Archive Rentals — Notable SoCal Vendor

Published · Researched 2026-09-22

Research date: 2026-09-22. Stage 1 deep pass. Pricing sentence (required): Rental prices vary by vendor, season, and event size.

Identity

Name: Archive Rentals
Type: Specialty furniture rental company + event design house
Founder: Rochelle Rowan Jaleh (per VoyageLA interview)
Founded: 2010 — vendor's own site ("we have been building our dream since 2010," archiverentals.com "We Are Archive" section). VERIFIED as vendor-stated; third-party confirmation UNVERIFIED.
Social handles: Instagram @archiverentals (confirmed in VoyageLA interview contact info); Facebook archiverentals (same source). Owner-post/tag content not extracted in this pass.
Addresses:
- Orange County showroom/warehouse (appointments only): 120 Calle Iglesia A, San Clemente, CA 92672 — current per vendor's own California Collection page (© 2026).
- LA appointments: 1925 Century Park E, Suite 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90067 — per own site.
- Cancun–Tulum showroom/warehouse (appointments only): Centro Logistico, CELOPLAYA Bodega 16-18, Villas del Sol, Playa del Carmen, Q.R. (Mexico).
- ⚠️ Older address still circulating: 981 Calle Negocio, San Clemente, CA 92673 appears on WeddingWire and MapQuest listings; treat as stale — vendor's own site now shows Calle Iglesia.
Validation tier: UNVALIDATED — included for comparison, low community signal for the social tier specifically. Note: this vendor has strong review-platform evidence (see below) but required Meta-layer evidence (FB Group post, Threads owner content, IG owner-tag extraction) was not captured in this pass.

Catalog: furniture (tables, dining chairs, lounge, ceremony seating), bars, tabletop (plates), linens/napkins, pillows, mirrors, chandeliers, arches/backdrops, pergolas, plus custom event design and custom fabrication (own site).
Service footprint (vendor-stated): Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Palm Springs, Orange County and surrounding areas, plus Tulum/Cancun/Playa del Carmen and the Yucatán Peninsula; "Western US, Riviera Maya...and beyond" on the homepage.
Goodshuffle vendor profile (goodshuffle.com/ca/san-clemente/archive-rentals) lists real per-item 1-day prices (VERIFIED, observed 2026-09-22; listing freshness unknown):
- Crusoe Petite chair (woven bamboo, 13.5"L × 13.5"W × 20"H): $15 / 1-day price
- Pillow, Shades of Red (priced individually): $16 / 1-day price
- Available services: delivery and in-store pickup; payment policy: 100% deposit required, full payment due upon booking.
WeddingWire rating: 4.7/5 from 31 reviews (Archive Rentals & Event Design, San Clemente; observed 2026-09-22), with sub-scores 4.7 across quality, response time, professionalism, value, flexibility.
Three professional endorsements on WeddingWire from wedding planners (Runaway Bride Destination Weddings, Donna Urban Events, Sugar Branch Events).
Google-style listing (FindGlocal): 5.0/5 from 5 reviews; showroom hours Mon–Fri 10am–4pm; phone +1 888-459-6598.

"treasure trove of wedding and event furniture rentals"; "event rentals with heart and soul"; design house positioning ("forward-thinking designers"). These are positioning claims, not independently verified facts.

The Knot review 2025-06-05 (Amanda O): positive, praises rental variety and prices, showroom visit in San Clemente — one customer's experience.
WeddingWire review 2025-03-04 (Alexa, 5/5): praises responsiveness, on-time professional setup, website ease of use — one customer's experience.
WeddingWire review 2021-03-22 (Whitney, 5/5): worked with the team for over a year through COVID plan changes — dated, one customer's experience.
A stale Green Wedding Shoes article mentions place settings for up to 500 guests — stale and UNVERIFIED for 2026 capacity.
Threads search for "Archive Rentals" returned only unrelated word-match noise (no brand mentions).
Instagram owner content (posts/tags) not extracted in this pass.

Goodshuffle per-item 1-day prices VERIFIED (above). Full-event pricing is quote-based; no full-event quote found — UNVERIFIED.

Delivery and in-store pickup confirmed via Goodshuffle; 100% deposit, full payment due upon booking. Setup/breakdown labor, COI/insurance, minimums, delivery radius/fees, and capacity for 2026 are UNVERIFIED.

Address conflict (981 Calle Negocio vs. 120 Calle Iglesia A) — vendor's current site favors Calle Iglesia; treat Calle Negocio as stale.
Facebook Page transparency, name changes, Meta Ad Library checks not completed in this pass.