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Hello my name is Dorri Wassom and I live in Salem Oregon with my wonderful husband and 3 energetic and crazy kiddos. I've been in the wedding/catering/floral/banquet industry since i was 16 and ADORE every part of it. This business has been brewing for many years now in the back of my mind but came to be when my husband and i decided to adopt a 2 year old boy. I needed something i could do from home to help support our family after leaving my job to be at home with Pete. After much prayer and advice from friends and family, FOR THE LOVE OF PETE was born.

We offer rental items at a fraction of the cost and many unique one of a kind pieces for decor. I have thousands of items available for rent! I love being able to save brides and their families from the stress of purchasing all the supplies for a wedding and then having to figure out what to do with the items after. Why not just order what you need from me and pick it up and bring it back and leave the worry to me?

I love designing unique one of a kind wedding flowers as well.

We have brides pick up items for their weddings from all over the state of Oregon and even Washington. We are conviently located off of I-5 in south Salem. Thank you for your interest in our company! And thanks be to God for opening the flood gates for our little business!

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Reviews of For the Love of Pete Event Rental and Floral

Heather
Heather Sent on 08/02/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Affordable and fun!

We used For The Love of Pete Rentals for decor and a different rental company for chairs and tables. For The Love of Pete has an adorable store room. Talking to Dorri, the owner, about my wedding vision and picking out decor was a highlight of my wedding planning process. They were very accommodating when we had a flat tire and we had to change plans on them last mintue. I cannot recommend them enough and their prices are great.
Wendy
Wendy Sent on 08/18/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Best quality rentals

For the love of Pete made everything simple and easy for us. they worked around our schedule and make sure that we could come in whenever it was convenient. The return part of it was very relaxing. Everyone loved their rental product the day of the event. You made our background look beautiful we could not ask for a better company.
Debbie
Debbie Sent on 05/07/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Ashley’s Bridal Shower

Dorri helped me find party supplies for my daughter’s Parisian theme bridal shower. The shower was stunning. I recommend For the Love of Pete in Salem. Hands down the best selection and service for event rentals.
Kenzie
Kenzie Sent on 08/11/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Easy To Work With

Communication was a breeze and the arch looked amazing!
Mason
Mason Sent on 08/07/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic rental for assorted wedding items

For the Love of Pete saved us again and again for our wedding rentals with their unconventional array of items which we would have struggled to find anywhere else. Every piece from them was absolutely adorable and extremely reasonably priced, about half the cost of any other rental place. The staff was lovely to work with and so flexible - whether it was changing our invoice multiple times, giving us very open pickup and dropoff times and days without an extra charge, and even adding items to our order the week of over text. They also loved some of our DIY pieces and offered to buy them afterward!
Becca
Becca Sent on 10/24/2018
5 out of 5 rating

Wide Variety of Unique Rentals

For the Love of Pete's is a great rental company. They have a wide variety of rentals and are very flexible and so easy to work with. I highly recommend For the Love of Pete's!
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Sabrina Sent on 08/06/2018
5 out of 5 rating
For the Love of Pete had lots of items to rent, prices were reasonable and they were super easy to communicate with.
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Tiara Sent on 05/27/2018
5 out of 5 rating
Dori and her sister were seriously the easiest and most accommodating vendors we had the pleasure to work with for our wedding. We would not have been able to pull our celebration off without them! Thank you so much for for all your amazing assistance!
Katie
Katie Sent on 07/04/2017
5 out of 5 rating
Dori and her team of ladies are amazing! We rented a keg tap bar and a few other items and they were so helpful with the pick up and drop off! We even forgot a piece for the keg bar and she met my father in between Portland and Salem to get it to us! Talk about great customer service! We will definitely rent from here again and recommend them to everyone we meet!
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Shayna Sent on 12/17/2016
5 out of 5 rating
Renting from For the Love of Pete was definitely one of the best decisions we made for our wedding. Dorri and her staff make the process so easy and they're all super helpful. They have so many great items and rentals and at such a great price. They don't just have stuff for weddings so if you ever need anything for any type of gathering/party, I would absolutely recommend them. Will for sure use them again if the opportunity arises.
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The ladies at For the Love of Pete are so amazing! They have the most beautiful decor to rent and there is something for every style! I personally rented most of my decor for my wedding and it was such an easy process. I recommend them to all of my couples and I love seeing the decor come together at their weddings, it makes for beautiful pictures!

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