I have a confession to make... ...I come from a long line of roadside antiquers on my mother's side of the family. Truth be told, I used to be mortified as a kid when we would be driving along and my Mom would suddenly pull over to inspect something interesting at the curb on bulk pick-up day. Now I understand why she always insisted on driving a station wagon! She's found big wheels, strollers and other items that she cleaned up and gave away. And her recipients were happy to receive these "gently used" items. There was one time when I was a teenager that she made me help to carry a dresser from the neighbor's curb down the street into her house. That dresser is still being used today, over 20 years later. Seeing that dresser when I visited my [+]

Need extra cash around the holidays? Take a look around your house as if you are attending a tag sale! Viewing your possessions as if they belong to somebody else will give you the objectivity you need to determine what is most likely to sell. (And you will be minimizing the clutter that accumulates so easily the longer you have lived in your current home.) Here are five starting points for you: 1-      Open your kitchen cabinets to survey exactly how many of your “good” dishes, glasses, pots and pans you actually use on a regular basis. Most of us gravitate toward using the same things over and over because they are up front after emptying the dishwasher. So clean out those cabinets! There is a terrific online market for utensils, plates and other kitchen items. And if you have antique [+]