St Vincent De Paul Store

Lots of furniture (and they deliver if you’re local), albums, cheap nice dishes, and mostly outdated clothing. Staff was friendly and personable. The store is well organized especially considering how busy they are and what a small space they are working with. I was pretty impressed overall by this little store, and my rating is bumped up a bit by their charitable mission which is very direct (community shoppers in need using vouchers in store).

Today I found an air purifier new for $ 20 and used 20% check in Unilocal coupon got for $ 17 something. Also free bread and moldy green beans outside.

This is a true thrift store. I HATE thrift stores that sell things for just about how much they would cost new. They have a good selection at fair prices. Scored 2 tops, a baby bath tub, and a TON of other goodies for like $ 22. I’m from out of town and it was worth the stop. the Midtown Global Market is right next door. Plus a bunch of other ethnic food places all down Lake st. Oh and the thrift store has their own parking lot in the back.

Oh, the furniture. There’s so much of it. I went in here earlier this week looking for a dresser. Didn’t find a dresser that I liked, but I did find cane armchairs in good condition. For $ 10 each. (Less than $ 9 each with the 20% sale!)
I saw at least three other pieces I’d love to have but don’t have room for. This is definitely the place to go for hidden furniture treasure.

Impressive range of stock at good prices. Only mildly dusty.

This is the kind of thrift store that you wear closed toed shoes to. Do not go here looking for clothing. It’s crap. It smells funny. It’s ugly. Go here for furniture and household goods. It’s cheap and there is a ton of great stuff. Little mid-​century nesting tables for $ 14!!! Corner shelf $ 5! Yes please.

Yeah, it’s kind of depressing in here. But that’s what makes the prices cheap. It’s not a gussied-​up thrift store. I only really look at the housewares here. And they usually have a cart of free bread and sometimes some terrifying mashed potatoes in a bag which I do not take.

I enjoy going to St. Vincent De Paul. Their items are very reasonably priced and you can normally find some «goodies» whether it be CD’s, birthday gift wrap, clothes, candles etc. Sometimes they even have free food items which come in handy if you are in need. Yay for St. Vincent De Paul.

We needed a bookshelf. Nothing fancy, one of my roommates had shit out on her promise to provide one, and we were finally getting sick of these boxes of books, movies, and games sitting around in our boxes.
The Unilocal gods directed me to this place. We figured it wasn’t too far out of the way, and worth a shot… and worth driving on Lake St. (UGH!)
They have a whole back room full of furniture. We spotted one of the few shelves in the place, and couldn’t find a price tag. We wandered around to find an employee — he walked up, quoted me a price ($ 12!!!) and told the cashier so my (non-​shitting out on bookcase providing) roommate could pay while he helped me carry the thing out to my car and shove into my 13 years young Ford Taurus, without my even asking. We were in and out and on our way with our bookcase in 10 minutes.
A great experience. I wouldn’t go for clothes… yikes. Some dishes and stuff that might be worth browsing through, but we had groceries in the car, so we had to get moving.
Overall, I would definitely look here again if I need a piece of furniture.

For the most part the St. Vincent De Paul thrift store doesn’t have great stuff. The clothes look like what your unfashionable aunt threw out 20 years ago and besides that, they smell. The tchotchkes are beyond ridiculous. They have some shoes in the front counter under lock and key too but no one in their right mind would go through all that trouble to look at them – they are UG.
So what makes St. Vincent’s such an amazing thrift store that I keep going back to? One thing: FURNITURE.
St. Vincents is your one-​stop shopping spot for cheap, functional furniture. Bed frames, box springs, desks, tables, chairs, lamps, anything you are looking for you can find here for low low prices. I love the variety – a good selection of not only modern pieces but also vintage stuff.
This is not your over-​priced Savers shit that’s all beat up and ghetto either. I bought a mint condition 1950s desk with gold accents for only $ 25 and a bedside lamp with a clean crème flower-​print shade and a small table halfway up the stand for only $ 7. A friend of mine bought a small wooden computer desk for $ 10 and a bed frame and box spring set for $ 15. They even have entire matching bedroom sets for under $ 50. Wowzers!
I cant believe all the great deals I see here so be sure and drop by next time you are looking for some chairs for that free table you found on craigslist or just for a nice accent piece for your living room. Thank heaven and all that is cheap and holy for St. Vincent’s and their furnture warehouse. If it weren’t for them I’d still be sleeping on an air mattress on the floor of my bedroom and my best piece of furniture would be the Love Sac I bought when I started college. Hallelujah.

I have this thing with chairs. I don’t know why I love them but I do. I love old shabby chic chairs. I love new sleek modern chairs. I just love chairs in general and I buy more than I ever need (Its a filthy habit, buying a new chair and selling an old one online so I have space)
So, as an expert chair buyer, I will let you in on my dirty little secret. The best place to buy chairs and shabby chic furniture in general is at a little hole in the wall thrift store on 12^th and Lake. I love it. I love it so much that I am debating posting this review, should others decide they love chairs as well and then they buy all the good chairs and I am left with nothing but a broken heart and this review.
I bought a chair for my new apartment yesterday. It is retro and soft pink and I love it. I love it so much I gave away my burnt orange chair so I could have room. The best part? 4.99! Hell yeah! 4.99! That is how much my chair cost.
The prices for furniture at St Vincents are ridiculously cheap (like 5 — 30 bucks). You have to go often to get a good selection, but great finds will be had, especially if shabby chic is your thing.
The rest of the store (clothes and shoes and such) is pretty meh, but the furniture room! Oh the glorious furniture room, is worth checking out.
Bottom Line: Great place for shabby chic furniture. But save me something good. I have territory rights, and I ain’t afraid to cut you.