Many young professionals use Craigslist to furnish their homes and apartments.  This basically stems from a desire to keep things cheap.  I think that finding essential home furniture off Craigslist can be a great idea.  I also think that it can be a huge pain and lead to mixed results.   I tend to believe that if you spend as much time on Craigslist looking for discounts and affordable new furniture you can put together something for a very similar price.  I will say that one of the best uses of Craigslist for furniture, however, is using it to buy used Ikea goods.  There’s one simple reason for that: it’s already put together!