rentals. 😂 For a beer, cocktail but not the heroin 😂

“…cocktails, wine, heroin….” 🤣

Great ideas!

Thank you! You rock!

Thanks Rob 👌

"Better to buy nice than thrice" that just hit different... 😎

What are your thoughts about leather vs fabric sofas for an airbnb unit?

I’m actually want the list to do my own place. Lol!

“Coffee, wine, heroine” 🤣

Thanks for the video! Pretty helpful overview. I have a question though, you said you purchased steak from Costco for your Airbnb? Do you usually stock your refrigerator with food for your guests?

awesome video thanks, I went to amazon for the matresss zinus but they have several. Which one do you buy?

could you make a video on setting up a glamping bathroom?

So fun and funny. Thanks for the download too! Would love to know the full price for your list.

This was so helpful. I have a question--given your experience, would you ever consider AirBnB your primary residence (instead of selling it when moving nearby)?

Thanks rob

Hi Rob, thanks for your greast content. Do you have a list of stores that are in Canada thay would be good to purchase from, besides IKEA and Costco. Specifically reasonably prices couches and chairs. Thanks.