Comments on: How To Furnish an Apartment for $0 http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-to-furnish-an-apartment-for-0/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:30:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Esther Goh@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-to-furnish-an-apartment-for-0/#comment-2156 Esther Goh@twitter Sun, 06 May 2012 10:21:23 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=2925#comment-2156 We've probably spent <$1k on furniture. You'd think after six years on my own I'd have everything? Nope. Years of flatting and flitting from various sizes and degrees of furnished dwellings has wreaked havoc on my possessions. We recently moved from a studio to a 1.5 bedroom house. The extra stuff we needed came from friends, TradeMe and a generous gift card scored via work. We’ve probably spent <$1k on furniture. You’d think after six years on my own I’d have everything? Nope. Years of flatting and flitting from various sizes and degrees of furnished dwellings has wreaked havoc on my possessions. We recently moved from a studio to a 1.5 bedroom house. The extra stuff we needed came from friends, TradeMe and a generous gift card scored via work.

]]> By: Username http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-to-furnish-an-apartment-for-0/#comment-1824 Username Wed, 02 May 2012 13:49:56 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=2925#comment-1824 @Nick Douglas@facebook I know! Bugs! Ahhh. @Nick Douglas@facebook

I know! Bugs! Ahhh.

]]> By: Nick Douglas@facebook http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-to-furnish-an-apartment-for-0/#comment-1709 Nick Douglas@facebook Tue, 01 May 2012 13:41:33 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=2925#comment-1709 *Sees headline, rushes in to remind new New Yorkers that we're going through a bedbug epidemic here, you really wanna be careful accepting furniture from strangers, and NEVER take furniture or even books from off the street.* *Sees headline, rushes in to remind new New Yorkers that we’re going through a bedbug epidemic here, you really wanna be careful accepting furniture from strangers, and NEVER take furniture or even books from off the street.*

]]> By: thewurst http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-to-furnish-an-apartment-for-0/#comment-1673 thewurst Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:46:55 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=2925#comment-1673 @Mike Dang @myrna.minkoff Thanks for for the advice. Now to figure out what's meaningful. I guess if I have to think about whether it's meaningful, then it isn't though. My biggest problem is the amount of records and art by friends that I have. That's all that's really meaningful. @myrna.minkoff My friend that I'm moving up with (also going to grad school) and I are figuring that out now. We'd like to live together, but it all seems a little overwhelming. And we're moving up from Alabama, so it's a pretty substantial distance. @Mike Dang @myrna.minkoff Thanks for for the advice. Now to figure out what’s meaningful. I guess if I have to think about whether it’s meaningful, then it isn’t though. My biggest problem is the amount of records and art by friends that I have. That’s all that’s really meaningful.

@myrna.minkoff My friend that I’m moving up with (also going to grad school) and I are figuring that out now. We’d like to live together, but it all seems a little overwhelming. And we’re moving up from Alabama, so it’s a pretty substantial distance.

]]> By: myrna.minkoff http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-to-furnish-an-apartment-for-0/#comment-1635 myrna.minkoff Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:53:39 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=2925#comment-1635 @thewurst Also, how are you approaching your apartment search? New place, or room off of craigslist? @thewurst Also, how are you approaching your apartment search? New place, or room off of craigslist?

]]> By: myrna.minkoff http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-to-furnish-an-apartment-for-0/#comment-1634 myrna.minkoff Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:52:22 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=2925#comment-1634 @thewurst Are you me? I'm moving to New York to start grad school myself. I'm moving out of my last apartment previously filled to the brim with beautiful secondhand furniture. Sell everything. I am taking my bedside table for sentimental reasons, and that's it. @thewurst Are you me? I’m moving to New York to start grad school myself. I’m moving out of my last apartment previously filled to the brim with beautiful secondhand furniture. Sell everything. I am taking my bedside table for sentimental reasons, and that’s it.

]]> By: Mike Dang http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-to-furnish-an-apartment-for-0/#comment-1633 Mike Dang Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:11:42 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=2925#comment-1633 @thewurst I moved to New York with nothing but two suitcases, and then was able to furnish my apartment for less than $500 by scouring Craigslist. There are a ton of people in New York with nice furniture who decide they don't want to live here anymore or have to leave the city for a job elsewhere, or a million other reasons—and they are willing to sell you their nice furniture for a steep discount. I say keep the furniture that actually means something to you, and sell the rest of it. @thewurst I moved to New York with nothing but two suitcases, and then was able to furnish my apartment for less than $500 by scouring Craigslist. There are a ton of people in New York with nice furniture who decide they don’t want to live here anymore or have to leave the city for a job elsewhere, or a million other reasons—and they are willing to sell you their nice furniture for a steep discount. I say keep the furniture that actually means something to you, and sell the rest of it.

]]> By: Setec Astrology http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-to-furnish-an-apartment-for-0/#comment-1632 Setec Astrology Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:02:19 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=2925#comment-1632 You realize we need a picture of said unicorns. You realize we need a picture of said unicorns.

]]> By: thewurst http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-to-furnish-an-apartment-for-0/#comment-1631 thewurst Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:57:23 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=2925#comment-1631 I have a lot of amazing furniture, almost all of which was free. The few things I've bought were purchased at ikea. Here's my dilemma. I am moving to New York for graduate school, and I know I need to just let go of some of my awesome furniture, but I will also need things to sit on/store things in. What's y'all's recommendation for what to purge and what to keep (in a general sense as you don't know the contents of my apartment)? I have a lot of amazing furniture, almost all of which was free. The few things I’ve bought were purchased at ikea. Here’s my dilemma. I am moving to New York for graduate school, and I know I need to just let go of some of my awesome furniture, but I will also need things to sit on/store things in. What’s y’all’s recommendation for what to purge and what to keep (in a general sense as you don’t know the contents of my apartment)?

]]> By: Dancercise http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/how-to-furnish-an-apartment-for-0/#comment-1625 Dancercise Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:21:27 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=2925#comment-1625 This is why I have lived in my apartment for 14 months and still have no kitchen table or chairs. This is why I have lived in my apartment for 14 months and still have no kitchen table or chairs.

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