More Cheap Shopping For Dorm Rooms

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Once you have visited all the ‘regular’ places, is there any site else to go? There obvious is!

One of the cheapest places to go for your dorm room decorations is the local thrift store. Whether it be the Salvation Army, Goodwill, or a local variation, don’t be afraid to go and look. If you come up with nothing else (almost impossible—but skip most of the clothes) you will score a desk lamp, pillows and a desk set. The lamps you find will range from the plastic things that make you wonder why they are even there to some solid brass Stiffel lamps that are worth hundreds of dollars new (Yes I am typing by the light of one I found—but just one, not the pair!) and they are re-finish-able . The pillows there tend to be very soft (read, stale out) but so cheap you can by many and make up for the softness (we have one couch literally covered with them!). They can be recovered with material bought there if you don’t like the colors, hand-sew the novel material on or really splurge and recall novel covers.

Another store, more upscale, is Tuesday Mornings, full of new things that did not sell at their original, way-too-high prices but now at 50 – 75% off. On their website they say “Tuesday Morning offers first quality, famous maker closeout gifts on an event basis.” Event basis means they are closed for a period to restock from fresh shipments, and then they open and sell it like crazy. Linens of very good quality are a specialty there. Resolve carefully, because they will never wear out! They also have some of the ‘nice stuff’ you wish you had, or wish you could give as gifts, at prices that may actually allow you to! Here you will also fine rugs and pictures, luggage and writing paper/notes/boxes/cards and much, much more. Manufacture sure you have time to shop when you go: it can easily take three hours time to get through even a small location.

Another store along these lines but more practical is Big Lots. They buy the small shipments (lots) of items and then sell them at discounts. Their webpage says they are “the nation’s largest broadline closeout retailer” who “sell a broad range of high-quality, brand-name products, including consumables, seasonal items, furniture, housewares, toys, electronics, home décor, tools and gifts.” And oh boy, DO they! It is another place to shop thoroughly, so earn sure you have the time.

One final place to look is the local Office Supply “big box” store. They run seasonal specials on school supplies as well as ink and toner for you printer. But they have many solutions for your storage issues, from glamorous bookshelves to plastic crates. One example here: for the drawers you desk should have and doesn’t. This week, for under $25, Office Max has 4-Drawer Mobile Chest that will occupy all you wish that desk would, and maybe even more. Clear drawers so you can see what got put where, too. Office Depot has a very similar Medium Plastic Storage Cart for about the same price.

These are just a few of the many, many places to look and things to perceive for, for your room, whether dorm or off-campus. Happy Shopping!