Starter picks

Ten places to start, one per category, for a two-person home. This is our own editorial shortlist, not a ranking and not a count of what anyone bought. Tap Add to put one straight into your own list.

How this ranking is made

We do not test these products, we do not score them, and nothing here is ranked. Each row is one category, and the entry we picked is a mid-priced option that suits a two-person home and whose price we have read at the shop that sells it.

One per category, in the order the rooms come in
Sized for two people, so a one-person or four-person home will want something else
The date each price was read is on the row

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Furnishing cost calculator · 21 items · no account

How much will it cost to furnish your home? Build the full 21-item list.

A home for one person takes 21 things and costs about $5,500 to furnish new, plus $18 a month to run.

Every size below is worked out from that one number. See what size fridge, washer and sofa each household size gets, and how the monthly power figure is calculated.

Browse a category on its own page, with every option and the price we read at the shop: Sofas Beds Mattresses Dining tables Rugs Dressers

Or read the numbers first: What it costs to furnish an apartment How this calculator works The 21-item checklist

Budget$ Set a budget and this line tracks how much of it the list uses.

Three example lists

Worked examples, not other people's lists — this site stores nothing on a server, so it cannot show you anyone else's. Tap one to load it and change anything you like.