how do people starting on their own get good but cheap furniture.?

Question

im plannin on leaving home soon and i am on a tight budget, i want good furniture but i dont want to pay a bundle any ideas?

Answer 1

Try a second hand store. If Salvation Army has a shop near you, try them. Often you can find very good merchandise at very reasonable prices.

Answer 2

I occasionally get to make a piece for family or for a client. I'm a carpenter/ builder. Unfortunately it costs way more to build a nice piece of furniture than it does to buy a mass produced one. The time put into design and setup of tools for a sigle piece of furniture really makes it difficult to build for a reasonable price. Just a single jewelry box with dovetailed joints and maybe a small pullout drawer could easily take you 40 hours. Say you make a 10$ an hour, that's 400 $ not including tools materials and overhead. Now go to a nice furniture store and see their similar and sometimes very nice jewelry boxes for 250$. It's called mass production. So, it's cool you want to learn how, but saving money or making a living shouldn't be the reason.

Answer 3

Go to Ikea. If there isn't an Ikea near you look em up on the web. They have great furniture that is well made and cheap. The reason they can offer such great stuff for such low prices is that most of the furniture is sent to you in pieces with instructions to put them together yourself.

I have a lot of stuff from Ikea. The directions were easy to follow and most of the time I only needed a phillips and flat head screw driver, a pair of pliers, and a hammer.

Answer 4

Garage sales are great. Most stuff has only had one owner and obviously they think it's good looking enough to be associated with it. Of course you might put a bug in your parents ear about how they really deserve new furniture! You can offer to take the "old stuff" off their hands for them. It is amazing how many mothers leap at the chance to redecorate once the kids leave. LOL

Answer 5

Auctions are a good option. My roommate and I got a black leather couch for about $150 at an auction. Estate sales, etc. usually have good deals. Watch out for antique auctions, though, as there are likely to be antique dealers who will drive up prices. Check in your local paper for auctions in your area. You might even find some that benefit churches or other social welfare organizations, so you can get your new furniture at a great price and do a good deed!

Good luck!

Answer 6

Buy used. Use craigslist, freecycle, go to garage sales or flea markets. Start with junk and replace it as you get more money. Definitely don't buy it on any kind of credit. Keep in mind that your tastes will change as you get older. You don't want to throw down a lot of money for something and hate it a year later.

If you want to buy new, I like overstock.com for decent, relatively cheap, furniture. Also, if there is an Ikea near you (or you don't mind shopping their website) they are the mecca for cheap furniture.

good luck!

Answer 7

go to Goodwill, Salvation Army or any other local resale shop. Yard sales and reading the ads in the paper each weekend can locate a good find. Let the word go out that you are looking,,,,,,,,you'd be surprised and what response you ge.t

Answer 8

"Shop" the nicer neighborhoods (but not the nicest). Look for items left on the curb. you can get great stuff for FREE!!!

Answer 9

try 'craigslist.com'. covers just about every state. yard sales are good too. m

Answer 10

IKEA