Apartment Therapy and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Where I live in Australia, it’s common practice to put any unwanted items — everything from furniture to garden tools — out on the lawn for anyone passing by to take. It’s part curbside clean-out, part community treasure hunt. One day, a neighbor across the street from my grandparents’ home was doing a big spring decluttering and sitting out front was a slightly worn, easy to overlook wooden box from IKEA.