
We've all been there — you move into a new home, and don't have the right piece of furniture for right now, but you haven't found, or saved the money, for what you really want. The temptation is to buy 'filler' furniture that will do for now — inexpensive pieces that will do for now, but that you can upgrade later. And one of the best places to find those? IKEA.
The worry is that you’ll spend more in the long run by purchasing a series of 'inexpensive' stop gaps, and you'll need to carefully consider what happens to something you buy after you're done with it, to avoid it just simply being thrown away.