Home Essentials — Fine furnishings since 1997, made in Kremenets

Our Story

From Hong Kong to Kremenets

Home Essentials was founded in 1997 in Hong Kong by Chris Exline. The idea came from a simple question on a trip to Singapore: watching expat friends taxed on a $5,000 electronics allowance they couldn't take home, he asked — why not just rent it? There was nowhere for an expat to rent a television. So he built it. Over two decades the business grew into the furniture-rental house of choice across 21 countries.

Today that same international standard is built in our own factory in Kremenets, Ukraine — mattresses, bed frames, wardrobes and headboards made in-house, not imported and rebadged. Every mattress ships with our flagship Trident protector: fully waterproof yet breathable, with a silent membrane and a soft terry-cotton top.

"A good home shouldn't depend on how long you're staying — or how much you want to carry with you when you leave."

What We Make

Made to an international standard, made locally

Mattresses, solid-wood furniture and the Trident protector — all built in our Kremenets workshop, to order.

We sell: mattresses · beds and bed frames · wardrobes · nightstands · headboards · mattress protectors · bedding and home goods.

You can buy them outright, rent them by the month, or pay in interest-free instalments. This site is where you read about them — to order, you talk to the store.

Mattresses

Orthopedic pocket-spring, motion-isolating memory foam, and a firm coconut-coir kids mattress — each made to order in Kremenets.

Made in-house

Solid-wood furniture

Solid-oak platform beds, nightstands, upholstered linen headboards and wardrobes, built by our own craftsmen.

Built by hand

The Trident protector

Fully waterproof yet breathable, with a silent membrane and terry-cotton top. Quieter and far more durable than a plastic cover. Washable at 60°C.

Our flagship

Buy · Rent · Instalments

A good bed shouldn't depend on your circumstances

The rental model we perfected over 20 years abroad — now offered at home, alongside the ways that suit every family.

Buy

Own it outright

Made to order in Kremenets and delivered to your door.

Rent

By the month

Furnish-a-Room bundles or a single mattress — delivered, set up, swappable, and rent can be credited toward a purchase.

Instalments

0% over time

Interest-free plans — a simple two-page agreement. No bank, no credit check.

Come and see

Visit the workshop and stores

We're a small team that answers our own messages. Come try a mattress, see the furniture, or ask about rental and instalments.

Flagship store & factory — Kremenets, Ternopil oblast, Ukraine

Online — homeessentials.net · ukrainefurniturerental.com

Each store is its own shop — its own team, its own stock, its own local group. Ask the store nearest you.

Open now · since May 2023

Kremenets

The flagship store and the factory. Everything we make is built here — so this is the one place you can see the whole range and how it's made.

Here: mattresses · beds · wardrobes · nightstands · headboards · Trident protectors · home goods. 0% instalments.

Opening the 31st

Borshchiv

Our next store, and the second in Ternopil oblast — its own team and its own stock, opened as a corporate citizen of the town.

Here: the core range — mattresses, beds and protectors — with anything else made to order in Kremenets.

Opening August 20

Berezhany

The third store in our Ukraine expansion, with a Family Day to open it.

Here: the core range, plus the rental bundles for anyone furnishing a place they don't own.