Posted on: March 21, 2025
COMMUNITY FEATURE: Make It Home furnishes homes of those in need with donated furniture and household goods and is in partnership with Eden Housing to give the heartfelt gift of furnishings to future residents at 3301 Kerner. As many residents are previously unhoused, the units are all being furnished beautifully to welcome them home.
Make It Home’s vision is to help “Bay Area families and individuals transitioning out of crisis. We recycle, repurpose, and curate gently-used, donated furnishings to transform empty spaces into homes” dually helping those in need and protecting our planet. Their numbers are impressive to date, as they have furnished over 2,554 households diverting 2,809 tons from the landfill.
We can’t wait for the first looks, the first feelings, from residents as they open their doors. Thank you to Eden Housing and Make It Home!
About Make It Home
For those transitioning out of homelessness or aging out of the foster care system, even the simplest of furniture and household goods are unaffordable. Make it Home was created to solve this problem.
Started by an interior designer, Carolyn Rebuffel Flannery, Make it Home is a non-profit furniture bank that provides gently used furniture and household goods to newly-housed foster kids, formerly homeless families and individuals who would otherwise move into an empty apartment.
By providing furnishings to those formerly in crisis, Make It Home not only creates a true home for its clients, but also greatly increases their confidence and sense of security. These efforts dramatically reduce their chance of returning to the streets and puts them on a positive path.
With the homes we create, we keep tons of furnishings out of landfills. Caring about our community and the environment is woven into everything we do. Make It Home is proud to be a Certified California Green Business.