Habitat ReStore - Texarkana — Local services in Texarkana

I shopped at this ReStore location while visiting my parents, who live in Foreman, Arkansas. I live in Las Vegas, NV, and we do have several ReStore locations here, too, but, it's crazy how different this location is compared to the ones in Las Vegas.

The first big difference is that this location doesn't have air conditioning, which I find unbelievable, especially given the insane humidity there in the summer time! Thank goodness it was only in the 80's when I was there (1st week of June).

Aside from the lack of cool air, everything else at this location was superior to the Las Vegas locations that I've been to! I especially enjoyed their selection of housewares (dishes, serving instruments, decorative wares, etc), which include a large selection of excellent quality, vintage items. I was able to get a serving platter with a Magnolia flower pattern that was from the early 1950's in perfect vintage condition....for only $5! I picked up several other items as well, but since I had limited space to put things in my car to take back to Las Vegas, I had to limit myself to small items.

Yes, some of the items were overpriced, in my humble opinion, but, if you're patient and know what to look for, you can definitely find incredible bargains here!

In addition to the vintage housewares, they had contemporary and vintage furniture, wall decor, nick nacks, interior and exterior paint (gallon or 5 gallons) in popular colors, home hardware, fixtures (sinks, toilets, etc), electrical and plumbing items, toys, lamps.... with prices ranging from 'a steal' to 'a bit overpriced '.... depending on what your idea of a good deal is. I'm a world champion shopper, and don't believe in paying full price for furniture, decor, clothing, shoes or accessories, so I know where the bargains can be found and what constitutes a bargain, and you can definitely find great bargains here! Especially when you consider how expensive everything has become lately.

And, to top it off, 'New' is officially OUT and 'Old' is IN, baby....but, I've known that for years and have an incredible head start on most people! And, this is definitely one place you can shop and find treasures that will put you in with the 'IN' crowd. OMG, how...

This place is very well organized, the employees are polite .. I am from Ohio and told my mother about the habitat for humanity and we were very pleased to see there was one in town . We were in search of a piece of furniture that would be a blessing for my 11 old niece who is severely handicapped, and has outgrown her crib . They had exactly what we were searching for but the price was that of a new one , when I asked if they would consider selling part of it I was left without a response even after explaining the situation we are in , this is a humanity store you would think they would have empathy for our situation and at least lowered the price even though we only needed half of the bunk bed ...but that was not the way it went ... Isn't this stuff donated?? So we are on the search for...

I love that we have this amazing gem in Texarkana. I needed some painting supplies and was headed to a hardware store and randomly decided to stop by Habit Restore, I'm glad I did, but when I got home my wife said "I thought you went to buy painters tape and paint brush". So word of warning, you might end up going home with things you didn't plan to buy like a set of wingback chairs to bring back to life or new shutters for your house (oh, I'm going back to pickup some 2x4s tomorrow for a project I thought about while I was walking around the Restore. A+ spot for pretty much everything...