ABODA Furnishings in Redmond, a retail and rental outlet for gently used furnishings previously used in ABODA Corporate Housing suites, is celebrating its 10th year of supplying high-quality, stylish furnishings for lease or purchase at hundreds of dollars off retail.

In addition, ABODA has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars of its furnishings and housewares to various nonprofit charities, disaster relief organizations and local families in need.

Through aggressive pricing, charitable contributions and recycling efforts, ABODA has also reduced its carbon footprint by keeping furnishings and housewares that can no longer be used in corporate apartments out of landfills. In doing so, ABODA is able to recycle more than 95 percent of the waste created in its warehouses.

From donating and shipping containers of furnishings to assist families in need after Hurricane Katrina, to donating full furnishings for the families who lost everything in the 2011 New Year’s Eve Sammamish Ridge apartment fires, ABODA steps up and gives where it can.

ABODA also works with Way Back Inn and furnishes a home yearly for them, has furnished fifteen homes for the International District Housing Alliance, has donated hundreds of TVs to raise money for the American Cancer society and more.

“Aside from the local market it’s been fascinating to see how creating value for people has far-reaching effects,” said ABODA Senior Vice President Marilyn Kempter. “We have people who buy from us for retirement or second homes and then drive the furnishing to their new homes in Palm Springs or across the country. One woman even bought furniture for her family’s castle in Prague and shipped it there because we offered a better selection and value than she could get in Poland.”