Tip 86: Get furniture for almost free

How can you get furniture for almost free? Buy furniture at consignment stores instead of a furniture store.

You can get used furniture really cheap. I got my favorite chair and ottoman set for $37. You can't get anything at a furniture store in this price range. Consignment stores get new item in every day, so if you don’t see something you like some back next week and check out the new arrivals.

Another place to look for used furniture is at garage sales and auctions. Craigslist also has lots of used furniture for sale and sometimes even for free. I picked up some nice book shelves years ago at an auction for $12. I painted them and then used them for years and eventually sold them for more than I paid for them. A solid wood bookshelf like this would have cost many hundreds of dollars new at a furniture store.

As soon as you take new furniture home, it is used furniture. You might as well buy used furniture if you can find something you like and save yourself a lot of money.

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