When DH and I moved (back) to the States we stayed in a rented flat while looking for somewhere to buy. Although the flat was sort-of furnished, we hadn't even a teaspoon to call our name, as all our household possessions were in a container on the high seas, so we had to make numerous trips to Ikea in the Valley to buy everything from teaspoons to towels to tea-towels because we forgot them the first time to a teapot to tongs to trivets to an electric toothbrush; + sheets, duvet, pillows.
Plus a TV, VCR (this was 20 years ago), DVD player.
Oh, and a car. We kept Titania until last month, she was a much loved companion and I miss her very much. We're terrified of our new car (Carla) because she has so many high-tech things we don't know how to use, and I miss the cassette deck in Titania. And before anyone gets on my case for having female names only: (a) my first car was male but I am far too embarrassed to reveal his name; (b) Carla in the Smiley novels is a man and we wanted something dark and mysterious as she looks so glamorous; and (c) Carla self-identifies as female, but still has all her working parts.