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Like new wool sweater.

Great items at affordable prices. During the heat of the summer,I was looking for a wool sweater for a trip to Norway and Iceland. I found the perfect one at Home Start Thrift. It was in New condition for a great price.

Deema AK M.

This place is all about quality, got a lot of good stuff and I'm so happy, the customer service is amazing The place is really cute

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Emily U.

Home Start is an awesome boutique in Normal Heights that offers cute clothing and home goods at an extremely low price while benefiting a great cause. Parking surprisingly wasn't an issue here on an early Saturday afternoon. They have a wide selection of tops, ranging from T-shirts to blazers. I noticed they also have a large amount of jeans, some of them priced as low as $2! I checked in on Yelp when I arrived to Home Start, so I got a 20% discount, (and if you buy a reusable bag and bring it back you get another 15% off), so my purchase of one T-shirt, one button-up shirt, and a skirt came out to $6! I enjoyed their vast selection of products and am very satisfied with my new clothes. I can't wait to come back!

Denise P.

I love thrift stores and this one supports battered women and their children. My goal was to find something to read. The staff told me the books were all buy one get one so I got 2.

Purchased this beautiful piece.
Yolanda S.

This establishment is very clean reasonably priced and the staff is very friendly and accommodating. Great fines. Unbelievable prices. This is my go to place if I need something special to place on my dinner table for special occasions. You're sure to find different pieces suit your needs. Also have baby clothes ladies clothes men's clothes and great shoes and purses.

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Warm and inviting spot. Everyone here is friendly and I always find nice gems! I can't help but stop by when I'm in the area.

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Stacy and Ashely were great and friendly :) the place seemed clean and didn't have the weird thrift store smell.

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I bought some good stuffs here, very neat and well organized, some staffs are very friendly and helpful. The price is okay

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Friendly staff and great finds! Be sure to stop in and support local community business.

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8 years ago

Love finding amazing things here. $300 Schnauzer headphones for just about a hundred bucks.

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Grateful for a local thrift of such good quality items and friendly people. We like the $10 bag sale

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10 years ago

This thrift store is great. Found some great deals on furniture and they even DELIVERED it for a nominal fee. :-) Top notch!

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9 years ago

Friendly, clean and organized environment. Great daily deals. Proceeds go to a good cause to help homeless mothers and children.

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Can't believe I haven't left a review yet! I happened upon…read morethis thrift in Old Town over a year ago. Yes it's tiny but they get some of the best donations to sell! Clothes = $4 yes, ALL adult clothes are $4 (some special items may be higher, like the $30 wedding dress...) Plants = yes, this thrift also sources AMAZING plants to sell and they pair it with follow up care / advice, so if you get it home and forget how to care for it, send a message and they'll happily help. Trinkets, treasures, small household items, shoes in REALLY great condition? Yep, they've got all that! Fun events? That too! Plant Bingo and propagation swaps to name a few. Hannah and Hanna are amazing.

I haven't been here since the new ownership and I've alway quite loved this place. I think I've…read moredecided that I may actually love it a little more now! The team is so delightful, uplifting and the place is a total vibe. The owners engaged with each person on some level or another and were super friendly (not the fake kind). They knew so much about plants, and as a plant girlie myself, I was diggin' it. They are all about community and care about what they put out to sell. Honest Thrift has options for everyone. Trinkets, clothes, shoes, plants, music, art etc. The pricing is affordable and fair, and their plant selection is beautiful and properly priced for a boutique style premium selection of plants of very well maintained and cared for. Heck, what you save on buying clothes for $4, splurge on your plant. If I didn't have nearly 100 plants in my own house and own my own plant business, I'd get mine from here. Do know, I'll buy cutesy things for my home and gifts for others.

Buffalo Exchange

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THRIFT'ED I guess my…read moreclothes aren't "thrifty" enough to be sold at a thrift shop. I figure, when purging and downsizing or just doing early spring cleaning why not make a buck or two or NONE. They have a system where you scan a QR Code which puts you on a waitlist (on average 45-50m wait) and you don't have to wait in line, they will text you when your spot closes in. Majority people seem to do this regularly as they have these reusable thrift bags or they bring in suitcases of clothes - literally in suitcases. A buyer will go thru your clothes and pick and choose based on trend and what they can sell in their store. You then get store credit or chump change. Is it worth the wait, no. Even if you do sell a few items; it's not much. I've tried it twice - first time I came up with some lunch money on some very expensive clothes that still had their price tag. Second time, I came up with ZERO. This tells me I'm outdated or my style isn't that "thrifty" Gen Z look. Whatever I don't sell I just bring to Goodwill for donations and call it a day!

They have so many cute cloths here, I was blown away with how much inventory they have and how well…read morekept it was. The cloths are a bit on the pricey side for second hand but I appreciate that they buy cloths so I don't mind spending a bit more.They have some fitting rooms in the back so you can try stuff on. All the staff are very friendly. Tips if you are selling them cloths, think about the season that it is/coming up, they tend to buy cloth that will sell fastest. The process of selling cloths was easy, they have a waitlist you can join either online before you show up or you can scan a QR code when you get there to join the waitlist. The waitlist is usually around an hour so I recommend doing it online. If you are not in the store by the time they call your name, they will text you to let you know and you will get bumped down the list. You will get more money for your cloths if you opt to be paid in store credit, otherwise for cash you get like half the price. There is no designated parking, it is all street parking.

Home Start Thrift Boutique - thrift_stores - Updated July 2026

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