OPERATION GET ORGANIZED

[titusnowl]

I need to CLEAN THE HOUSE.

Make the dining room table visible again. Figure out what's going on with this small pile of boxes between the desk and the couch, and get rid of it. Throw out the umpty billion old newspapers and pinecones and soda bottles that will never be recycled and various other things I've collected. Equip the apartment with adequate trash cans. Provide appropriate shelving and storage space for books, dishes, clothing, and everything else. Devise and utilize a filing system for photographs and negatives. Wash all my laundry.

I need a dresser, and I need it cheap. Is it possible to get a dresser for under $30?

It's spring. I can't afford to completely redecorate, but I can at least do the spring cleaning.

When I'll find the time is the question.

Comments

[juniper200.livejournal.com]

Teget has some nice storage things that I found affordable enough; I think there are some things with drawers that aren't very expensive at all. They were the kind that doesn't have a display model assembled, past the nicer stuff.

I know my rubbermaid-style four-drawer unit was less than $30. That was from Target, too. And it's springtime, so don't forget the garage sales and flea markets.

[brianjedi.livejournal.com]

A dresser for under $30? Doubtful, at least if you have your heart set on an actual wooden dresser. My Rubbermaid 2-tub "dresser" was about $20, and it works fairly well.

[geobabe1.livejournal.com]

Check around for thrift stores that sell furniture, or church sales. Sometimes they jack the prices up, but sometimes you can find great deals. My bedroom set is a fabulous sturdy wood (my mother thinks it's 1950s blond mahogany) that my mom picked up at a thrift store for something like 80 bucks total for a dresser, bureau and nightstand.

As an alternative, those cardboard drawer sets you can get from Wal*Mart or Target are super cheap; in the past I've used those and they've lasted for a good number of months, and that would give you time to save up for some real furniture.