With a new design showroom in the Plymouth Industrial Park, Setting the Space customers can see for themselves what the staff of this staging and interior design company can do.
Setting the Space owner Blair Hamaty didn’t plan to open a showroom, but he discovered he had the extra room when he leased a second warehouse in January to accommodate his staging business. The showroom opened about a month ago.
The interior design side of the business has grown since Hamaty started the staging company, and he wants to give his customers the opportunity to envision how their home or business might look with the transitional-style furniture and furnishings he sells.
“For people who want something different, they’ve got to call on us,” he said. “We’re selling a concept, and we’re going to help you put it together.”
Typically, members of the Setting the Space team go to people’s homes and businesses with volumes of fabrics and design books. In addition to looking around the showroom, customers can look through these books on site. Hamaty said they want to offer the complete package by selling electronics, too. The showroom will soon feature an audio-visual display.
Customers can also walk through the warehouse to see the furniture and accessories stored there. The 10,000-square-foot warehouse is a base for shipping and receiving. Setting the Space has a second warehouse near the Plymouth airport. People interested in previewing what the company has to offer can log on to www.settingthespace.com.
Hamaty’s background selling high-end furniture and in interior design prepared him to start his own business three years ago out of his Kingston house and barn. He and partner Will Hayward have complementary skills they apply to running the business. And Hamaty says his assistant, Cyndi White, just gets things done.
Hamaty said he loves the freedom of working for himself after many years working for others in every job from furniture deliverer to manager. The staging business – basically preparing a house for sale – has been phenomenal, he said.
While the concept is new to the Northeast, that’s not the case in California, where Hamaty buys the furniture he uses to stage homes.
“It instantly spruces up the house, and we’ve learned how we can do it affordably,” he said.
Setting the Space has done staging for every kind of business from hair salons and delis to their latest project – designing the interior of a boutique hotel in Boston. Hamaty and Hayward have also worked on movie sets in the Boston area and look forward to working with Plymouth Rock Studios as Hollywood East.
“There’s no job we can’t do,” he said. “We don’t say no. We just make it happen.”
Hamaty and Hayward work with a number of custom designers and tradesmen to deliver on this commitment to their customers.
Setting the Space is located at 123 Industrial Park Road in the building at the corner of Christa McAuliffe Boulevard and Industrial Park Road, opposite Colony Place. A grand opening celebration is being planned for mid- to late-September.
The showroom hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and Sundays by appointment. Customers can make an appointment during regular business hours and Sundays by calling 508-747-0600. Hamaty can be reached by e-mail at blair@settingthespace.com.
