My sister's Old Style Move

Due to circumstances that I shan't go into here my sister has just bought a new flat for her and her daughter. Everything has been on a tight budget but a lot has been achieved using the old style approach. She's brought a couple of bits from the marital home but most things she's had to acquire from scratch. Via freecycle she now has a sofa, an Ikea footstool, a Reader's Digest DIY manual, a bathroom cabinet and a fridge freezer. She's fortunate because the flat was repainted and a new kitchen fitted by the previous owner but she in turn has been able to freecyle the original stone sink that came from the kitchen and a load of cabling that was left behind. She's bought a table and chairs from our local hospice shop and several other bits and pieces. Remaining items she has bought from Ikea. With the curtains there has been enough left over to make her a table cloth and my Mum has also converted a shower curtain into a bathroom curtain. The next project is to recover a headboard from freecyle. The curtains in her daughter's room are old ones which were my parents which have been shortened and the remnants freecycled for cushion making. Naturally there are 2 bottles of Stardrops waiting to be christened!:D
I hope someone finds perhaps a tip here that may be of help...by the way her place looks lovely and shows what can be done when funds are tight.
Aril