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[punkdhiver]

Intelligent Design?
Trying to furnish an apartment is a difficult task. I know the latest model of modern man is both equally programmed to stylishly design any interior and is probably also dishwasher-safe, but I was constructed before any of these advances and cannot even manage the interior design of my refrigerator

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[thinkofthewords]

I just got a table for $15 at a thrift store, refinished it, put new hardware on, and it looks like a $200 Pier 1 table. Thrift stores are the way to go.

[punkdhiver]

Oh but see, you did things like "refinished" it and "put hardware" on it. I don't understand the meaning of these phrases.

If masculinity were determined by the Mr. Fix-It ability, I would be RuPaul. Though I confess, I'm not a large hulking paragon of manliness in any respect. I like toilet cozies and I do NOT use a shampoo-conditioner blend - the only situation in which separate but equal is superior to integration.

[thinkofthewords]

Toilet cozies ... are you talking the entire tank cover/lid cover/seat cover combo? If so, YIKES. Bad news, sir.

My fat roommate with greasy hair uses the integrated shampitioner. Fortunately for her, it's not Pert Plus.

[historyavenger]

thrift stores can have some great pieces once in a while but pier 1 has some awesome sales towards the end of the summer. i think my nightstands were like 75 each from like 225 regulary. and the foldable bookcases from target are freaking awesome. yeah.

[punkdhiver]

That would be perfect except that this is the end of winter, unless of course you're in Japan in which case YES!

Though I totally have a folding bookcase, not from Target but somewhere else, that I do sort of love. It's like I have a portable library at all times!

[harg]

Don't worry my apartment is exactly the same at the moment. I want to furnish it better and take advantage of the 12 foot ceilings and hardwood floors... but i can not have pets and I wish I can find a place cheap enough to let me.

[baltimorerain]

I'm in the same mish-mashedly furnished boat that you're on, but my apartment is still pretend for a couple more weeks. Still, when the time comes, I will have nothing to put in it and this worries me to no end (or about ten minutes a day). So far I have a couch, a blanket, a bevy of recliners, a metal TV stand and a 20" TV. That's it. And all of this is being passed down by benevolent benefactors.

However, and as much as this shames me, I'm finding a lot of cheap things that I like from Wal-mart and Target. For example: this bed (which I plan on getting in a luxurious queen size, since I too still contort and perch my grown-man frame on a wee twin bed.) I'm sure it doesn't get the Bobby Trendy Seal of Approval, but at least it's better than waking up with a mouth full of carpet (that's what she said, etc.)

[petulant]

Another vote for thrift stores. And the stuff from there is so cheap that if you get it home and hate it a week and a half later, there's no guilt in tossing it. Try craigslist too; there's always some desperate bastard who just got transferred all the way across the country and has to leave in five days. Oh! And estate sales. Essentially, take advantage of others' pain.