How Fort Worth’s Maggie McGaugh became a DIY social media star [Video]

FORT WORTH, Texas — The cliché rings true for Maggie McGaugh: One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. 

For McGaugh, that’s about as literal as it can get, too.

Her favorite current pastime started in 2020. That’s when McGaugh’s husband, looking for something for him and his wife to do, suggested they look around the neighborhood for a piece of unwanted furniture to flip. 

It was something he’d done before they met. 

So they hopped in their truck, and McGaugh found and flipped a piece they found in someone’s curbside trash. They sold it for $50.

“It’s not a lot,” McGaugh said. “But I knew I wanted to be creative, and I love making money so I was immediately hooked.”

With a degree in marketing and a background in social media management, flipping furniture wasn’t exactly where McGaugh saw her future going. But a few viral …