If you have ever been faced with the prospect of decorating your new apartment from scratch, you realize how expensive things can get if you buy everything new. Thankfully, if you live in a well-populated city, there are lots of great places you can go to look for second hand furniture at prices you simply can’t beat. Let’s take a look at just a few of the best places to look for second hand values for your apartment.
There may be no website in the world that is more useful for apartment folks than CraigsList. Depending on the city you live in, your CL community can be quite large and packed full of people looking to sell everything from a mattress to a coffee table, and more. A friend recently furnished a bare apartment from CraigsList for under $1,000. Communities like New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Vancouver have thousands of people who post every day so it is easy to find second hand gold. If you live in a smaller city or in a rural area, these other options might help.
Yard sales and garage sales are a great source of used goods. The only problem is, if you don’t live somewhere warm year round, you can only find these used goods during the summertime. If you do move during the spring or summer, check the telephone polls in your area for hand made signs or your local free want ads for postings.
Finally, the Salvation Army and Goodwill stores have been selling quality used goods for generations, and they are still a great source today. Pretty much every city has a Salvation Army store or Goodwill store, so finding one in your area shouldn’t be too tough. The only problem you may have is finding a way to haul all of that merchandise away!
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