One evening back in the mid-1970’s, Leezee was invited to a lovely dinner party where she met a new couple who had come to the Australian Embassy for their second tour in DC. They were Commodore and Mrs. Loosli, and they were extremely charming. After dinner Mrs. Loosli told Leezee they were having to rent furniture again for their tour in Washington, and she asked her, "Leezee, you are a Designer, can you tell me why there cannot be decent furniture for lease in Washington?"

 She was very unhappy with what she was offered.  Leezee was intrigued by the question and decided to look into it. She started looking up furniture leasing companies across the country and found out why Mrs. Loosli was disappointed. What was available was pretty basic and low quality. Leezee started checking out some of the companies in their locations and the more she learned the more she began to think that she would like to be the one to offer a completely new focus on furniture for lease. The concept of Antique and Contemporary Leasing, Inc. had been born. 

Now Leezee had to figure out how to do it. The process was a great adventure in learning and it also helped her strengthen her feminist tendencies as she became the only woman owner of a furniture Leasing business in the nation.   Boy, does she have a lot of stories about that!