Furniture as a service. Not a subscription. A stewardship.
DAF runs procurement, exchange, and lifecycle as one continuous relationship. 20% flat on supplier price. Lifeware membership covers the 3-7 year exchange window. One Specialist, one contract, one workshop network — DAF Global Connect — for the life of the room.
Procure. Deliver. Exchange. Close the loop.
- 01ProcureSend the brief. Plan back inside a day.
Project Engagement starts with the brief. The Specialist reads it, names the workshops through DAF Global Connect, returns a costed plan inside one business day. Supplier price plus a flat 20%. Design, colour, mockups, and sourcing plans bundled. $1K deposit credits to the project fee. 50% at signing, 50% on delivery.
- 02Deliver12 weeks workshop to door.
Production runs 8-14 weeks workshop to destination. The Specialist runs the purchase orders, the QC photos, the freight, the customs lane, and the delivery coordination. You receive the pieces at your door. You arrange the final-yard placement; we advise on the local labour. The signed plan names the date, the workshop, and the freight terms before anything ships.
- 03Exchange (Lifeware)3-7 year exchange window.
Lifeware Membership is the FaaS layer. $499/yr founding rate (20 seats, locked for life; $749/yr public after). Between year three and seven, members swap pieces through DAF Global Connect at the same supplier price. Same Specialist. Same contract paper. Same workshop network. No re-onboarding.
- 04Refresh & retrieveThe room evolves. The relationship continues.
Tastes change. Children arrive. Families move. The room evolves with the membership. When a chapter closes, pieces can come back to DAF for refurbishment, reuse, or recycling. The loop closes. The relationship continues. This is what "as a service" means in furniture — not a subscription, a stewardship.
Furniture as a service. Versus what you know.
- 01Retail
Buy once. Own the depreciation. Trade in nothing. Trade up means starting over.
- 02Subscription / rental
Rent for years, own nothing at the end. The pieces are never yours. The price compounds.
- 03DAF — Furniture as a Service
Own the pieces. Own the workshops on the plan. Trade up at supplier price between year three and seven. Same Specialist for the life of the room.
One brief. One Specialist. Furniture for the life of the room.
Send the brief. The Specialist returns a costed plan inside one business day. Add Lifeware to lock the founding rate and the exchange window. The relationship begins.