My mother gave me a couch that she had since I was about five. It was in perfect condition but it was really ugly. I got some chairs from a thrift store. They're almost new. From there I just went to yard sales, estate sales.
Estate sales are cool because they list everything they have for sale.
It was sorta, get what I like when I see it. It took me awhile to do that. I didn't want to buy things because I had to have them. I wanted to buy things because it was what I liked. And I didn't want to pay a lot of money for them either.