Have you ever been tempted to grab a stylish, forsaken chair or couch off of the curb and make it your own? “That’d look better in my living room than wasting away in a dumpster,” you might think. You ...

Imagine picking up a vintage, mint-condition Herman Miller Eames lounge chair, matching ottoman or a bunch of gently-used IKEA cubbies, all for free. While this may sound like something out of a movie ...

New York City is known for many things. It is a haven of diversity, a global hub of finance and arts, and, as a famous popstar once encapsulated it, a “concrete jungle where dreams are made of.” It is ...

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure: This spring and summer, the adage rings especially true. The hotter months were always peak times for Big Apple move-ins and -outs. But standard relocations ...

As the coronavirus pandemic has prompted some residents to leave big cities—and their furniture—behind, more people are using Instagram to seek out abandoned curbside items, from couches to ...

SHANGHAI — After darkness falls, Zhou Yuxian hops on his bicycle and cruises the streets of downtown Shanghai. It’s not just for exercise. He’s out hunting for “treasure,” he says. The 27-year-old is ...