How I furnished my house for free

Quality goods can be found for free. It just takes a little hunting. I found a nitch I didn't know I had when I sold my first craigslist find for for a $100 profit. I used that profit to fund more finds. Along the way, my house was furnished temporarily until I found a better replacement. An upgrade in quality.



And that's how you begin.



It requires patience and negotiation. Hold steady when asking for more while selling and make sure to offer less when buying.   Labor too. You'll have to haul the items ;). It's my personal way of going to the gym. It gets scary too. I worried many times about losing a rug or worse,a couch on the highway. I'm happy to report that never happened. Here's a few shots of how my home has progressed. Today, I'm actually in the black $3k. Furnished free and for profit. It was a fun project to take on- a game.



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FirePlace Room: Picked up two of these immaculate 13x 15 rugs for $400. Turned each around for $350. Total Profit $300

Family Room: This couch set was a bad buy. It was hard to sell for profit. I was happy to get my money back though. Picked up 2 of these 8x10 white shag rugs for $50 each. Picked up some yarn and sewed them together. Because of the larger size I was able to get $275. $175 profit.

These chairs really got me started. Purchased 4 for $90 and sold each for 125. $410 Profit. I would have kept them but just couldn't get the to fit our design scheme.

Loved these bar stools but had to sell them. My toddlers kept falling over the back rest. Picked the pair of for $25 and sold pair for $150