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December 21, 2017
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How to Furnish an NYC Apartment on a Budget

The rent for an NYC apartment is likely the biggest portion of your budget. This is often the reason why you may be inclined to skimp on furniture, and try to furnish their place at as little bost as possible. This can mean cheap, disposable furniture. Or, it can mean having almost no furnishings at all.

Unless you’ve landed a furnished NYC apartment, you don’t have to compromise when it comes to making your place feel like home. You can still decorate your NYC apartment the way you want, even with a limited budget! Here are a few tips on how you can furnish an NYC apartment on the cheap:

Quality over quantity, always.

One of the most common mistakes most people make when furnishing and NYC apartment is that they settle for cheap furniture. They believe that doing so means that they would be able to buy more furniture pieces or accessories. The desire for more throw pillows, carpets, or other accent pieces can seem very attractive. However, this isn’t the right route to take.

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Why? The problem is that most of these items are likely to suffer wear-and-tear because their quality was compromised to begin with. When you sacrifice quality for the sake of saving money or buying more items, these pieces likely will not last. So you end up buying newer yet still cheap items as a replacement for furnishing an apartment until it too, gets replaced.

What you should do instead is buy the furniture with the best quality that you can afford. Even if this means sacrificing buying more, smaller pieces, think of it as a good investment. These large, higher quality furnishings are those that you can take with you with every move into new NYC apartment rentals.

Be creative.

A lot of people think it’s efficient and strategic to buy double-purpose furniture pieces, like beds that transform into sofas, or benches that can be storage spaces. For some, it can be. However, there are instances where these furniture pieces don’t even do either function that well.

If that’s the case, you should simply get creative with the space you already have in your NYC apartment. For example, you can add shelves to maximize your storage space if you were lucky enough to land an apartment with a high ceiling. Or, you can use rugs in different rooms to make the space bigger. It’s really up to you as to what apartment decoration hacks to pursue!

Mirrors and good lighting go a long way.

The secret to making small apartments look huge and spacious are mirrors and good lighting. They create an illusion that the space is bigger than it actually is.

Try putting mirrors where you wanted to have windows and invest in light fixtures. Look for those that you can easily switch back out when you finally decide to move out and into a new NYC apartment. Here’s a rule of thumb you should always remember: the brighter a room, the larger it looks.

Short Term Rentals NYC can help find you the perfect apartment for you to then furnish to your taste. Our inventory of NYC apartments across the entire city lets you search by budget, size, and more. The more money you save on rent, the more you can contribute to when you furnish your new NYC apartment. Let us help you find the perfect place at the right price.

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