Thursdays are usually when our VP, Christine, tells me to leave early, so I wrapped up around 3:30 PM and left work. My husband usually picks me up, but since I finished early today, I decided to take the bus home. On my way, my husband called to say he was on his way to pick up a free bunk bed.
Our house has three rooms, and since I often work from home, I use one room as my workspace. This means the kids still share a bedroom. We have two separate beds for them, but I had been telling my husband that we should get rid of one of the old bed frames and get a bunk bed to save space. Since our kids are of different genders, we’ll eventually need to give them separate rooms, so I had been looking into loft beds. (A loft bed is a single bed elevated like a bunk bed, with usable space underneath.) New ones at IKEA, with tax, cost about $300, and even second-hand ones were around $150. I had been keeping an eye out for a better deal when my husband found a free bunk bed frame on Marketplace.
Despite the stickers and signs of use from previous children, my husband said it looked sturdy and in good condition. After picking it up, he told me there was another person who had come for the same bed. Fortunately, we didn’t need the mattress, so we let the other person have it.
Even though it’s second-hand, we don’t plan to use the bunk bed forever, so getting the frame for free was a blessing. It was a tiring day, getting rid of the old frame, assembling the new bed, and rearranging the furniture, but the house feels much more organized now.
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Buying Second-Hand in Winnipeg
I can’t speak for other areas, but in Winnipeg, most second-hand transactions happen on Kijiji or Facebook Marketplace. Both platforms have a wide selection of items available.
Facebook Marketplace in Winnipeg
Tips! If an item is popular and has been listed for a while, try negotiating the price with the seller. (My husband taught me this!)
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