The Most Stylish and Sustainable Furniture Rental Companies to Try This Earth Month

There’s been a boom in online furniture rental companies lately. These are sites where, instead of buying items like chairs, beds, and couches outright, you have the option to pay month-by-month, and, if you wish, eventually return your items. Why? Some of it has to do with lifestyle. The Gen-Z and millennial generation, especially those in urban areas, are predominately renters, making a flexible arrangement with furniture a must as they navigate new apartments. Then, there’s the financial benefits: paying over time for a big ticket furniture item is often more feasible, especially for those early on in their careers. (An added bonus? You can also explore different interior design styles.) But there’s one reason that’s becoming stronger than ever: it’s sustainable.

A 2022 report by the American Society of Interior Designers found that over half of consumers were willing to change their purchasing behavior “to help reduce negative environmental impact.” Renting furniture is to participate in the circular economy: when you’re done with a piece, instead of tossing it into a landfill  because it doesn’t fit in your new place or is no longer your style—which many do: the E.P.A estimated that Americans threw out 12.1 million tons of furniture in 2018—you simply give it back. Then, it is given another life with someone else, and perhaps where they’re done with it, someone else again. And while re-selling or sourcing on your own can be quite the hassle, most furniture rental companies have white glove delivery service and set up—meaning fewer figurative (and literal) loose screws.

This Earth Month, many are taking a moment to reflect on how, exactly, they can live with a lower impact on the environment. With that in mind, Vogue decided to round up our favorite online furniture rental companies, below. 

The female-founded ZZ Driggs offers contemporary, collectible, and antique furniture for purchase or rent (including pieces by iconic designers like Philippe Starck and Jean Prouvé). Their offerings are impeccably curated and impossibly chic: think art deco table lamps, kilim rugs, jewel-tone couches and more.

Better yet is that it’s B-corp certified, which means it meets the highest levels for social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency standards.