After that first apartment, I put my things in storage and worked in another country for a year. Those apartments, also nice, were small and furnished, so I don’t think I bought any furniture. Back in the US, IKEA had become a thing, so in the next apartment, I bought a basic couch, armchair, coffee table, and bookcases. In the one after that, some occasional furniture and bookcases. Then more bookcases. Then I put most stuff in storage for the year and probably bought a new futon. Then I moved across the country to a tiny apartment and bought a twin futon for the tiny bedroom and a new futon for the sofa bed. Then I housesat here and there. Then I moved in with my future lovely wife and bought more bookcases. Then we bought a house and I don’t remember what we bought first, but probably bookcases. Then we moved and donated or junked most of our furniture; the first item purchased at our current place was a folding twin bedframe to use whenever one of us was here getting the house set up. Since then, much replacement furniture and, of course, fresh, matching bookcases.