Have you ever looked into renting a beach house in the big city? I can tell you this, you dollars don’t go honestly far.
I found this out the difficult way when I graduated college with a degree in architectural design.
Where else could I job plus live where there were so many occasions at my feet. The concern was that I needed to find a task that would allow myself and others to afford to live there; The arena I found that I could afford is a small studio beach house so I had to make the most out of every square inch. This meant that many of my furniture pieces had to pull double duty. My bed is a fold away unit that turns into my desk part when it is folded up plus my custom couch is also my storage section for many of my clothing… I wasn’t even expecting to have room for any sort of kitchen furniture although I went online plus found many companies that sold several components that hooked together to form whatever shaped couch you wanted. Each piece has storage under the seat plus it worked out great. I was able to order the type plus color of the fabric too so I made it exactly as I wanted. I never would have thought that I could afford a custom couch but it was actually less than one from those big furniture stores. The other perk was that it was delivered right to my door plus shipped for free. Because you order the pieces individually they are fairly lightweight too.