Furnishing a new house or room is quite expensive. If your room needs upholstering, that will cost you at least €160,-. And for that you will not even have furniture. If you don't mind beginning with second hand items, then you might want to pay your family members a visit. Very often perfectly useable things can be found in the basement or on the attic.

In addition, there are a large number of shops in The Hague that specialise in recycled goods and sell used furniture. An overview of these shops can be found in the 'tweedehands artikelen' column of the Yellow Pages.