Find: Furnishing Hope

The only reason I discovered this place when I did was ’cause I had a class to teach in the area, I don’t normally have cause to go by there. I might have eventually found out about it anyway though because I do love me some thrift shopping and I sometimes search online for new shops to hit. It’s out of my way, but worth the drive and now I’m a regular.
The moment I walked into this *huge* store I was struck with an overwhelming feeling of «Omigooshness! Where have you been my whole life!!!». Now, selfishly, I should not even be telling you interweb guys about it, ’cause I want all the dealz for me… but, this shop needs to be known by all. Find helps real people right in our city in a massively impactful way. Proceeds from sales support their operations, but, even cooler, in my opinion, is that they directly help people transitioning out of homelessness by allowing them to shop for their own furnishings. I can only imagine how much of a leg up that must be.
Staff here is friendly and a great help. There’s a basket of measuring tape so that you can figure out if the furniture meets your needs — a really handy and thoughtful touch, I thought. Special events are often held on Saturdays, such as big sales and diy workshops and demos. They’ve recently started consigning made-​over pieces. A great art section at the back, though they do reserve the best pieces for their art auctions. Get on their email list and follow them on Facebook (with notifications!) if you want to know about the most epic surprise sales (sometimes word is only put out via one and not the other). They are closed on Mondays ’cause that’s when they do most of their merchandizing.
Lots of good quality pieces (including many gorgeous antiques)… I imagine it’s not only because they have the room for it, but also because I’m sure many people consider it their preferred organization to donate to — as I do, for large pieces. I try to drop something off every time I head over to shop, and I’ve been rewarded with a discount upon occasion for doing so. The do also offer a free pick up service though, so keep them in mind if you ever need to downsize!
Now, the juicy details/​the things I found that will make you jealous: I scored a super amazing Fossil watch on a wide black leather band, for $ 2. Over the range microwave & convection oven for $ 35. 1960s LIFE mags for $ 1. I’ll come back to add to that list, I’m sure. … And there’ve been many treasures that I spotted other people joyfully carrying out.
Lastly, the reason I gave this place 4 stars instead of 5, which was really hard to do, because I do truly love this place, but, as is the case with many thrift shops, sometimes, prices are just wayyyyy too high, and I notice this frequently here. Primarily, this issue lies with their sofas, loveseats and couches, etc. Not as much of an issue with other things I believe.

This is a great place if you’re looking for bargains unique things retro and high quality items for very little money

Love this place, always changing items. Book are a grat price $ 5 per bag. Night and old folding card table for 11.50 it’s like new
Love finding my little treasures

Find is such a great place and I love their concept. As other reviewers have mentioned, proceeds support local people transitioning from homelessness into housing, so Find really supports the community. They have a great selection of gently used, good condition furniture at low cost which have been donated by others in the community. You can find dining tables, dressers, desks, chairs, sofas, vanities … the list goes on. Most of these pieces would look awesome if you are willing to put in a little elbow grease and just give them a fresh coat of paint.
It’s like a big indoor yard sale with mostly furniture, but they have smaller household items like small kitchen appliances, wall art and home electronics. I love perusing the hodge podge collection of china they have, it’s so much fun!
They only accept items that are in good condition, so you don’t have to worry about quality. Delivery is available if you need it within city limits, $ 50 for the first trip, not sure about multiple trips though.

I have been going to this little gem since it first opened. I love that they are giving back to those in need. The staff there are really pleasant. please let others know about this great place. if you have clothing to donate there is a bissel dropoff two doors down

I really like the concept of this place — what is old becomes new. I sure wish there was something like this around when I made my first move! Here you will find a warehouse stuffed with gently used household items of all sorts.
Although modern furniture is usually nice to look at, I often find that quality is lacking, and the market is already flooded with stuff that all looks the same. Here you can find those character pieces that, with a little TLC, can be transformed into beautiful, unique, personalized household items. With a BF who’s goal is to turn our home into a scene from Oddities, this is very important!
Prices here seem to be the lowest by far (aside from the neighborhood garage sales); usually much lower than Kijiji! This is the type of place that we make a habit of stopping by quite often because you never know what new wonders you might find on a given day since the stock is in constant rotation. The staff are kind and helpful, and the fact that this organization is giving back to the community certainly makes Find a great asset to Edmonton.
Like Adam, I started with 4 stars, and as I wrote this review, decided that they really are deserving of the full 5 stars!

I was wondering when I went to other donation centres where did all that vintage furniture go? Well look no further cause I found it. What use to be a grocery store is now Find, just giving you an overall picture of how big it is here. They have all furniture including exercise equipment. There were alot of cool dressers there, 6 shelf. If you are willing to, or shall I say capable of, sanding these down and repainting then they could look freakn awesome. I saw a shelf here for $ 45 and saw they same new shelf for $ 250. So the visit can be worth it. All the couches are steam cleaned before being sold. Another benefit is that Find provides furnishing to those who cannot afford it and are starting their first new home. Overall a great place, i originally gave its ⁴⁄₅ starts but am changing it now to ⁵⁄₅

This place is a thrift store full of furniture. Its exactly like a value village with no clothing. Simply furniture. Great staff. They deliver for a fee. Large open space clean. The old IGA on 121^st. Most of the stuff is in great shape and high quality. Plenty of parking. A thrift shoppers paradise. Stock continually changing.

It’s always useful to be aware of places like Find when you’re planning to move. I recently moved apartments and in doing so had a lot of decent furniture that I had to somehow sell or get rid of. Find was the perfect home for them. It’s a furniture donation organization where they accept furniture in modestly decent condition to be sold at the front-​end of their store for a low price.
The proceeds of the store sales go to funding various non-​profit initiatives. Also, a very useful aspect, they offer free furniture to people who are moving from a homelessness to a house. This aspect particularly appeals to me because new furniture is pretty darn expensive. I would, at times try and sell furniture by posting ads online. However, for the most part I seem to own inexpensive Ikea furniture and so I found that donating it was certainly a better option.
Apart from generic furniture like sofas, coffee tables, side tables, dressers etc., they also accept small kitchen appliances, pots, pans, cutlery etc. and televisions, radios and other small home electrics. They don’t accept mattresses, bedding etc. since they receive a lot of furniture and the risk of a bed bug infestation at this store would be high if they did accept mattresses.
They offer free pick-​up of furniture from your place. Perhaps you’d have to book an appointment ahead of time for that. I had rented out a truck and so I found it fairly convenient to load it up with all the stuff I wanted to give away and just drive down to their location. The people at the store are extremely friendly and happy for the most bit. I visited them 3 times in two days and gave them a lot of stuff, including old wall hangings, posters and all. At the time, it felt like I was dumping trash on them; they did seem quite happy to receive it which certainly felt like a decent thing that I was doing.