FF&E Logistics
FF&E logistics for designers, retailers and manufacturers.
Receiving, storage, transportation and installation for furniture, fixtures and equipment across the Puget Sound — from the first vendor shipment to the finished room.
The problem
FF&E does not arrive when the site is ready.
Building materials turn up when they are needed. FF&E turns up when each vendor happens to ship it, and lead times on one project routinely run from two weeks to nine months. That leaves a stream of unrelated deliveries converging on a space that is not ready for any of them.
Without a receiving point
Freight lands on the job site
Cartons stacked in a space still under construction, signed for by whoever happens to be there, with no record of what arrived or in what condition.
Without a receiving point
Damage surfaces on install day
Concealed damage is found when the packaging finally comes off — often after the carrier’s claim window has closed and long past the point of reordering.
Without a receiving point
Nobody holds the inventory
Tracking what has landed and what is outstanding means ringing six vendors, because no single list exists.
Without a receiving point
Install becomes many days
Pieces trickle in and get placed as they appear, with packaging waste and assembly happening in a finished space.
What we handle
The middle of the project.
Receiving
Shipments arrive at our Kent warehouse, are matched to the project and purchase order, and recorded on arrival.
Inspection
Items are unwrapped to the agreed scope, checked and photographed. Damage and shortages are documented and reported.
Storage
Held by project, labelled, and visible with photographs through the client portal until the space is ready.
Transportation
Scheduled delivery across the Puget Sound, planned around the item, the access and the level of service agreed.
Installation
Placed to the drawings by our own crews, assembled where the scope includes it, with packaging removed.
Who it is for
Residential, commercial and retail FF&E.
Interior designers
Multi-vendor residential and commercial projects consolidated at one address, held to the install date, and delivered as one coordinated day.
Retail and hospitality
Fit-out packages received and staged ahead of opening, so the space is not storing its own furniture during construction.
Manufacturers and reps
A Puget Sound receiving and delivery point for freight that cannot go straight to an end customer.
What to send us
Three things get a project started.
What is shipping
Vendors, approximate piece count, and the first expected ship date.
Where it is going
Destination city, and anything known about access — stairs, lift, dock, parking, ferry.
When you need it
A target install date, even a rough one. A date that is known and wrong beats no date at all.
Not sure what counts as FF&E? We wrote a guide to where the line falls.
Get started
Tell us what is shipping.
Send the project details and we will come back with pricing and the dates we can hold.
(206) 550-1848 · info@stridenw.com · Kent, WA