Back when I started college, my roommate and I bought a TV. It was a small flatscreen CRT. We took it out of the box, filled the box with a bunch of wrappers and empty bags and smaller boxes, and used that as the TV stand. We did use the styrofoam that came in the TV box to sit down. We lived in that apartment three years. Eventually got a sofa and chairs. Not a TV stand, though. We still had the box. Kept us humble. Good times.