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What are the best places to buy new and or used furniture?

I am moving by myself into a small Studio apartment (no bedroom), where is the best places you have seen offer inexpensive furniture, new or used?

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Value City Furniture. Check out their website.
You can find some really good deals in the Sunday paper, Look for a good sofa bed and a small dinette set and dresser. you can put the dresser behind the sofa and use it as a sofa table with a lamp. Good Luck!
Check Craigslist in your area, the Penney Saver if you have it, thrift stores, Ikea, garage sales and consignment stores.
Value city furniture is cheap but sometimes not the best queatily. Try to find some small store around your area that are not well known. They usally have good furniture for less dough. Big brand names like Banner always cost more.
If you look through it you can find some amazing things in Ikea (I'm a recent Ikea "convert"); I have heard very negative things about Target furniture; have bought some things from K-Mart which are o.k. but not that great. Try looking through Craigslist like the previous poster said but thats a place where you have to be wary as well as do the moving by yourself as I have not encountered anyone offering to bring their furniture to you. I sold my bedroom set on CL with no prob. Good luck.
Check the newspapers for people selling furniture, and estate sales. You can also get decent and good quality slightly used furniture from furniture rental places (i.e. Cort). I like Ikea, but it's not necessarily inexpensive. The cheapest would be Salvation Army or Goodwill, but you will probably get pretty worn stuff.
I don't know where you are located, but try your local Bombay Company if you have one. They are in current liquidation mode and are marking things down to close!!! Great deals!!!
try goodwill, the deal with it is mostly there's crap but you can usually find enough bargains to make it worthwhile. try any used furniture store or big garage sale (not tiny ones with not a whole lot of interesting stuff). also try target, i really like their furniture, they have not too expensive compact stuff meant for dorm rooms and apartments in very cool colors.
New furniture go to the nearest Ikea http://www.ikea.com/
for new I'd go on line and type in discount furniture + your area it's easy to compare prices, then go to the store that has what you want for what you want to pay for it. I think the very best thing to do is look at the local classified ads either on line or your local newspaper. Narrow down to areas that are more affluent and you can get good quality furniture at great prices.
It depends on where you're moving to. Most cities have at least one recycled furniture store where you can buy used, decent furniture. When I moved into my first apartment, I got most of my furniture from a recycled furniture store, and it's still in good condition. If you're moving to a smaller town, you may want to see if the nearest city has any good reused furniture stores.
IKEA is amazing!! Cheap and good quality. Perfect if you like modern styles.
GOODWILL FOR USED FURNITURE
You probaly think that i am snooty for sayong this but " I HATE USED THINGS." You never know what happed there on that nasty futcheer or clothes.
Jordan's or maybe a Rent A Center
get it now you can make payments plus they have cool stuff or furniture rejects stores they may have a minor flaw but no big deal
depending on where you live- you should try www.craigslist.com when i lived in san diego- this was a heaven sent. i found everything i needed- in decent shape and it was cheap... good luck
The Alleyway behind Arbies and the flea market, find a guy nmed Ed. his nametag says Harry but trust me its a lie. Next sing all of the lyrics to Eye of the Tiger backwords to him. You'll either get some fre blackmarket furniture, or a sword in the head. But its worth it right?
Ikea. Cheap and functional.
Many furniture retailers have a clearance room that contains customer returns, refused special-order merchandise, floor models, etc. The prices are set below normal retail since many of the goods in clearance rooms are one-of-a-kinds that may not sell very well if it were part of the regular line-up. Worth checking out.
at a good second hand or antique shop or at the dump
check around thirft stores or local salvation army or goodwill.they are there to help.
Well I would check the yard sales on Sunday. You can find a whole house load of good used stuff. Especially if they are moving themselves.
well i think the best choice is from a friend that you know vary well and make sure the furniture is good to use
craigslist!
Do not go to Ashley Furniture!!!
Your best bet will always be Craigslist. Go to Craigslist, do a city search and then you can get into details about what exactly you are looking for... The best thing about it is.. Everything is local, and you can pick it up yourself and pay cash...
If you want a bed and no living room instead of a futon or pullout sofa, you can get a cheap set of mattress/box springs from a manufacturer that has their own store, instead of looking at the double-padded mattress set that usually runs over $1000.00. You can pick up a mattress/box spring set for $200-$300, and they have the rail set with casters on the bottom if your studio has tile or hardwood, to make it easier to move and clean under. If you want a futon and no bedroom look in the studio, Walmart has one that's okay to sleep on and I think it's around $250 or so, but you have to really put extra padding (a blanket or two) under the futon mattress to not feel the framing for the bed. If you want a sofa and no bedroom (sometimes the couch ends up more comfortable to sleep on than the bed), try Big Lots if it's in your area. They have couches for $300.00, and they sit okay and are sturdy enough to last 10-15 years if needed. If you don't have a Big Lots, there must be another liquidator store that has furniture lines (most are either manufactured exclusively for the liquidator, or the liquidator assumes a deleted stock from an independent manufacturer). Jennifer Convertibles has a good price on their pullout sofas, but may not be in your area. For the best deal, though, you need to check the classifieds in the Sunday paper to look for furniture being sold by individuals. Sometimes they have the furniture for a year or so, and remodel or decide they just don't like what they've bought, and will get rid of it for almost nothing to make room for their next purchase. You can tell by the house of the seller, by the seller, and sometimes even by the neighborhood (depending on your situation) the quality of and care given to a used piece of furniture. Best of Luck!
you should check out IKEA, seriously.
For used furniture, how about the Salvation Army thrift store or Goodwill? I got a really nice, comfy sofa from the Salvation Army t.s. Good luck.
http://craigslist.com/
Resale shops for hotel furniture have decent items. There's one called Perez Furniture which has new and used stuff. Try this place if its not too far for you too travel. Perez Furniture. 332 E Sauk Trl, South Chicago Heights, IL
World Market has great prices and very nice furniture! Or even Sears! They are having sales on mattresses now! I just purchased a queen size one this week for under $300!
Ikea sells new furniture thats not expensive
IKEA is the best.
A furniture store.
the best places for this is big shopping centers of furniture
If Ikea is in your area, GO TO IT! I know it sounds expensive because it's from designers from Europe, but gosh! It's so cheap! I love going to the strore because they have displays of rooms that you can walk into and everything. Go to ikea! And check out the website! The reason it is inexpensive is because you have to put the funiture together, but I'm pretty sure you will be able to do that! It's not that hard. Anyone can put it together. (you might need tools though...)
check garage sales, or ads in the paper. we have a "thrifty nickel" which is paper that comes out every thursday full of ads for just about everything. also try craigslist.com or gregslist.com or ebay good luck...ive been there before...also if your needing furniture just ask around at work, thats what i did and a good friend/co worker actually gave me his old but in GREAT shape, kitchen table with 4 chairs. i got a futon for about 100 bux if at target that folds out into a bed, that can be used for guests. and walmart has some cute furniture too. especially during the back to school time of year they sell great stuff "for dorms" but of course you can u use it at ur studio. good luck!
I don't know your location but if you can find a CORT furniture rental ,they have really nice furniture and after they rent it once they clean it and sell it for a fraction of its value this furniture doesn't look used at all. I got a sofa,arm chair ,end table and coffee table, and a beautiful marble base lamp all for under $400. and they deliver! They had cheaper furniture too.
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why buy when you can sign up for your local "free cycle" web site and just simply ask for what your looking for.
Ikea you cant beat it!!
I guess that would depend on your definition of "inexpensive" and a style you are looking for IKEA is a good source for inexpensive modern furniture for students. http://www.ikea.com You can also find good inexpensive brands of various styles and some with free shipping here http://www.furniturexo.com As far as used furniture - you can probably find a good selection on eBay or - as other people already said - Craigslist which is local to where you leave.
Big lots has surprisingly nice furniture for cheap! Many times they will have name brand things too!
when i started out i went to local recycling centres where you can pick up some real bargains!
If you have an Ikea in your area, definately check them out. When I moved in with my boyfriend, we needed bedroom furniture and decided to give Ikea a try. We found a queen sized bed, mattress, and two matching dressers for around $700. The only downfall to Ikea is you have to put EVERYTHING together, including the lids to their pots and pans. But their prices are reasonable and if you're into modern/chic then definately give them a look through. Good luck!
you can fine a good deal when you look for yeard sale's and 2nd hand stores you can bargin with price or if you come a cross estate sale you be surprize what you fine
go to Salvation Amy or thrift stores
try www.freecycle.org. its free. ppl advertise stuff they no longer need so you get it for free. its to save landfill and to be 'green,'