A locally owned and operated furniture store, Basics Carpet and Furniture has been serving Boston and the Metro Area since 1966. They feature a large inventory of beds, mattresses, bed frames, futons, area rugs, desks, chairs, office furniture, bookcases, coffee tables and more! Whether shopping for your home or college dorm, come to Basics Carpet and Furniture and find all your furniture needs at discount prices. Their expert staff will help you design your dream living room, bed room or any other area of your house. They are conveniently located at 151 Harvard Avenue in Allston MA and on the web at www.basiccarpetandfurniture.com . Make sure to take advantage of the free shipping offer for all online orders.

This barebones furniture store offers virtually every dorm room necessity (besides cases of Beast) at affordable (dare we say cheap?) prices. Full-size futons with mattress start at $180 (delivery to Harvard $30). Papasan chairs $100; twin orthopedic mattress with boxframe $170. Furnishing an apartment? Get a 5-pc. dinette set here for only $100. Hundreds of 4x6, 6x9, and 8x11 oriental rugs hang from the ceiling of one room, most selling for $40-120. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

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Compared to the first-rate second-hand store Boomerangs in Jamaica Plain, there’s a lot of junk at the used furniture shop known as Cheap Chic in Allston/Brighton. However, less is not always more. The store is mostly geared toward students and you'll need to dig hard to find a diamond in a rough. If you don't have a car and need a table, desk, bookshelf, etc. give Cheap Chic a chance because they have a reasonably large inventory.

Billed as a family thrift store, the cramped Urban Renewals in Allston organizes its piles of children's clothing, men's sports jackets and women's apparel by color. If you have the time to sift through the heaps of second-hand clothes, books and home goods, you’ll eventually stumble on a diamond in a rough. Happy hunting!

Template:Antique Store This cluttered but intriguing variety store packs in antique lamps ($10-150) and other bric-a-brac, mostly from the last 50 years. Real antique-sniffers head for the furniture in the basement, while students snap up the retro formalwear upstairs. Despite the store's yard-sale look, it's no thrift shop, though haggling is still welcome. While it may satisfy the locals, don't bother trekking out here unless you're a real aficionado of mundane tchotchkes from bygone years. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.