We’ll be making some modest improvements to our beloved little farmhouse and soon sharing the Farmette with visitors! If you are looking for a convenient and charming respite from the chaos of traffic and people, stay tuned as we embark on this journey and follow along as we get ready for our temporary move into our Villa Smith Haymarket House!
CONSULTATION All clients must have an event date and venue booked prior to booking a one-on-one consultation. Site visits and venue walk-throughs are available with your rental order. Complimentary in-studio design consultations are available.
RESERVATION All reservations require a 50% non-refundable deposit upon reserving the items, along with a signed agreement, signed invoice and credit card on file. We accept payment by cash, check, Visa, Amex & MasterCard. Please note: a quote or proposal is not guaranteed until paymeis received.
DELIVERY The delivery service includes the time and labor involved in packing the truck prior to the event, driving to the venue, delivering all items on order, setting up all large items according to floor plan, driving back to showroom, returning to venue to pick up items following the event, driving back to showroom, and time and labor to unload truck and place items back into our warehouse showroom. Our delivery services ensure that all large items (tables, chairs, furniture) are set in place according to a floor plan or direction provided. It does NOT include styling of small rentals such as tabletop items or other decor. Styling services must be reserved separately. Delivery services generally range between $150 and $450 within regularly serviced areas in DC and Northern Virginia and are based on distance traveled, size of the order, labor involved, times requested for delivery/pickup, and venue restrictions.
OUTDOOR USE We love our rentals being used outdoors. However, we must have a plan in case of rain. The backup rain plan is because we do not EVER want to have to charge our clients for rain or water damage to our vintage rentals. Backup rain plan must be established prior to the date of the event, and rain call must be made prior to LBL rentals & Designers scheduled arrival. Rentals may never be left outside overnight.
DAMAGES The Client assumes all responsibility for any damages that occur to rental items at their event and agrees to pay the pre-established replacement value in order to replace the damaged item. If a spill of any kind can be professionally cleaned, the client will only be charged the professional cleaning fee. Damages include, but are not limited to: cigarette or cigar smell, spills, water damage, chips, cracks, and tears. La Bella Luce will send an invoice for any damage, cleaning, or repair fees within seven business days of the event. Client has option to submit the balance of the invoice via the accepted method of choice. The credit card on file will be billed if no alternate method of payment is chosen.
STYLED SHOOTS & WEDDING SHOWS We love participating in styled shoots & wedding shows. Due to the high demand of both we do require a minimum fee.
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Once you’ve chosen a date and booked a venue, contact us so we can schedule a call or a visit to discuss your event. While not the only factor, your venue is a big part of determining which pieces will be right for you, and of course the date is important so we can make sure your favorites are available. You should also head over to our Squirrel Stash page and make a wish list so we can get an idea of the pieces you like. We have WAY more than what’s on our site so don’t be discouraged if you don’t see what you’re looking for.
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You can rent a month in advance or a year in advance! It doesn’t matter, as long as we and the items are available. For peace of mind, we recommend reserving your favorites as soon as you know you want to work with us, because with vintage, there’s usually one of a kind!
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Yes, charges for delivery are determined by distance to the venue and quantity of items rented. For most of Loudoun, Fauquier, Prince William, and Fairfax, delivery fees begin at $195 and Pick-up fees begin at $195. For DC, Maryland, Orange and Frederick County, delivery fees begin at $270. The more stuff you choose, the less you’re paying per item to deliver, so it’s best to pick more stuff! At this time, we do not pick up at night, so we require written approval from your venue to pick up the morning after your event. As the company owner, Rosanna accompanies and participates in every delivery and every pickup, ensuring a seamless and timely experience.
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Our warehouse is located up a long flight of stairs, making the pickup and loading of furniture, especially sofas and buffets, very precarious and labor-intensive. We work with a great team of professional movers that is familiar with the particulars of transporting antique furniture so that our squirrel stash collection may last another 100 years. We do occasionally make exceptions and allow pickup of small decor items such as candlesticks, lanterns, chairs, small signs. A $75 Will Call Fee applies to all pick-up orders.
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Yes, we require a $1,500 non-refundable deposit along with a signed agreement and credit card on file in order to reserve your initial selection for your event date. The items you select are not reserved until deposit and Lease are received. We accept payment via Venmo, check, or credit card. All credit card transactions are subject to a 3.75% additional fee.
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We generally recommend renting at least $1,500 of decor to maximize the value of the delivery and pickup fees. The more items you rent, the less it costs per item to deliver/pick up and the greater the impact of the vignettes. Additional fees include Delivery, Pickup, Chandelier Installation, and Styling/Design if applicable, as well as 6% VA state taxes.
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Much like the inspirational photos you see on wedding blogs and in magazines, we put together our furniture and decor so that it looks gorgeous both in person and in photos. Styling is the suggestion of pieces, placement, curation, knowing which pieces to select of the hundreds available in our collection, and making everything look beautiful for your wedding, event, or photo shoot. It’s knowing exactly where every last detail needs to be placed and which elements don’t belong.
If you already have an idea of some the pieces you want to use, or the overall look and atmosphere that you’d like to achieve, you can put your trust in us to navigate through the Squirrel Stash, and even your own personal pieces to make that happen. In particular for weddings, we want you to be focused on enjoying the meaning of the day itself. We’ll take care of the decorating for you so that your event is as perfect as what you see in magazines and blogs.
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In Italian, Bella Villa means “beautiful country estate” and even though I live in a tiny old farmhouse, I’ve always felt like it’s a Bella Villa, and that anyone’s house could feel that way if you decorate with intention!
As for the squirrel logo… I started Bella Villa in 2007 as an antiques shop along with my mother-in-law and some other antiques dealers. My logo was made from a dresser mirror at first when we rented a little shop in Aldie, Virginia. About a year later, we tripled in size and I changed to a chandelier for the logo because I wanted people to know we were selling a higher quality collection and that it wasn’t your average antiques store. The following year, with the new, larger space and a wine shop next door, we also tripled in sales and every year since, we’ve been on an upward trajectory. Well, I added more dealers and more pickers, and with that also came more stuff to choose from at Bella Villa. Meanwhile, I had been the main shopkeeper (until I got too busy with rentals), and so I would just go shopping in my own store every day and buy stuff from my dealers. Even though I had a tiny house, I would stash away my favorite things, like a squirrel does with its acorns. Hence the Squirrel Stash! Slowly over time, I became busy with special events and couldn’t spend as much time at the shop, so when that building went up for sale, I started looking for a new place, which is how I landed in Marshall, this time not as a retail store, but as a warehouse focused on event rentals. I still dabble in furniture and decor sales but it’s not my main focus. The fancy frame around the squirrel is in reverence to one of the first things I began collecting – frames and mirrors. And now our logo also features the acorn as a reminder that every piece is as special to me as an acorn is when a squirrel finds it again. / [/av_toggle]
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Register for a Bella Villa client account, then make sure you’re logged into this website.
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Start browsing the Squirrel Stash section and add items that you like to your Wish List basket!
When you’re done making your selections, review the Wish List, adjust quantities if needed, and ‘Submit’ (you won’t be charged). We’ll get back to you within 48 business hours. You can also send an email directly to Rosanna.
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*If you registered for an account and placed your favorites into your Wish List, when you Submit, Rosanna will be able to review your collection.
**If you started a board on Pinterest, just make sure to include the link to your board so that Rosanna knows where to find it!
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Rosanna will be able to find your Wish List (if you registered for a client account). She will get back to you within 2 business days to discuss the items’ availabilities and give you a more in-depth consultation about the overall atmosphere you would like to achieve for your event.
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We’re so excited to be a part of your special event and are looking forward to meeting you!!
Cheers!
Team Bella Villa
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<p>8371 W. Main Street, Marshall, VA 20115
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<p>Phone/Text: (571) 921-0356<br />Email: <a href=”mailto:%20Squirrel@BellaVillaVintageRentals.com” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”mailto:%20Squirrel@BellaVillaVintageRentals.com”>Squirrel@BellaVillaVintageRentals.com </a></p>
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I grew up in San Pedro, a small town outside of Los Angeles, California and spent a full 3 months of every summer visiting my relatives in Ischia, an even smaller town (an island actually) off the coast of Naples in Italy. My name is a multi-syllable collection of letters that sound like music in Italian – RO-ZAWN-NAW FOO-NEE-CHEE-YEH-LOW – when you say it fast, it’s not so awkward.
Growing up, I went by Rosie… ironically very feminine for a little tomboy who wore a dress only when required. With three brothers and most of the kids on our street being boys, I got dirty every day, and was always kinda rough despite my small size (I’m not quite 5’ tall!).
I went to business school in college and had a great job working for PricewaterhouseCoopers for numerous years. And then I met this really great guy from the east coast whose name couldn’t have been any more American: Kevin Smith. Really? Of all the last names in the world, I fell in love with a Smith? Yes, yes indeed, I did. This guy was (is!) the perfect balance between city and country, rustic and refined, white collar and green thumb. For more than 15 years now, I have proudly introduced myself as Rosanna Funiciello Smith! How’s that for a juxtaposition?
Since I lived in California and he lived here in Virginia, much of our courtship unfolded via our flip phones and email. We flew back and forth every 6 weeks or so and within 6 months, he asked me to marry him! Within the next 8 months, we had 2 big engagement parties (one on each coast), 2 beautiful bridal showers (one on each coast), and one big wedding in California, all while still living on opposite coasts, and keeping up with our respective jobs.
After the honeymoon, I packed a suitcase with clothes and a few wedding gifts, and moved to beautiful Virginia into Kevin’s childhood home. A tiny farmhouse in Gainesville, located on a dirt road named for his Great-Great-Grandfather, it’s surrounded by heirloom blooms, green pasture, a large garden and beautiful woods. Charming, peaceful and full of squirrels, it often reminds me of the simpler lifestyle of my Italian relatives.
The farmhouse itself hadn’t changed much since 1974 when Kevin and his parents moved there, so when we were courting, he would tell me stories about the land, and how seldom a car would drive by, about the antiques in the house and in the barns. This corn sheller, was a gift from his beloved grandmother who I was lucky to know; she instilled an appreciation for antiques in her whole family.
Kevin’s Grandpa Smith, who lived down the same road like the generations before him, raised corn on the family’s cattle farm, which was dried in the corn crib, and then each day, little Kevin would run cobs through this hand-cranked farm implement to separate the kernels from the cob so he could feed all his hundred or so chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese… his friends, as he called them, since he was an only child and there were barely any people around here back then. (How do you not fall in love with a story like that?! I was smitten with Smitty!) Anyway, after years of sitting in the shed, it had fallen into disrepair, and his Dad surprised him with its restoration one weekend when he came home from college. Around here, things with flaws, dust and dents are salvaged, repaired and brought back into use, not discarded and replaced.
Stories like these, and so many others about the history of the stuff in and around the little farmhouse had me falling head over heels in love with this guy. Lucky for me, I don’t have to do any of the dirty farm jobs like clean the chicken coop or feed the pigs. At the Villa Smith Farmette, as it is now affectionately called, I get to cook the food we grow in our garden, collect the fresh eggs, decorate (over and over and over again!) and my favorite, host al fresco parties (al fresco because the house is too small for inside parties)!
Villa Smith Farmette
Between my experiences in Italy where I was steeped in history, and then falling in love with Kevin, I see old things and places with an appreciation for their patina, character and story. I keep squirrelling away treasures so they can continue to “tell stories” and inspire memories and nostalgia for generations to come.
All this to tell you that I fell in love with antiques and vintage stuff because I fell in love with a great guy from a rural little haven in Northern Virginia, where a sense of history and place enriches us every day.
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“The story of how I started Bella Villa really begins with my personal love story”
-Rosanna Funiciello Smith,
Owner of Bella Villa
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Rosanna Smith, of Bella Villa Vintage Rentals, working with wedding planner Terry Kaye, brought indoor and outdoor furniture, lighting, and decorating touches that completed the most beautiful and romantic wedding and reception environment. Guests marveled at all the special touches…
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Rosanna is a true class-act. She is kind, professional, hard working and goes well above the call of duty for her clients. We had the great fortune of utilizing her services for two Gala fundraisers, and she managed to magically transform a horse barn into a black-tie event venue each time!
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It was so fun just to see her collection and to see how much she cared about and knew about everything she had to offer. She did a wonderful job of listening to me and my wedding planner and quickly understood exactly the feeling of the wedding I wanted. She had great ideas about pieces to use …
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