Your Local Design Partner on the Monterey Peninsula.
For the Trade: Learn how we can help support your project.
Introduction
Whether you’re an out-of-town interior designer, builder or architect managing a vacation home project from a distance, or a local design professional who needs support with specific parts of a build, Host House is here to extend your team on California’s Central Coast.
We specialize in furnishing and stocking vacation rentals, second homes, and investment properties. We understand the unique challenges of designing a home your client may only visit a few times a year. And we know the Monterey Peninsula inside and out.
Who This Is For
Out-of-Town Trade Professionals:
With clients purchasing vacation homes in Carmel, Pebble Beach, Monterey, Pacific Grove, or Big Sur.
Local Monterey Peninsula Interior Designers:
Who need stocking, receiving, installation, or showroom support for vacation home projects.
Architects and Builders:
Looking for a furnishing and stocking partner to complete their investment property or vacation home projects.
Property Managers or Vacation Rental Companies:
Who want a design-led approach to preparing and refreshing rental properties.
How We Support Your Projects
Showroom Access
Use our Carmel-by-the-Sea showroom as a local resource for your clients. Experience furniture, finishes, and materials in person on their behalf, or schedule a guided visit together. Our showroom carries furnishings and everyday essentials from brands including Four Hands furniture, Loloi rugs, Pom Pom at Home linens, and hundreds of others.
Trade Ordering at Preferred Pricing.
As a stocking dealer with an active showroom, we access a variety of pricing tiers. We extend preferred pricing to our design partners on furniture, lighting, rugs, bedding, bath linens, and kitchenware from our approved retail lines. We place orders on your behalf, coordinate with vendors, and manage the procurement process locally.
Staging for Vacation Rental Listing Photos
If your client’s vacation home will also be a rental, we stage every room for listing photos that book. We know what photographs well, what guests respond to, and how to style a home that earns five-star reviews from day one. As a design professional, we know you do too, but let us handle the local logistics for you .
Local Knowledge
As a resident for 13 years, I know the Monterey Peninsula. The contractors, the delivery schedules, the building access quirks, the best local vendors. If you’re designing a vacation home in Carmel, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Monterey, or Big Sur from a distance, consider us your local eyes, ears, and boots on the ground.
Home Stocking for Your Projects
Let us handle the everyday essentials your vacation home project needs but you don’t want to source individually. Kitchenware, dinnerware, glassware, bed linens, bath towels, and finishing touches from our curated collection of 160+ independent brands. We stock the home so your client walks into a space that’s fully stocked and ready to enjoy.
Receiving & Installation
We coordinate local deliveries across the Monterey Peninsula, receive furniture and freight shipments, and oversee installation so you don’t need to travel for every delivery. From Carmel to Pebble Beach to Big Sur, we know the access points, the vendors, and the local logistics.
About Host House
Host House was founded by Robin Sevrina Olson, a seasoned professional with 25 years of experience in interior design, retail brand marketing, and event planning and production. What started as a curated home shop on 6th Avenue in Carmel-by-the-Sea has evolved into a full-service design studio and showroom specializing in rental properties and second homes.
We’re an approved retailer for hundreds of brands including Four Hands Furniture, Loloi Rugs, and Pom Pom linens, and also source from smaller unique independent and artisan brands through direct vendor relationships and wholesale partnerships. Our approach is holistic: we don’t just furnish rooms, we prepare entire homes.
Let’s Work Together
To be clear: we're not competing for your clients. We're here to support your projects. Host House operates as an extension of your team, not a replacement for it. We work under your direction, communicate with your clients only when you'd like us to, and your client relationship always stays yours.
Whether you need a full local partner for a vacation home furnishing project or just help with one specific piece, we'd love to connect.
Email us to start a conversation about your project: hello@hosthousecarmel.com
Prefer to talk by phone or Zoom? Email us and we'll set up a time to discuss your project in detail.