@Padma Mody you're going to find your best prices at the big box stores like HD (Home Depot) or Lowe's.

For such a small house, I would think a shed would be a nice feature to store stuff in order to not crowd the house.  

You will find out plungers aren't at every store...  

If what you buy is not near a school, not near transportation lines, not near a hospital, not near a park, not near stores ask yourself why would someone want to buy your house especially why would they want to make an offer on it right away.

One of my first private lenders, very unassuming older gentleman working at thrift store, loaned me 20,000 on a project, later asked if I needed more, another 30,000, few month later another 50,000 over a two year period was up to 180,000. 

Although rules vary store by store, the Home Depot, I frequent limits use of their truck to people who purchase items in store.  

It was remodeled from a small store to residential units.  

I mean honestly, I would buy a pre-made pack of vocab/concept cards from y'all just how say the company powerscore makes lsat study cards; could yall eventually create something like this and add it in the BP store?

So I searched from soap making , to mobile truck retail stores, to photography.

Even if you don't have that you can look at other things rather than hard money.Since the only big ticket thing you mentioned was appliances get a Home Depot or Lowe's or Sears card (AFTER closing your loan if you don't have them already) and buy the appliances at one of those stores.