Moved into my first 1br! How much did you spend on furnishing your place and your salary at the time?

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Not exactly an answer on cost, but I took my time buying pieces I really wanted instead of trying to fill my space quickly. It took several months to get everything, but also helped me space out my costs. Biggest investment was my couch and bed.

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Ha yes! But smart move!

Surprised by the replies, spent ~5-8k buying the cheapest stuff we could find (Amazon, way fair, ikea). Stuff just adds up... 170k salary

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5-6k, my TC was $120k. But use a 0 APR credit card w/ bonus if you can for large purchases.

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I moved into my 5th place in 9 years. I feel like I always spend like ~3k on new stuff.

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I spent several thousand for a new couch, bed, and dining table/chairs, and $30 on a Craigslist chest of drawers, plus got some hand-me-downs.

If you have time to dig through the listings, Craigslist and Facebook marketplace have some high-quality furniture for reasonable prices, and you can usually negotiate. Skip listings from people who are selling furniture for a living, and buy anything bedding related or upholstered new, because you don’t want bedbugs.

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small tip for craigslist if you add "-ikea" to your searches some really good stuff comes up

We made ~$600K, spent $20K (2 people)

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Haha same here curious about the answers!

Just moved into a 1br couple months ago.

Spent roughly 2.5-3k (started with nothing) with the bulk being a 1.5k mattress. Found pretty good deals on wayfair.

I live with my partner so it’s not super representative but we’re roughly at 300k TC

~2.3k. Bought couch, floor lamp, tv stand/tv, chairs, coffee table, dresser, mattress, bed board. Everything was from ikea/amazon

Already had desk/desk chair, dining table, bar cart, bed frame, and everything kitchen

180k salary combined with s/o

From three apt/living situations: Bf spent 15k when he was at 450k on a 1 bed. I spent 3k at 160k for a studio. We just spent 35k (in addition to the previous furniture) furnishing an entire home at 780k.

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