If you aren't sitting on furniture that you picked up off the side of the road for free.... you paid too much.

When I first moved into this house there were two couches in the center room.

One of them is this couch.

It's pretty dirty right now because the pets love to play on it.

This couch was picked up about a mile down the road one week before I moved in.

There was also a white leather couch next to it that one of our roommates took with him when he moved out. It had a couple of scratches on it was mostly a pretty nice couch.

We found that couch about two months after I moved in here. It was probably about 5 miles down the road....... by my restaurant. It was just sitting out by a dumpster.

There is also a black microfiber couch upstairs that is really nice looking. It's in my roommate's room so I don't want to disturb him right now.

We found this one last year. It was sitting in a pile of debris that had been left out for the city to pick up. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the couch whatsoever.

A couple weeks ago we found this.

It's really old but it still works.

Do you remember having one of these when you were a kid? I think I had this exact one.

Maybe you're thinking......

"Well it's pretty worthless because everything's gone digital nowadays."

..... but I think it's really cool.

My roommate now has this outside his door.

I just noticed it yesterday. Although I haven't asked him about it I can tell right away then it's something he found somewhere.

It's perfect for him because he loves cats.

We have pictures, TVs, electronics, couches, chairs, stools, tables........ almost anything that you can name.

We have it.

If you're looking for furniture, or just about anything else, you should block off some time to go driving around your neighborhood to see what you can find.

You might find yourself feeling surprised when you see what's out there waiting to be picked up.