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I have nothing. I am starting from scratch. Does anyone have any tips on how best to supply my home? Where should I start. It seems like the list of stuff I need is neverending! I am exited, though, so I would appreciate any help. Thx!
WOULD ANYONE HAPPEN TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND LISTS OF APARTMENT NEEDS FOR EACH ROOM? I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING. IS THERE ANYWHERE ONLINE?
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First, I'm assuming you're a "poor college student" or something like that. If not, most of this advice probably won't be particularly applicable.
Now: buy everything you can second hand. There's no point in bankrupting yourself for your first apartment (or any apartment). One exception I would say would be a bed. I don't buy bed's secondhand, but some people are okay with it.
Don't get a huge apartment if it's just you. If you can survive in a studio or 1 bedroom, do so. Again, no point bankrupting yourself when you don't need to.
Check out sites like Craigslist.org and check out the "free" sections. People are always giving away furniture and kitchen stuff when they move away. You can find a lot of decent "starter" stuff that way and save yourself a lot of money. Yard sales are also good for this. You don't need the full kitchen of stuff either. A couple of small to medium sized saucepans with lids, and a large frying pan with a lid is more than enough to start out with unless you're a gourmet cook. Hell, by most people's standards I am a gourmet cook and I still only use 3 or 4 pans. Everything else just isn't truly necessary. It may seem like a good deal to get a 94 or 120 piece kitchen set for $120, but only if you actually use everything. You won't. Go buy the inexpensive (but decent) single pans for $10-$20 each and get the three or four I mentioned. Save the rest of your money for bathroom stuff or sheets for a bed.
If you want semi-decent, cheap stuff new, check out Ikea or the big dollar store type places. You can get a lot of stuff for really cheap if you shop carefully. I bought a couple of inexpensivedecent quality, dinnerware sets (to seat 4 people each) for $14 total at Target too, so if you look around you can find cheap stuff.
Don't try to buy everything at once. Buy the important things (cookware, dinnerware and bathroom stuff as well as a bed) and then gradually accumulate more as time passes. Books are perfectly okay on the floor and a tv isn't essential immediately. If you have a TV, you don't need to spend a lot of money on an entertainment center since most TVs are okay on the floor or a small stack of bricks and a board.
All of these things make you look like a poor college student, but odds are most people around you will understand that. And it's much better to look like a poor college student when you actually are one than looking like one 10 years after you've graduated because you spent all your money while you were in school and are in debt up to your eyeballs.
First, I'm assuming you're a "poor college student" or something like that. If not, most of this advice probably won't be particularly applicable.
Now: buy everything you can second hand. There's no point in bankrupting yourself for your first apartment (or any apartment). One exception I would say would be a bed. I don't buy bed's secondhand, but some people are okay with it.
Don't get a huge apartment if it's just you. If you can survive in a studio or 1 bedroom, do so. Again, no point bankrupting yourself when you don't need to.
Check out sites like Craigslist.org and check out the "free" sections. People are always giving away furniture and kitchen stuff when they move away. You can find a lot of decent "starter" stuff that way and save yourself a lot of money. Yard sales are also good for this. You don't need the full kitchen of stuff either. A couple of small to medium sized saucepans with lids, and a large frying pan with a lid is more than enough to start out with unless you're a gourmet cook. Hell, by most people's standards I am a gourmet cook and I still only use 3 or 4 pans. Everything else just isn't truly necessary. It may seem like a good deal to get a 94 or 120 piece kitchen set for $120, but only if you actually use everything. You won't. Go buy the inexpensive (but decent) single pans for $10-$20 each and get the three or four I mentioned. Save the rest of your money for bathroom stuff or sheets for a bed.
If you want semi-decent, cheap stuff new, check out Ikea or the big dollar store type places. You can get a lot of stuff for really cheap if you shop carefully. I bought a couple of inexpensivedecent quality, dinnerware sets (to seat 4 people each) for $14 total at Target too, so if you look around you can find cheap stuff.
Don't try to buy everything at once. Buy the important things (cookware, dinnerware and bathroom stuff as well as a bed) and then gradually accumulate more as time passes. Books are perfectly okay on the floor and a tv isn't essential immediately. If you have a TV, you don't need to spend a lot of money on an entertainment center since most TVs are okay on the floor or a small stack of bricks and a board.
All of these things make you look like a poor college student, but odds are most people around you will understand that. And it's much better to look like a poor college student when you actually are one than looking like one 10 years after you've graduated because you spent all your money while you were in school and are in debt up to your eyeballs.
Can you throw a respectable wedding on a 3k budget?
Lisa
My cousin is getting married in one year from now, him and his fiance don't have much money
so they set a 3k budget.
They want to invite 150 people and accommodate that many people on that budget this includes the reception as well.
They are a young couple in there 20s , they asked me what I think about it.
I don't know a hell of a lot about weddings as I'm only 24 and never been married , but I said if you have a small budget maybe they should go to the court house and get their marriage certificate, and than spend that money on the reception because I think 3k could make a nice reception.
and maybe later on they could throw a wedding later when they have more money.
What do you think, can you throw a nice wedding on a 3k budget?
The wedding will be in a suburb of Atlanta I think in a back yard or something to that effect , from what I understand the brides family will take care of all the food, but I'm still not sure about such a small budget for 150 people. I mean you have flowers, candles, music , and a photographer plus what ever else. I know a photographer/DJ alone will run about 1k and that is low end.
They do not belong to a church or any kind of organization so that might be out of the question.
I will be a brides maid in this wedding so I hope it turns out well :)
And the bride to be was given a wedding dress from a friend of hers .. she said she will have it altered a bit so she can fit into it better.
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you can IF you do these things
1- cut the guest list in half, no joke, i'm serious
2- make it in the morning, catered breakfast is much cheaper
3- or make it real late at night like 8 pm and let everyone know there will only be cake and punch, this will force people to get dinner somewhere and then come to the party
4- NO real flowers ANYWHERE not on the bouquet, the flower girl the groom ALL flowers must be fake real flowers cost a fortune
5-no videographer
6-no photographer
7- no wedding favors
8-no place cards
9- no rented anything, this means tables, chairs, plants, vases, nothing rented, rentals are super expensive
10- no real dinnerware or plates
11- no live band or live musicians of any kind, all music must be recordings or on an ipod
12- no bar, or at least no open bar, but if you make it in the morning you can get away with no bar cuz who wants to drink at 10 am?
13- no registering for gifts, if you aren't gonna throw a fancy party it would be tacky to ask for anything, people will be offended
14- no bridesmaids or groomsmen gifts, get them something later, after the wedding
15- no professional invitations, get them at hobby lobby print them yourself and make do
16- look for restaurants with package deals, for a wedding with 75 guests they are easy to find
17- craigslist EVERYTHING you can
18- make anything you can
19- tell people who can make things, decorate, sing, sew, or decorate cakes that THIS will be their wedding gift to you if they do it for you
20- two words: in-state honeymoon, do NOT travel anywhere, save the trip for the 1 yr anniversary, road trips are romantic!
you can IF you do these things
1- cut the guest list in half, no joke, i'm serious
2- make it in the morning, catered breakfast is much cheaper
3- or make it real late at night like 8 pm and let everyone know there will only be cake and punch, this will force people to get dinner somewhere and then come to the party
4- NO real flowers ANYWHERE not on the bouquet, the flower girl the groom ALL flowers must be fake real flowers cost a fortune
5-no videographer
6-no photographer
7- no wedding favors
8-no place cards
9- no rented anything, this means tables, chairs, plants, vases, nothing rented, rentals are super expensive
10- no real dinnerware or plates
11- no live band or live musicians of any kind, all music must be recordings or on an ipod
12- no bar, or at least no open bar, but if you make it in the morning you can get away with no bar cuz who wants to drink at 10 am?
13- no registering for gifts, if you aren't gonna throw a fancy party it would be tacky to ask for anything, people will be offended
14- no bridesmaids or groomsmen gifts, get them something later, after the wedding
15- no professional invitations, get them at hobby lobby print them yourself and make do
16- look for restaurants with package deals, for a wedding with 75 guests they are easy to find
17- craigslist EVERYTHING you can
18- make anything you can
19- tell people who can make things, decorate, sing, sew, or decorate cakes that THIS will be their wedding gift to you if they do it for you
20- two words: in-state honeymoon, do NOT travel anywhere, save the trip for the 1 yr anniversary, road trips are romantic!
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