We've all had to do some kind of furnishing on a budget at some point in our lives, whether it's because of a drop in funds, or just a temporary situation meaning we need some throwaway functional bits and pieces.
The thing is that furniture isn't usually the kind of thing you can easily transport.
Even with a car, it's sometimes difficult to shift pieces of furniture.
It's quite common nowadays to look to hire a man and van just for a single trip to Ikea, for example.
This kind of furniture delivery service is the sort of one-hit type that can be done with a catalogue and quickly executed.
It's not the cheapest furniture delivery service though.
There are plenty of ways of cutting down on costs.
If you've got friends in the area, or a reasonably credible advertising board in the locale, you may wish to suggest that a group get together to cut the cost of the furniture delivery service.
With a couple of people on board, the costs are negligible.
Also, almost everywhere you shop, discounts can be given, and offers taken advantage of when there are more of you.
Another great way to get free furniture is to use a website like snaffleup.
com.
This kind of site lists items of furniture for free.
Places like Gumtree.
com and wishnfish.
com have similar sections for free items as well.
Remember, the biggest expense if you're doing it like this what kind of furniture delivery service you use.
  Finding the cheapest possible option, which may include asking a mate, or using a delivery auction website, is important here.
You wouldn't want to be paying more for transport than for the actual product, after all.