My first home after my parent’s, was a house we bought when we got married. We furnished it with new inexpensive stuff from department stores (at the time Macys, A&S, and Sears).
My daughter’s first apartment was a very small studio. I got her nice bedroom furniture
from Crate & Barrel (bed, dresser and one nightstand) and she got herself a couple of stools from Wayfair. These few items literally filled the entire space.