I am a broke college student who needs to find some carpet for my dorm. Im not able to spend a lot of money on it though. Can anybody help me?
2006-07-27 06:16:14 · 10 answers · asked by naptowndiva87 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
You could buy a large area rug, try ikea, target, pier 1 etc - benefit you can take it with you.
Ask at carpet stores for remanants, they often have small room sizr pieces at a huge discount.
2006-07-27 06:24:19 · answer #1 · answered by tczwilkins 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True, you can go to Home Depot or Walmart or Target and spend even $20 dollars on a piece of carpet but if you are anything like I was, you probably do not even have the $20 bucks to begin with....ugh! (It does get better...I promise!) So, this is how I put a rug down in my dorm room FOR FREE! And it looked amazing!
Give yourself some time as this may take a bit of driving (it did for me...but TOTALLY worth it! And PS I loved this look so much that I have recently did the same thing in my 2 year old daughters room) Go to flooring stores, carpet stores and/or outlets and even tile stores. You know the rectangle carpet samples that they have all around the stores, well they get thrown away! Find the manager and ask if he is discarding any samples..if so GRAB THEM! After a day of driving I got smart and called around first. Get tons and then go for it! It is fun and colorful and everything else that you need to decorate your room should be a solid color...it really looks amazing!
And when you have 9 months (like I did) and you know what the sex of your child is you can do a monochromatic scheme...good luck and let us know how you do.
2006-07-27 07:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by MaHaa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should attempt the boxed carpet squares that you'll locate at abode Depot and Lowes, or you should purely by some "large rugs " or "mini carpets" at WalMart. I easily have a Carpet Rug in my the front room that i purchased from WalMart that measures (i imagine IT MEASURES) 6 ft by 8 ft. the colors are restricted yet with dorm rooms your no longer searching to pass "GLAM" purely useful. MY rug is a dismal eco-friendly and it type of feels to me that i will also get in in a blue coloration a tan and if I undergo in options correct, a ivory coloration. I paid $20.00 for it in Missouri besides the undeniable fact that the price ought to correctly be extra the position you stay or a lot less. a million-3 of those kinds of rugs might want to easily about cover a dorm room floor at maximum college campuses.
2016-10-15 06:39:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We bought several decent rugs from "Linens and Things". We got some on sale for significantly less than $100, including one with two matching rugs (different sized) bundled together. All of those 'home decorating stores' have frequent coupons in the paper (%20) to help make them even less expensive.
We also bought a great rug from "Tuesday Morning" (big size and a deep pile). We paid a lot ($300), but it would have cost 2 or 3 times that from Home Depot or another store. I am sure they will have something in your price range.
2006-07-27 06:59:09 · answer #4 · answered by Wundt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most carpet stores have low cost remnants if you look around. If that's still too expensive run an ad on Craigs List asking if anyone is removing carpet still in good shape you could get free. Sometines what's throw away for some msy be just fine for you.
2006-07-27 06:20:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can get a remnant at a carpet store, or some stores like target sells pieces of carpet around the time school starts for about 20 bucks
2006-07-27 06:20:39 · answer #6 · answered by Shazzam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might get lucky going to a carpet store and asking for a remnant. Your dorm room is probably fairly small, and you might get a piece left over from one of their larger orders, that wouldn't be easy for them to sell. Sometimes they will then bind the edges for a small charge.
2006-07-27 06:20:53 · answer #7 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Home depot has cheap area carpets depending on the size. You could also try the "items for sale" section in the local paper. Used but very cheap and you could haggle.
2006-07-27 06:20:10 · answer #8 · answered by *Larry P. he's for me* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local carpet shop and ask if they have any leftover pieces outback they are willing to sell you...
Try some yardsales...
Or you can always try eBay... Walmart orTarget
2006-07-27 06:22:14 · answer #9 · answered by sleepwalkin smith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walmart is always a good source. Sounds cheezy but they can have good stuff. Or pottery barn for teens.
2006-07-27 06:20:37 · answer #10 · answered by Danielle B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋