So people who have lived on their own for extened periods of time: besides a desk and MAYBE a bed, I own no furniture. Nor a TV. What are good steps to correct this? Is there certain brand of stuff I should be looking for? What is actually a good price on a dresser? What the fuck is an armoire? How many magical portals will I be finding?
So people who have lived on their own for extened periods of time: besides a desk and MAYBE a bed, I own no furniture. Nor a TV. What are good steps to correct this? Is there certain brand of stuff I should be looking for? What is actually a good price on a dresser? What the fuck is an armoire? How many magical portals will I be finding?
Freecycle. Craigslist. Drive down random alleys. Thrift stores.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
Also friends moving.
Garage sales.
Your parent's who have richer friends than you may know someone who is replacing their furniture.
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I really really want to move out of my parents' house and get my own place. I don't care if it's small and rubbish, I just really want to try living alone for the first time.
Thinking about the amount of crap I have to move fills me with abject horror though. Maybe I'll take the opportunity to streamline my possessions and give a load of stuff away. I also have a fish tank and have no idea what I'll do with it.
So people who have lived on their own for extened periods of time: besides a desk and MAYBE a bed, I own no furniture. Nor a TV. What are good steps to correct this? Is there certain brand of stuff I should be looking for? What is actually a good price on a dresser? What the fuck is an armoire? How many magical portals will I be finding?
Freecycle. Craigslist. Drive down random alleys. Thrift stores.
Oh man, for some reason I didn't even THINK of the Salvation Army store! And I did get a couch the other day by saving it from the dumpster, its shitty but free! Thank for the advice
Between the three of us I think we're going to be mostly okay on furniture with the major exception of a couch. Still not sure of the best way to go about doing that between the three of us.
Hate uncertainty.
We might be able to start moving in there tonight. Most likely tomorrow though. And at the very worst, Tuesday.
I just wanna know
Keep telling myself that the place is amazing despite a somewhat spacey landlady.
(she's really quite nice, as is her husband. and the place is ideal.. just hard to remember that when dealing with uncertainty!)
Once we start moving, it should be nice. Got the gradual moving deal going on. None of that rush to get out and clean thing.
Gonna bring basics over. Then do a thing for the furniture. After that, clean the old place.
Should be nice.
We have the lovesac because Mori's mother bought it and then found it too bad for her back
I'm not sure I'd spend the money on one but it is a very nice thing to have. And it was heavenly during pregnancy when I really needed to recline on something soft and when a regular couch would've been too uncomfortable.
Just yesterday I fell asleep on it, too!
The downside is that sometimes it's hard to get it to mold just right; sometimes your legs are just a little bit too high for your liking, or you wish your head was higher. Then you have to go through the rigmarole of rolling it over, plumping it back up and falling on it again hoping that this time you get the right shape.
Also, it's nowhere near as classy looking as a good couch. It's just this huge brown... lump sitting in the middle of our room.
We just moved from a tiny downtown apartment to a spacious apartment 10 minutes from downtown. We are thrilled, it is awesome.
We have a fireplace, a big balcony, a HUGE kitchen, a bedroom big enough for tons of furniture, and the living room is vast. Both our computer desks are in here, plus all of my art stuff, plus the TV (over the fireplace), lots of natural lighting, and our view is of a sweet duck pond. Also: absolutely silent, all of the time. No loud neighbours. No crosswalk buttons. No drunk people on Friday nights. No random weird bumping.
AND A GARBAGE CHUTE.
Augh so bloody happy we moved. (And thanks again @larlar for helping us move, and all those others who helped but don't have accounts here.)
Hahahahahahaha I thought 'lovesac' was a typo. Nooooooope!
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I'd rather own a condo than a house, personally.
And heaven help you if you live in the wrong state/county/city for construction laws and standards.
Whoops your house is forever superfucked, you signed all your rights away, enjoy bankruptcy.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
If you buy property without a thourough inspection and appraisal letting you know exactly what you're getting into vis a vis local standards and regulations
When my ex was moving out, she made a stint about keeping the fold-out couch (actually, she wanted both, and I basically told her 'fuck that'). I also refused to help her move it, because she was a shrieking harpy when we were putting it in the first place, so as her and her new guy tried to squeeze it through the obnoxiously awkward door jam, I just sat there, sipping my whiskey. Good day.
Steam
3DS FC: 4699-5714-8940 Playing Pokemon, add me! Ho, SATAN!
One of my roommates really wanted a fold out couch originally, but I talked her out of it.
They tend to be pretty uncomfortable couches anyway and the mattresses are almost crap. I'd rather find a comfortable couch that would be fine to sleep on. If someone's mother visits and they can't sleep on the couch for whatever reason then I'd rather just give up my bed for a night.
Fold-out couches are so bad. Bad couches that turn into bad beds.
I'd rather take the 2 inch thick mattress off the bed and put it on the floor and sleep there.
Exactly.
And it would be one thing if someone else was paying for this couch. Then I wouldn't complain. But if I'm putting any of my money into it I'd like it to be something I actually want to sit on.
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Freecycle. Craigslist. Drive down random alleys. Thrift stores.
Garage sales.
Your parent's who have richer friends than you may know someone who is replacing their furniture.
Road side collections.
Satans..... hints.....
Thinking about the amount of crap I have to move fills me with abject horror though. Maybe I'll take the opportunity to streamline my possessions and give a load of stuff away. I also have a fish tank and have no idea what I'll do with it.
Steam: Chagrin LoL: Bonhomie
Oh man, for some reason I didn't even THINK of the Salvation Army store! And I did get a couch the other day by saving it from the dumpster, its shitty but free! Thank for the advice
Should have the money, will definitely have the motivation.
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/fuo/2985336420.html
Might also be hot as fuck.
Or he just might really need to move.
Or it might be a CRT.
Doesn't hurt to check it though? It's a competitive price.
Satans..... hints.....
Also damn you now I'm going to be surfing Craigslist for shit EVERY DAY!
http://tippecanoe.craigslist.org/ele/2963326828.html
I'm just taking clothes really. Hoping to find an apartment or room that's at least semi furnished
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
this is truly my lowest point
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
Not so great when you have visitors over, but great for us!
Don't think we'll get a couch until we're somewhere more permanent. They're too much of a bitch to move.
Never buy a fold out couch, people
We might be able to start moving in there tonight. Most likely tomorrow though. And at the very worst, Tuesday.
I just wanna know
Keep telling myself that the place is amazing despite a somewhat spacey landlady.
(she's really quite nice, as is her husband. and the place is ideal.. just hard to remember that when dealing with uncertainty!)
Gonna bring basics over. Then do a thing for the furniture. After that, clean the old place.
Should be nice.
i'm so sorry
i'd have to sit on one first but i'm gonna keep that in mind for when i get a place
I'm not sure I'd spend the money on one but it is a very nice thing to have. And it was heavenly during pregnancy when I really needed to recline on something soft and when a regular couch would've been too uncomfortable.
Just yesterday I fell asleep on it, too!
The downside is that sometimes it's hard to get it to mold just right; sometimes your legs are just a little bit too high for your liking, or you wish your head was higher. Then you have to go through the rigmarole of rolling it over, plumping it back up and falling on it again hoping that this time you get the right shape.
Also, it's nowhere near as classy looking as a good couch. It's just this huge brown... lump sitting in the middle of our room.
We have a fireplace, a big balcony, a HUGE kitchen, a bedroom big enough for tons of furniture, and the living room is vast. Both our computer desks are in here, plus all of my art stuff, plus the TV (over the fireplace), lots of natural lighting, and our view is of a sweet duck pond. Also: absolutely silent, all of the time. No loud neighbours. No crosswalk buttons. No drunk people on Friday nights. No random weird bumping.
AND A GARBAGE CHUTE.
Augh so bloody happy we moved. (And thanks again @larlar for helping us move, and all those others who helped but don't have accounts here.)
Oh also it's cheaper. So there's that too.
WHAT!
REALLY?
Dude.
And heaven help you if you live in the wrong state/county/city for construction laws and standards.
Whoops your house is forever superfucked, you signed all your rights away, enjoy bankruptcy.
Well
You're fuckin' dumb.
When my ex was moving out, she made a stint about keeping the fold-out couch (actually, she wanted both, and I basically told her 'fuck that'). I also refused to help her move it, because she was a shrieking harpy when we were putting it in the first place, so as her and her new guy tried to squeeze it through the obnoxiously awkward door jam, I just sat there, sipping my whiskey. Good day.
3DS FC: 4699-5714-8940 Playing Pokemon, add me! Ho, SATAN!
They tend to be pretty uncomfortable couches anyway and the mattresses are almost crap. I'd rather find a comfortable couch that would be fine to sleep on. If someone's mother visits and they can't sleep on the couch for whatever reason then I'd rather just give up my bed for a night.
I'd rather take the 2 inch thick mattress off the bed and put it on the floor and sleep there.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
heard
that
big time
I can't wait to live somewhere with a farmer's market and a grocery store that has a wider selection of chicken breasts than it has of ox necks.
And where the beer store doesn't sell B&Ms as loosies or dice by the each.
but that's not true
I just hate living near poor people
Actually an inlaw type unit in a rad house would be the most preferable
Or just sick of Eugene? Because I can definitely see it tolling on you. How long have you been there anyways?
3DS FC: 4699-5714-8940 Playing Pokemon, add me! Ho, SATAN!
Exactly.
And it would be one thing if someone else was paying for this couch. Then I wouldn't complain. But if I'm putting any of my money into it I'd like it to be something I actually want to sit on.