Most people know they can find things at thrift stores but I can tell you even cheaper than that! After losing everything and then getting this house we didn't have anything to put in it at first but my husband's job save us. See my husband now works for an apartment complex and he got our furniture there.
See when the evict people then the people's stuff is put on the side of the road. This you can't touch but most of it is stolen anyways. That's not where my husband got our things. He got our things out of the abandoned items. This is when people move out and just leave the things they no longer want for whatever reason. They are given so long to come back after it and if they don't the apartment complex throws these items away. So I advice people to go to local complexes and talk to the rental manager and explain their situation and see if they will call you the next time they are throwing things away. This is how we got our sofa and two non matching side tables. There are all kinds of things left and if you get in good with an apartment complex and haul their things away free for them then you can go through these items and even start selling them at a flea market. I don't do this but know of those who do.
So now you decide you need paint. I can give you a helpful hint in saving money there too!! I'm surprised hoe many people don't know of this but have you heard of opps paint? This is the paint that was mixed wrong for whatever reason and they couldn't sale. They will take the messed up color and tweak the color a little more so people don't screw them and then they sale the paint 1/2 off. You can find opps paint and Home Depot and Lowes just ask where it is at the paint counter. You can't find it at Walmart because they send theirs to claims. Then only problem with opps paint is it limits your color choices. A thing to remember is say you need 3 gallons of paint but they only have 2 opps cans in that color. Well you have two choices, you can get them to color match the third can at full price or you can find a color that's close to it. As long as it's close to it you can dump all three cans in a five gallon bucket and mix it so that it will all match. I've done this so many times over the year it's crazy!
Now you've decided you need new fixtures. Once again I don't pay full price. This is where you need to look for reclaimed stores in your area. I know they have them in Atlanta. Sometimes they're called builder's salvage. Depending on the place they will have either overstock, discontinued items or the can even have salvaged items out of old homes that was donated to them. Some of the donated things can be amazing like the light fixtures and cabinets.
Now you need lumber and I can tell you how to get that free also, if you are willing to work to get it. Pallets! Pallets are needed when transporting cargo. Large companies will sale these pallets back to the manufactures but small companies and little local business can't do that because they don't have large enough amounts. These businesses will sometimes gladly give them to you for free and pallets are made of hardwood, not pine so it's good wood. All you need to take them apart is a sawzall with a demolition blade to cut the nails. Don't try prying them apart it's not happening.
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