I followed your advice and want to thank everyone who commented on my post to help me. I am overwhelmed with the results and now have a fully furnished apartment and fully stocked kitchen all from donations.
I posted on Facebook for friends and family and received some kitchen ware and some furniture from my parents and other family members.
I posted on three buy nothing groups on Facebook and received more kitchen items. A man who has a junk hauling business saw my post and told me he gets a lot of nice furniture that people throw away and asked me what I needed. I gave him a list. Yesterday he delivered a sofabed loveseat (like new), a dining room table with four chairs, a brand new area rug, a coffee table, a file cabinet and an office chair. And he didn’t charge me for delivery or anything!!
The only thing I didn’t get was a set of patio furniture but I can afford to get that on my own. I am blown away you guys by people’s generosity. People were giving me candles, towels….all kinds of stuff!! It literally saved me thousands of dollars in furniture and housewares.
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Ask and you shall receive! Don’t give up on the patio furniture — as we come into spring there’ll be plenty of goodies that people toss. Go for a walk the day before trash day and you might score what you need. I’ve never bought a patio chair in my life…those things are always being thrown away.
I’ve thought about this for years but having a functional ecosystem like this could help SO MANY PEOPLE. imagine young people hanging entire stores of perfectly good house stuff ready to take and use. We go through so much junk, it can almost all
Be recycled
Look up if there is a re-store near you. They take donations and you can get all kinds of stuff for very cheap. Also if you need paint and stuff many cities have a household waste recycling center and you can go pick up paint and other things for free.
just found out about a local thrift store that has great furniture and you can negotiate prices – ended up finding a solid coffee table for $50
Also you can slowly accumulate your collection
This is how you do it! 🙌
Ask in Facebook buy nothing groups!