APARTMENT GUIDE

April 3, 2008 prESENTED BY

Outftting your apartment
Finding your ideal apartment is only half
the battle. Now you have to figure out how
make your apartment your home. You have
to buy all the necessary appliances and elec-
tronics. And of course you have to find ways
to decorate your place whether its just like
everyone else or your own innovative idea.
When my roommates and I moved into
our Lawrence apartment two years ago, our
walls were completely white. We knew we had
to do something to make our apartment our
own. At the time, I worked in a video store so
I was able to get multiple random movie post-
ers we put all over our living room. In addi-
tion, we ripped off the covers of my room-
mates Maxim magazine two year subscription
he had hanging out in his bedroom.
But the one decoration that really topped
the cake was a paper mask of Owen Wilson
and Vince Vaughn we found in Maxim, a
promotion for Wedding Crashers, which
had been released that summer.
We cut out the paper masks and sketched
out bodies for the actors similar to the
Wedding Crashers DVD. Soon enough,
quotes from the movie began to appear on
our walls.
The way you decorate your apartment says
a lot about who you are. We hope that with
this apartment guide, you are given some tips
about what you can do to decorate your place
and the best ways to do it. Good luck.
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April 3, 2008
By matt lindBerg
mlindBerg@kansan.com
editors note
3. Outftting your apartment
6. Build it yourself
8. used furniture
10. How to hang up posters
12. Background info on posters
13. entertainment centers
15. Cute and cheap
16. Kitchen essentials
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By AlexAndrA GArry
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the Skinny on SofAS
Youve found the perfect apartment in the
perfect location at the perfect rent and with
the perfect roommates. What more could you
possibly need?
Unless that dream apartment comes fully-
furnished, chances are you still need a place
to sit, to eat and to do homework: You need
furniture.
First-time apartment outfitters may find
themselves intimated by the prospect of high
price tags and having to know the difference
between a sofa and a loveseat, but Lawrence
businesses are keen to make furniture shopping
as hassle-free as possible, especially for college
students. Many local stores change their mer-
chandise to better cater to the student crowd,
and some, high- and low-end alike, even drop
their prices around the back-to-school period.
Here are some places to buy furniture in the
Lawrence area, as well as some price ranges for
those stores.
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Pat Matthews, co-owner of Intrigue Home Furnishings, 933 Massachusetts St., poses for a picture inside her store on
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pAy less Furniture Outlet
2800 Iowa St.
The ultimate student furniture one-stop
shop: offers low-cost beds, couches, futons,
bedside tables, coffee tables, dining room sets
and lamps.
Offers simple, largely no-frills pieces at
reduced cost
Full beds start at $169; five-piece dinning sets
at $99; and complete sofa sets at $699.
Blue HerOn HOme FurnisHinGs
921 Massachusetts St.
On the pricier side, but Kathleen Hoff, a
member of the stores sales team, said Blue
Heron held summer sales and stocked cheaper
merchandise in late June. They also offer lay-
away and credit to appeal to students.
Offers trendy, conversation pieces with a
particular target for the decorator with style
urBAn OutFitters
1013 Massachusetts St.
Offering new, trendy, cutesy dcor and
some functional pieces
Canvas prints run $14 to $40; pillows $24 to
$36; rugs $12 to $68; lamps less than $40; quilts
$68 to $200
WAl-mArt
3300 Iowa St.
The authority in mega-retailing offers a great
deal in the way of one-stop shopping for all
your apartment-outfitting needs from bed-
ding to kitchen items to basic dcor.
Desks start at about $35; bookshelves at
$19 for three shelves or $30 for five shelves;
higher-quality desks run about $150; and
metal desks at $70. Other products offered for
sale include dining sets, bedroom and bed-
ding sets, recliners and functional bathroom
products like waste baskets and toothbrush
holders.
Wal-Mart also offers a Site to Store service,
which ships merchandise from one store to the
Lawrence store for free, should you see some-
thing on the Web site that you like, but cannot
find locally.
tArGet
3201 Iowa St.
Target offers discount merchandise and
one-stop convenience, plus a slightly stronger
emphasis on fashionable design (which may
equate to higher prices).
Targets Web site, target.com, offers a wide
range of merchandise specifically aimed at
college students, which is searchable by type
of product (bedding, kitchen, storage, etc.) or
by price.
Simple bookcases start at about $25; desks at
$60; large chairs/couches at $100.
Target offers a similar range of types of mer-
chandise to Wal-Mart, from bedding to beds to
couches to bathroom items to kitchenware.
intriGue HOme FurnisHinGs
933 Massachusetts St.
Boutique store offering semi-unique pieces
Features exotic imports, including a signature
all-natural plant fiber lamp series that runs
from $20 for a small desktop lamp to $200 for
a floor lamp
WOrld mArket
3106 Iowa St.
World Markets large, bowl-like chairs known
as papasan chairs are popular with students,
store manager Tanner Sneed says. These run
from $50 for the structure and from $49 to $59
for the cushion.
Desks, dining sets and other accent chairs are
also on offer, ranging from $79 to $169
rent-tO-OWn Center
2204 Haskell Ave.
Rent-to-Own offers varying-length lease
agreements on new and used furniture, from
beds to dining room sets to TVs. Living
room packages start at $74/month and dining
room sets at $24/month. Basic student-tar-
geted bedroom sets run from $79/month to
$99/month, and TVs run from $49/month to
$79/month.
Shawn Henderson, sales associate at the store,
said that used furniture ran on shorter-term
leases (as short as four months) and renters
always had the option to buy.
Bed mArt
2329 Iowa St.
Jim Jameson, manager of Bed Mart, described
this store as crazy come August. Bed Mart
offers lower-priced mattress and box-spring
sets, headboards and footboards, futons and
some bedding.
Mattress sets (including box springs and
frame) run from $169 to $499. Jameson said
this typically also included free delivery.

tHOmAs-CrAWley Furniture
601 South Kasold Dr.
Thomas-Crawley offers a large variety of
furniture items including dining sets, bedroom
sets, appliances and electronics. The stores
non-appliance and non-electronic merchan-
dise comes from either the Ashley or American
brand.
Sofas start about $400.
pier 1 impOrts
3211 Iowa St.
Pier 1 Imports offers a huge variety of items,
both in terms of type of item and the size,
color, pattern and even texture of each item.
The store sells glassware, dinnerware, din-
ing accessories (including flatware), rugs and
dcor and functional furniture.
All that choice comes with a price, however.
Dining chairs start at $99 and small tables at
$69. The store also carries a sofa-sleeper for
$699.
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Beer pong, the drinking game played at
almost every house party. This timeless clas-
sic has made its way from house parties to
local bars in Lawrence, like The Hawk, 3125
W. Sixth St. Any average person can just have
their coffee table or dining room table be the
beer pong table, but some KU students have
designed their own table solely for the game
of beer pong.
use A ColleCtion
As A desiGn
If youre big on having a col-
lection, whether its stamps or
baseball cards, you can use that
as a decorative cover for your
table. For Max Hire Kansan
City, Mo. junior, it was beer
bottle caps. His roommate
John Cullen, Kansas City, Mo.,
junior, had started collecting
beer bottle caps for more than a year from ran-
dom bars across the country. We even bought
some off of eBay. Some were about $50, Hire
said. The guys said that it took about a month
to put it together. It consisted of mortaring and
routing the table, gluing the bottle caps into the
table, and finally layering it with Polyurethane.
polyurethane helps prevent stains if there are
any spillage. Hire said that the table got used
about two to three times a week.
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If you are a die-hard sports fanatic, why
not have your favorite mascot in the center of
your table? Because this is Jayhawk country,
the Jayhawk is not a bad touch. Jamie Halpin
and his roommate, Dan Koerperich, Shawnee
sophomores, have the
Jayhawk mascot in the
center of their table.
Halpin said that it took
them roughly a day dur-
ing the summer to make
it while working at
Koerperich stepfathers
sign shop. The graph-
ics on the table are of
vinyl which Koerperich
did most of the work
laying down after it was
cut in a vinyl printer.,
he said. Weve played beer pong on our table
more times than we can count. Halpin said
about its frequent usage.
Maybe you think the Jayhawk mascot is a bit
cliche, how about the KU letters as an idea?
David Cooley, Leawood junior, has the letter
K on one of his tables. Cooley said it took
between 25 to 30 hours on and off for about a
week to complete each table.
Jason Baker/KANSAN
Max Hire, Kansas City, Mo. junior, made his beer pong table using bottle caps he collected on his own and of of eBay. He
and his roommate, John Cullen, Kansas City, Mo., junior, fashioned the table during the course of a month.
Beer pong tables bring out
students personal touch
Unique tables becoming more accessible
Weve played beer pong on our
table more times than we can
count.
Dan Koeperich
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Cooley says the K table is more for games
as Flippy Cup and Beirut. However, if youre a
fan of both professional sports as well, then you
can be like Cooley and have best of both worlds.
Not only does Cooley have a KU table, but he
also has a table with the Kansas City Chiefs as
well. The table has the Chiefs logo in the center
and the football turf with the numbers and the
white lines. Cooley said they had to stencil the
numbers on to the table. He also had to use two
different colors for the grass. The hardest part
was getting everything proportional, Cooley
said. We had to use some math, which was not
fun. Like Hire, Cooley used polyurethane on
both of his tables to protect them from stains.
Cooley said that both tables were used every
weekend when they have people come over.
These are just a few examples of KU stu-
dents that love the party game so much that
they brought it home to their place. So for the
upcoming academic year, if you want to have
your own table to have for the weekends heres
what you need.
Jason Baker/KANSAN
Roommates Max Hire, John Cullen and Chad Blackwelder built their beer pong table using bottle caps. The men say they play beer pong 2 or 3 times a week.
What you need for a
standard table:
an 8 X 4 board: $6.88-$16.88
Sawhorse brackets to hold up the
table: 4 for $10
polyurethane: $8.37 for a quart,
$24.88 for a liter
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April 3, 2008
Cooley says the K table is more for games
as Flippy Cup and Beirut. However, if youre a
fan of both professional sports as well, then you
can be like Cooley and have best of both worlds.
Not only does Cooley have a KU table, but he
also has a table with the Kansas City Chiefs as
well. The table has the Chiefs logo in the center
and the football turf with the numbers and the
white lines. Cooley said they had to stencil the
numbers on to the table. He also had to use two
different colors for the grass. The hardest part
was getting everything proportional, Cooley
said. We had to use some math, which was not
fun. Like Hire, Cooley used polyurethane on
both of his tables to protect them from stains.
Cooley said that both tables were used every
weekend when they have people come over.
These are just a few examples of KU stu-
dents that love the party game so much that
they brought it home to their place. So for the
upcoming academic year, if you want to have
your own table to have for the weekends heres
what you need.
Jason Baker/KANSAN
Roommates Max Hire, John Cullen and Chad Blackwelder built their beer pong table using bottle caps. The men say they play beer pong 2 or 3 times a week.
What you need for a
standard table:
An 8 X 4 board: $6.88-$16.88
Sawhorse brackets to hold up the
table: 4 for $10
Polyurethane: $8.37 for a quart,
$24.88 for a liter
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April 3, 2008
By Michael holtz
editor@kansan.com
When looking for furniture to fill your
house or apartment, dont just jump in a U-
Haul en route for Nebraska Furniture Mart.
Why not consider the cheaper alternative
used furniture? Not only will you be sav-
ing yourself a few extra bucks money that
can be spent on school supplies or put in
your retirement fund you may also discover
that used furniture might not be such a bad
option.
Stephen Rempala, Olathe graduate student,
practically has his entire house furnished with
used furniture. He has three couches, a kitchen
table, coffee tables and even an air hockey table
bought used, taken off the streets or bartered
for.
I bartered with some hippies for a couch
and got a bar from the Holiday Inn, Rempala
said. Were pretty rowdy and have lots of par-
ties, so we dont have to worry about people
ruining our stuff.
Aside from not having to worry about
furniture being damaged, Rempala said he
enjoyed the affordability of used furniture.
He hasnt even had to open his wallet for
many of the items he has obtained, a con-
siderable plus for all those penniless college
students out there.
Even so, Rempala will be the first to admit
that sometimes a deal that seems too good to
be true is too good to be true.
If theyre questionable stains, throw it
away, Rempala said. Its usually on the
street for a reason.
Jason Schmits, Seneca sophomore, takes a
different approach to his used furniture pur-
chasing. Most of the items he has obtained,
including a love seat, recliner and a desk, came
from the Goodwill or his house in Seneca.
Schmits explanation for his preference
toward used furniture over new furniture is
quite simple: In college, no money, needed a
place to sit.
If I had the money I would totally buy new
stuff, but I dont, Schmit said. I went used
and really dont mind any of my secondhand
stuff.
Cash-strapped furniture steals
Mindy Ricketts/KANSAN
Freemans Used Furniture and Appliances, 1145 Pennsylvania Street, sells furniture at better prices than those you
would fnd searching for new furniture. Look to secondhand stores for better quality furniture than you would fnd in the trash.
Students find clever ways to outfit apartments
by buying used pieces for less money
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Mindy Ricketts/KANSAN
Freemans Used Furniture and Appliances, 1145 Pennsylvania Street, is owned by Doug and Sheree Nair. The store is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday and from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Its closed Sunday and Monday.
Unlike Rempalas too good to be true
theory, Schmit said that if a couch was too
worn or a little smelly it might not be such a
bad thing, seeing as those are memories.
If you are a bit too uncomfortable bar-
tering with hippies and would rather not
take your chances with a couch left out for
the garbage, dont fret. There is another
used furniture option. Ask Sheree Nair,
co-owner of Freeman Used Furniture, 1145
Pennsylvania St.
Sheree Nair and her husband Doug have
been owners of Freeman Used Furniture for
more than 20 years, taking over for her parents
who bought the business in 1969.
We do have some student trade, Nair said.
We sell a lot of desks, couches, coffee tables:
furniture for every room of the house.
Buying used furniture from stores such
as Freeman can ensure quality and still be
cheaper in price in comparison to new fur-
niture. Nair said that the quality of used fur-
niture was oftentimes superior to that of new
furniture, being sturdier and usually not built
out of plywood.
I would look to see if its made with a solid
construction, Nair said. Make sure its not
stapled together.
So, before you go looking for that needed
new couch or table, dont immediately drive
to the nearest new furniture outlet. You most
likely will be able to find what youre looking
for while simultaneously saving a few extra
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Your best bet for hanging posters, pictures
By SarkiS Dejene
editor@kansan.com
If you are looking to decorate your liv-
ing room, dining room or bedroom with
pictures, paintings or posters, here are some
tools that can help you with your decora-
tion.
At the Home Depot, 1910 W. 31st St., there
is a picture hanging set from a brand called
OK, that one employee claims is the best
system.
On the package, it states that the hangers
are used by professionals, museums and art
galleries. The value pack costs $8.98 and comes
with different sized hangers that hold up to 17
pictures, weighing anywhere from five pounds
to as much as 100 pounds.
Nails are used to mount the hangers, so
expect minor nail holes. A couple of nails are
included in the value pack, but users will have
to purchase more nails on their own as there
are not enough included in the set to hold 17
pictures.
Also included are three wall protectors. The
circular rubber pieces are placed on the back of
a picture and help keep your picture balanced
and even against the wall. The hangers are
reusable, so the kit is a good investment.
To hang up posters, thumb tacks or push
pins are also available. Both run about a dollar
for a box of 50 to 100, and can be found at Wal-
Mart or the KU Bookstore. They cause practi-
cally no damage and stay up for months. Push
pins can be easier to remove because they have
handles on the back.
HandiTak is a sticky, gummy-type prod-
uct that is also good for mounting posters.
Although, its only good for lightweight items
and it could cause damage to delicate surfaces.
It also may leave oily residue, so you should
avoid prolonged skin contact. It is reusable
and costs $1.99 at Hobby Lobby, 1801 W. 23rd
St.
Scotch 3M brand has recently come out
with poster and picture hanging adhesive
strips. The strips work well for items weigh-
ing up to 10 pounds, on dry, clean, hard sur-
faces. However, they are not recommended
on painted walls because they could peel off
the paint, and they also shouldnt be used on
wallpaper, or delicate surfaces because they
could cause a tear. They might also cause a
tear on a picture or poster during removal, so
you have to be careful and follow the instruc-
tions on the package. At the Home Depot, the
poster hanging strips cost about $2, and the
picture strips $3.
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April 3, 2008
More than
meets the eye
Posters used to express personal opinion
Alexandra Garry/KANSAN
Nick Gemas, Wichita doctoral student, started collecting movie posters as a way to improve his dorm room at the time.
Now, he credits his poster collection for giving him a greater appreciation of design.
by AlexAndrA GArry
editor@kansan.com
Cheap, easily-obtainable and delightfully
graphic, posters are as iconic of the college living
experience as cheap noodles and house parties.
Posters, of one form or another, can be
found in most any dorm room, and many stu-
dents take their wall hangings with them into
apartments.
College housing is
pretty boring youve got
beige walls and beige car-
pet, beige everything, said
Nick Gemas, Wichita doc-
toral student. Posters are
like cheap wallpaper. They
spruce things up.
Katie Aucott, Lawrence
freshman, said hanging
posters, paintings and mag-
azine clippings was a means
of self-expression for her
and her artistic group of roommates.
It just makes a space your own, she said.
Not just inexpensive decoration, posters
have a significant place in history.
Historically, posters were used as a means
of communication, said Barry Fitzgerald,
associate professor of graphic design.
Posters took on greater cultural significance
as a means of political propaganda and military
recruitment in World War I and then again in
World War II.
Gemas, who collects movie posters, said
what started as a way to liven up his dorm
room opened up the world of art to him and
he now had a stronger interest in design and
culture.
Fitzgerald said improvements in printing
technology made post-
ers cheaper and further
broadened their mass-
market appeal.
Today, even individuals
can make their own post-
ers cheaply through one-
hour photo departments in
retail chains such as Wal-
Mart. Here in Lawrence,
20x30-inch prints start at
$16. Local imaging shop
Image Works, 711 23rd
St., creates prints ranging
from locket sized to 40x60 inch posters,
according to its Web site.
Today, posters are mostly decorative, but
technology opens a lot of options, Fitzgerald
said. Whatever your cause political or reli-
gious or whatever you can find a poster for
that. Or, if you just want something with pretty
flowers on it, you can find that, too.
Whatever your cause po-
litical or religious or whatever
you can fnd a poster for
that.
Barry fitzgerald
associate professor of graphic design
by jason baker
jbaker@kansan.com
Its Thursday night and Tim Hendricks,
Topeka sophomore, and James Cook, Lawrence
sophomore, are sitting in their living room
watching this weeks episode of Lost on their
housemates big screen TV. The 50-inch TV
belongs to their housemate Adam Lauridsen,
Lawrence sophomore. Lauridsen said he got the
TV on an after-Thanksgiving sale for $1,000.
Along with the big screen, they have a surround
sound system to add to the experience. Lauridsen
owns one of the 360 systems, which he said cost
about $400. Laursiden talked about the reason
he bought it all, I was a film major and I have
about 400 movies, and I wanted a big screen to
watch them all.
Keeping an eye out for bargains on enter-
tainment systems can turn your pad into the
place to be for that favorite weekly show or for
the big game.
Lauridsen isnt the only student out there
who cashed in on a good deal on a big screen.
Jim Erickson, Overland Park senior, owns a
60-inch big-screen TV, which he said he and
his housemates got for a good bargain. It was
originally $3,000, but the lady was trying to
get rid of it, so we bought it from her for about
$500, Erickson said. Like Laurisden, Erickson
and his housemates have a surround sound
system, but they use a Playstation 2 system
in order to play DVDs. Erickson said that he
and his housemates had movie nights periodi-
cally. Using a computer or game system to play
movies is an easy way to avoid buying a DVD
player.
However, Erickson said they most notably
played host to Super Bowl parties. He said they
had about 80 people come over for the Super
Bowl. Erickson said that they even had sta-
dium-seating couches in their living room for
when they had guests come over. Lauridsen
gives this advice for anyone who might want
to buy their own entertainment system, Get it
on sale, especially the day-after-Thanksgiving
sale. It was the cheapest for me.
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if you dont want to or cant spend too
much money on an entertainment sys-
tem, here is a list of some prices
from Wal-mart:
DVD Players: $34.97-$69.84
27-inch TV: $198.97
26-inch Vizio HD TV: $474.00
24-inch RCA: $189.96
50-inch big screen TV: $748.00-$998.00
RCA Home Theatre System - $98.96
Sony Home Theatre System - $193.67
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by isadora rangel
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Its common sense that college students
live on a budget. Few have enough money
to buy all those cool items in decor catalogs.
Low funds is no excuse
for living in a sloppy
apartment. With only a
few bucks and some free
time, there are a lot of
things you can do to out-
fit your room and give it a
personal touch.
Start with knowing
where to go. The Dollar
Tree, 2108 W. 27th St., is
one of the best places in town for those who
dont feel like spending more than a dollar on
each item. Some of its best finds are card board
under-bed storage chests that you assemble
yourself. They are a good alternative to plastic
organizing bins, which cost about $15 each.
Of course, they are not as durable as the plastic
ones, but come on, they cost less than a cup of
coffee. Also, its material allows you to custom-
ize it, with glitter pens or collages of pictures,
for example.
Another good find at the Dollar Tree
are card board posters. Dont expect to
find a poster of your favorite band, most
of them are landscapes
and flowers, but they still
add color to your walls.
While framing them can
class up your place, you
can just stick them to
the wall with Sticky Tak,
a removable gum-like
adhesive.
The next stop is Hobby
Lobby, 1801 W. 23rd St.,
the paradise of do it yourself lovers.
There you find the best materials to give
an artistic touch to your room. To make a
funky lamp shade out of your old, boring
lamp, buy customizing fringe for $2.39. Its
colorful fringe comes on a elastic band, so
no glue is needed. Make sure that the lamp
shade youre using is the same size as the
fringe though.
Simple purchases help organize your
room and make it look neat, or just hide
your mess. A shower curtain, for exam-
ple, can have multiple functions. Rebecca
Feickert, Goodrich, N.D., sophomore, didnt
like her open closet. She
fixed it with two colored
shower curtains and a
few hooks that she put
on a door track that was
already attached to the
ceiling.
I dont want people
to look into my closet,
Feickert said. Not only
did she solve her prob-
lem, but she also added
some color to her room.
Feickerts idea has caught
on, as two other people have done the same
thing after they saw her invention. The same
idea can be used for window curtains as
well.
If your wall looks naked, there are many
ways to make it more pleasing to the eye. For a
different way to hang pictures, use one or two
feet of clothesline, wood pins and Sticky Tak.
First, glue your favorite pictures on thick pan-
els of cardboard. Apply enough Sticky Tak to
hold the clothesline to the wall. Finally, hang
the pictures as you would
hang your clothes.
If you are in a do-it-
yourself mood, create
your own art for your
wall. Dont worry, your
kindergarten skills will be
enough to do this. Buy at
least three canvases, prices
vary according to size, and
use tape to apply different
stencils, which cost $2.99
at Hobby Lobby. Then
,paint them with color of
choice. Use the Sticky Tak to attach them to
the wall.
These cheap and crafty ways to cleanup and
spruce up your room can make your room
more homey and comfortable.
Crafty ways to spruce up your bare walls
Turn that dull room into a shout of your own personality with these cheap remedies
To make a funky lamp shade
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necessities for a college
students kitchen:
Utensils
Cups
Plates
Bowls
Cofee pot
Microwave
Toaster
Spatula
Cooking spoons
Measuring cups and spoons
Paper towels
Pots
Pans
Shot glasses
Pot holders
Blender
Whisk
Tupperware

Wal-mart:
Whisk $3.96
Spatula $4.14
Mini Grill $ 15.46-
$124.74
Toaster $6.33- $24.83
Blender $13.84-$66.86
Starfrit, 12-inch pan $9.97
Tupperware $. 98 - $14.94
Cofee pot $8.97 -$94.96
Tea kettle $6.64 - $29.87
Measuring spoons, six-piece set $1.46
Measuring cups, four-piece set $1.97
Can Opener $5. 97
Pizza Cutter $4.97-$5.44
Microwave $33.87-$188.76
Dish towels $.97-$5.96
Oven mits $4.97-$7.97
Plastic cereal bowls, set of 4 $1.97 each
Plastic dinner plate, set of 4 $1.97 each
Large wave tumbler, set of 4 94 cents each
Pitcher 94 cents
Plastic plate $1.72 each
Clear plastic cups $1.72 each
Knife sets $7.64-$19.97
Cutting board $3.97-$29.96

Special deal:
Melamin tools, six-piece set $5.44
(Includes two spatulas, two spoons, ladel,
slotted spoon)
Pop Top Storables, 50-piece set $9.96
Non-stick pasta cooker with built-in colan-
der $16.80
Cookware sets:
7-8 piece set $14.88-$34.97
8-12 piece set $49.97-$99.83
Kitchen tool set:
Faberware, 14-piece set $ 19.84
Mainstays, 23-piece set $9.97
Hometrends, 30-piece set $ 18.97

target:
Pots and pans $59.99-$249.99
Cofee pot $11.99-$64.99
Blender $16.99-$199.99
Toasters $17.99-$139.99
Microwaves $25.00-$219.99
Utensil sets $12.99 - $39.99
Pyrex prepware, 13-piece $29.99
Measuring cups $9.99-$12.99
Measuring spoons $14.99-$17.99
Dinnerware $9.99- $69.99
Drinkware $12.99-$34.99
Dish towels $4.99-$34.99

Bed Bath and Beyond, a specifc
section for college students:
Cofee pots $10.99-$29.99
Toaster $19.99 -$34.99
George Foreman Grill $49.99
Pots and pans $7.99-$19.99
Whisk $2.99-$6.99
4-piece utensil set $7.99
Can opener $11.99
Snapware Snap n Lock 14-piece multi pur-
pose set $24.99
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