furnishing an apartment from zero

bookiemom
Tue, 18 May 2010 15:17:40 +0000

We ordered Target furniture for my D’s bedroom in her rental house sophomore year. We got a dresser, bookcase, bedside table, and small computer desk. All were delivered to her house at college. When we arrived (drove there together with her car from our home 1,000 miles away), her housemates had already opened the boxes and put some of the furniture together. It wasn’t the greatest quality, but fine for the next few years she lived in that state.

We ordered her mattress and basic bed frame from a local company that makes the mattresses in that state. That turned out really well and she loved that bed set. When she moved on to grad school, she ordered a new mattress from Sears and just took along the bedding.

For that move to grad school, she was able to find a used dresser at a Goodwill type shop. She bought a small dining table and chairs at a local store.