I bought a new couch over the weekend, it's not here yet, but yesturday I had the pleasure of sending my previous couch on to a new family. I love the idea of Ottawa Freecycle, its a web group (you must subscribe) that brings together environmentally friendly people who have things that they no longer use. The idea is that you post what you have to offer, and someone that wants it can come and take it off your hands. Everything is totally free and it's a great way to keep perfectly useful items out of the landfills.

Many communities have freecycle type organizations, do a websearch to see if yours does. If you're here in Ottawa, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaFreecycle/ is the URL.