Dorm Furniture

mm99
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:21:19 +0000

How about I restart this in a slightly different way. I am going to list what is in my mind.

I need:
a place to sit to watch t.v. and a place for napping/friends to crash on.

I budgeted:
$150-160 to spend on this furniture item (note: college is overpaid with scholarships and grant, including room &board, some travel, and some for personal expenses, plus I have bedding and a microfridge taken care of, I just need a place to sit/crash. This is not my entire savings or even close)

I want:
-Whatever I get I want the best bang for my buck!
Something that will last more than one year since I plan to live in the dorms for at least two years, plus I would like to buy something that could go into my first apartment.
-Something under 50 lbs
-Something comfortable

My issue with waiting is that, in the September and October, it will be hard for my dad to take a day off to help me move a piece of furniture. So I would either have to make friends fast or wait till later October. And there are sales going on now and I am not distracted with school/e.c’s to go shopping cause there are not very many stores like Ikea by my school (3 hour drive from school), but they are closer to my home(1.5 hour drive).

In my mind, these are some of the questions I want /need answers to:
Is 50 lbs to heavy? Should I look at things under 30 lbs?
Has anyone regretted buying futon for a dorm and why?

What is the best way to compromise my need with my wants? A air matress/body pillow? Small futon that folds? The chairs in the college section of Wal-mart with a small ottoman? (This question is in my mind, but I know people on the internet cannot answer that question, but I love to hear sugesstions, I didn’t think of using the body pillow to make a couch back on my bed).