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My family and I were able to move into an apartment six months ago. Currently we have no real furniture. We are using mattresses for the children's beds, foam mattress toppers for our bed and a card table and chairs for our dinning table. We would really like to do furnish the bedrooms since those are our personal spaces.
In my children's room, I would like to put a bunk bed against the wall, a dresser on the opposite side, a book shelf on one of the side walls, a toy chest on the other side wall and a throw rug in the middle of the floor.
In my room I would like to put a full black platform bed against the center wall, two side tables on each side of the bed and a dresser on the side wall.
If there is money left over then I would add comforter sets to the beds.
In my children's room, I would like to put a bunk bed against the wall, a dresser on the opposite side, a book shelf on one of the side walls, a toy chest on the other side wall and a throw rug in the middle of the floor.
In my room I would like to put a full black platform bed against the center wall, two side tables on each side of the bed and a dresser on the side wall.
If there is money left over then I would add comforter sets to the beds.
I just created the bed in this Instructable. It is incredibly easy and sturdy. I modified it a bit to be just tall enough to be able to have sliding drawers underneath for some storage. Overall an excellent bed.
I furnished my whole apartment for I think under 400 dollars by hunting for deals there.
I found a bedframe for like 20 bucks i think,
a big comfy living room chair for 75,
a futon with a custom mattress and wood frame for 60,
a table/chairs set for 35,
and a pair of sidetables for 15 bucks for the pair.
Note: the table/chair set and the side tables needed a little tlc - the side tables had some water damage and something sticky on them, but i was able to clean them up and put a coat of paint on them and they look like totally different pieces of furniture. The table and chairs also became new with a coat of white paint.
anyway, I would DEFINITELY check craigslist, because you can save some serious money on your furniture, and save your extra dollars for embellishments like comforter sets, pillows, etc.
good luck!