Cathy Hobbs

Highland Passive House

The Hudson Valley Home Staging + Design Center

The Hudson Valley
Home Staging +
Design Center

Hudson Valley Locally Owned + Operated

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Highland Passive House

The Hudson Valley Home Staging + Design Center

At Highland Passive House, we are exclusively focused on the interior design and furnishing of vacation homes + short-term rentals and home staging.

Whether you need to fully furnish a vacation home, stage a home for sale, or design a short-term rental, we help you achieve a thoughtfully curated space that is both quality and value driven.

Highland Passive House | The Hudson Valley Home Staging + Design Center, is the largest home staging, short-term rental design, vacation home supplies supplier, and furniture rental resource in The Hudson Valley.

CATHY HOBBS | ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
The owner of Highland Passive House, 5-Time Emmy Award Winning Designer Cathy Hobbs is the Ulster County 2025 Entrepreneur of the Year. Cathy personally oversees all aspects of the design process, alongside her in-house design and logistics team.

A full-time resident of The Hudson Valley for more than a decade, alongside her in-house design and logistics team, Cathy personally oversees all aspects of the design process.

Ulster County Entrepreneur of The Year
5- Time Emmy Award Winner
Winner – Short-Term Rental Project of the Year (United States)
ASID, NCIDQ, LEED AP
Nationally Recognized Interior Designer + Home Staging Expert
Best-Selling Author, Home Design Recipes
Top 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate Staging
Professional Home Stager of The Year (Luxury Vacant Staging) – Top Ten
Short Term Rental Staging – United States – Top Ten

Home Staging

Led and founded by one of top interior designers and home staging experts in the country, we bring our expertise to The Hudson Valley. With a carefully curated collection of furniture and décor, we tailor each design and staging to highlight the unique features of your home.

Home Staging

Vacation Home + STR Design

From interior design, to sourcing and procurement, we help to ensure the thoughtful design execution of your vacation home or short-term rental.

Vacation Home + STR Design

Furniture Rentals

Highland Passive House has the largest rental inventory of furniture and artwork in The Hudson Valley. Whether you’re looking to stage a new construction or existing farmhouse, brownstone, apartment or country retreat, our personalized approach ensures your space is a “scroll stopping” listing, beautifully presented to connect with potential renters or buyers.

Furniture Rentals

Receiving and Storage

Enjoy the piece of mind of having our design center receive and inspect your deliveries. This package includes:

Shipping, Inspection and Receiving Services
Delivery Services
Set -up, assembly and installation (additional fee)

Receiving Premium Storage

Premium Brands And Trade Pricing

For trade professionals who purchase through us, we provide trade discounts for furniture, rugs, lighting, artwork and short-term rental supplies such as cookware, bedding, kitchen and bath supplies and more. This insider pricing is provided to builders, developers, architects, interior designers, real estate agents, short-term rental hosts and stagers. Homeowners working with our interior design professionals will also enjoy access to our curated brands and benefit from special discounts.

Start My Design Project

(Partial List of Our Brands)

About Highland Passive House

Highland Passive House is a Hudson Valley Home Staging and Design Center. It is the first multi-use passive warehouse in North America. Built according to the most rigorous standards in energy efficiency, Highland Passive House is certified by The Passive House Institute (PHI), and is passive, net zero and carbon neutral.