I did the same thing when I moved to NY in 1999. I don't think I could have afforded to replace a whole living room at the time, even at IKEA rates (my job paid for the UHaul).

That furniture lasted one more move, from Staten Island to Bushwick, Brooklyn, two years later. Probably worth it, but I've moved across the country four more times since then, and I've never moved anything I couldn't fit in a box since that move to Brooklyn.