<p>Around here the custom is to put the good stuff to one side with a sign that says “FREE” on it, often on Saturday mornings. I did that a few years back with two wood rocking chairs that I had repaired and repainted one time too many (I’d gotten them off a different curb a few years before). I was thrilled to find find them a few weeks later at a neighbor’s house, a new color and fully repaired.</p>
<p>My personal knack seems to be for finding jackets and sweatshirts by the side of the road, usually filthy. I wash them and toss them into the Goodwill pile.</p>