We absolutely loved this little thrift store!…read more Reasonable prices. Nice displays. It had the feel of a TJ Maxx. Marshall's, or Ross'. You knew you were in a thrift store, but it had that clean retail feel to it. If you're a treasure hunter or avid thrifter this place is worth your time. We were there over Summer break so it's hard to tell how the school year impacts their inventory. It's a college town.

I love this store. Very clean and bright. Items are clean, in very good shape and reasonably…read morepriced. I will definitely be shopping there often!

This is a must shop when you are downtown Cedar Falls! Every time I visit Cedar Falls I always…read morestop to see the cute fun items they have to update my home and wardrobe. Great customer service and if you follow them on social media you can see all the fun things that just arrived before they sell out.

This is my favorite boutique. I love the cute shirts, pants, shoes, and jewelry they have. The…read morestaff is so helpful in helping you create such amazing outfits. There is such a variety of stuff they sell like candles, hand lotions, soaps, and antiques.

I do not recommend a single soul to shop at this store. They do not care about their customers or…read moreloyalty to their customers. I have been selling to Plato's closet for over a decade. I've never stolen from the business nor have I been rude to any of the employees. However, when I came to the business today, I was told that I was not allowed to sell anything to them because I was "flagged" in their system. When I asked why I was flagged from the system because I had never been notified of any wrong doing. The girl at the counter LOUDLY suggested I had stolen or been disrespectful. This was not a private conversation whatsoever and was handled very disrespectfully. I get the employees are younger girls, but this seems to be a business filled with gossip and toxic negative behavior. So then I asked to talk to someone who is a manager she said to call the store. So I called the store and there's no way to get a hold of an actual person. This business is ran by mean girls. This does not look good on the business and makes it less profitable. I was someone who continuously went to Plato's closet and purchased many items. Like I said, I've pretty much paid rent at this business with how many things I've purchased over the years. Since I am flagged for unknown reasons that were never communicated with me. I will not be spending another dollar here. I felt like I was humiliated for something that was completely out of my control. I have never stolen or be rude with an employee. You really can get flagged for absolutely no reason. It is really disappointing because I did enjoy looking at their clothes. However, now I will recommend no one to step foot in this store.

Up to four stars for the store itself. I went here to buy some items, and it's actually a pretty…read moregood experience. Prices are very reasonable (usually under $10 for almost anything that I looked at). Most of the items I looked at were in surprisingly great condition and mostly modern-looking items. Nothing looked like it was out of the 90s. Some of the items had hidden tears or holes. They weren't marked down for that, so I'm unsure if the store knew that they were damaged when purchasing the items initially. Women's sizes go up to XL, but men's will go up to 3XL. They do carry a couple of odds-and-ends plus-size items for females, though. Everything is very well organized. Amazingly so. Items are organized by type (mini skirt, top, athletic top, denim, colored denim, etc.), then by size (S, M, L, or XL), and THEN by color. So you can go to the athletic tops to find a Medium top in pink. It's honestly an amazing way to shop if you had something particular in mind for what you wanted to purchase. My selling experience still stands as a pretty poor experience, but purchasing is much, much nicer experience. Check-out went pretty smoothly and was relatively fast. They accept credit cards as well.

Customer Service is extremely disappointing. I ordered a wooden enamel tray, and it was only…read morepackaged in a plastic envelope/bag. Of course, the enamel broke in many places. Michelle refunded the $17.99 for the tray, but refused to refund the $8.99 shipping charges--"hope you understand" were her words. I do not understand as it was someone in her shop who carelessly packaged the tray in a flimsy bag. I will not be ordering from her ever again.

Neat place! Super cute shop in Cedar Falls off Greenhill. They have very limited hours though!…read moreThursday's, Friday's and Saturday's only. They sell home and garden decorations as well as some women's clothing. The items are nice but in all honestly... not a lot of them are "deals". I've seen other extremely similar items at various other places (HomeGoods, TJMaxx, Goodman's etc for less). But it's nice to shop local. Super cute merchandising displays in the store too and the staff was nice.

Bought a microphone from this store, but it was not functional at all. Their policy is, no returns…read more So you're kind of dead in the water. Don't recommend buying anything you can't test in the store.

Normally, I would have given this place 5 stars. I love shopping here and find some great deals…read more I just realized looking at my receipt, (which I have emailed to me because they don't give paper receipts), that they are now charging a 3% service fee. I imagine this is for using a credit card. I am perfectly fine with a business doing this IF they let the customer know they are doing so. Had I known, I wouldn't use a credit card.

Short Version: Very-cute little store of vintage and upcycled items. Everything is extremely clean…read moreand in good condition. Surprisingly great prices. Lots of chalk-painted furniture. Very friendly owner, and she collects/redesigns/repaints the items herself. Definitely lots of cute stuff here. Directions and Hours: This store is ONLY OPEN the first Thursday through Saturday of every month. The first day needs to fall before the Thursday of that week. (For example, if April started on Friday, the store wouldn't be open until the proceeding week. If April started on Monday, it would be open that week). The store is located BEHIND Simpson's Furniture on Main Street. It's a bit tricky to find, but you'll end up seeing a tiny sign on the property. Turn onto E 23rd street, and even when it turns into gravel, KEEP GOING. Go until the gravel "ends" then turn right. You'll quickly see Hatchlings and Hen's signage. The store itself is down the driveway. Long Version: This is a neat, home-run type of store. As far as I can tell, it seems to be a small shop in a workshop. The directions above will help you find it. The area feels like shopping a garage sale - but in a cute and fun type of way. No bathrooms or anything because of that. Hatchlings and Hens sells a variety of neat, repurposed and vintage-esque type of items. It looks like a lot of items were repainted or cleaned up in order to be sold, and the owner does a surprising job of finding fantastic sets. For example, there was a kitchen table with a matching 4 chairs available for purchase (only $175 for the set! I would have bought it if I needed a kitchen set). There were also other sets like matching bird decor or awesome wall art. There was some industrial-type of furniture and whatnot too - as well as industrial salvage that might help you out if you were looking to do some DIY for yourself. I didn't end up purchasing anything today, but I plan on coming back in the future. The owner was super friendly, and I really did fall in love with a coupe things that I can't quite think of a place for at the moment. I'm looking forward to seeing how the stock and everything changes from month-to-month.

I hosted a baby shower and onesie making party here today. Katie was so patient and kind and the…read moretore is adorable. It is a must-see shopping gem in Cedar Falls. Tons of adorable thins at affordable prices!

NWT Consignment, while it doesn't seem to have as many "new with tags" items as I expected, is…read morestill a good consignment store. I'm in love with their Facebook/Craigslist drop-off exchange service! You can find some pretty good deals here - but you'll probably have to be careful as some of their items seem more expensive than necessary. PROS: -Facebook/Craigslist item drop-off is pretty amazing. Selling something online? Come in here, drop off your item along with $1, and they'll hold the item and allow the other person to pick up the item at the other person's leisure (and they'll collect the money for you + $1 extra dollar from the second person for the service). No trying to arrange suitable times between two people. No meeting in front of random stores to "make the exchange". They'll do it for you, and they only charge $2 - which is split between the two people. -Friendly service. There was a woman that greeted us when we walked in, let us know to ask her if we had any questions. Another woman asked her for help, and she went around and showed the woman all of the shirts she knew of that fit her request. She wasn't pushy, but she was friendly and around to help - and she was happy to answer my questions too. -Nothing seemed to smell like smoke or have pet hair on it. The building itself has a bit of a musky smell to it, but you get used to it within minutes. -Good sales. When we came here, everything (outside of wedding dresses, designer purses, and such) was $10 each. This discounted a lot of the prices within the shop to see well-within reach for consignment items. -Large variety of items. There's jewelry here, everyday clothes, business clothes, men's/women's/children's clothes, wedding dresses, shoes/heels/boots, prom-type dresses, furniture, and some industrial-type building supplies in the back. There are designer and non-designer purses too. They also have men's suits and shoes. -They offer layaway. I imagine this is for their big-ticket items (like wedding dresses) and less-so for their $5 jewelry rack. CONS: -Regular, everyday prices do seem a bit high. $30 for a non-brand name dress at a consignment store is a bit intense - and that seemed to be a standard price for some of it. That being said, they do have regular sales - and it seems like the pricing really does seem to vary by item. I found $5 sweat pants that I thought about walking home with. You can find some good deals if you look around. -It doesn't seem like everything here is new/unworn. I'm not sure what the estimate would be, but especially with shoes, there's a whole lot of wearing on many of the treads. -Organization isn't great among some of the racks. There are different areas for Small/Medium/Large/XLarge/Plus, but pants/skirts/dresses/shirts seem to be mixed in along each rack. The plus-size rack seemed to vary sizes from 14 all the way up to 28, and all of those were all sorts of mixed up too.

Potential buyers, be aware that the owner and employees do not check the product coming in for…read moredefects and they do not offer any type of returns or exchanges. I recently bought a gift only to find that the zipper had teeth missing. I called immediately and left a message. I received no response for four days. When I went in to the store to ask about it, I was shown a small sign about six inches above the floor, hidden behind a shirt saying no returns. When I asked why no one had called back the owner got very abusive. Buy at your own risk.

ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE! My daughter found her…read morewedding dress here and we placed an order for it the day she tried it on. We paid for the entire dress in March 2018, over $1200 upfront, for a wedding to be held in October 2019. As the time grew nearer, we began to inquire about our order. The short story is THE WEDDING DRESS NEVER ARRIVED and most likely never was ordered. The owner, Andrea Stallman was incredibly deceitful to my daughter & I about the whereabouts of the dress order many times. We were told it was still being made, it was stuck at the distributor in Tennessee, and then she said we would have to work with another bridal shop, as she was going out of business. No attempt on her part to resolve. She never set 2nd bridal shop up for us and never offered a refund for her transaction FAILURE. She did not give 2 sh*ts about her customers. We needed to find the dress again at another dress shop and paid for the exact dress a second time. I am not holding my breath to get a refund. Did anyone else get taken by Andrea? You can email me and make this right Andrea, egiap@aol.com. I thought I would support local acquaintance and chose wrong.

I found Simply I Do to be pleasant and easy to shop. We went on a Monday and if you know Cedar…read moreFalls at all, a Monday was q-u-i-e-t. Which was great, easy to pop right in and we had the store to ourselves. They had a pretty large selection for a small shop and were happy to let us browse and pick what we liked. My best friend helped me in and out of dresses so I actually had very little interaction with the girl minding the shop. She was kind and reasonably helpful -- I felt like maybe she was not as knowledgable as some bridal store employees. She didn't speak up much. But she also did not pressure me into a sale, so that's good. All in all, pretty nice and easy. Better than I was hoping for CF!