From Bathroom To Spa
Just dream with us for a minute: Wouldn’t it be amazing to have a spa inside your house? To have a relaxing getaway, a private sanctuary within the confines of your own comfort, to unwind and destress from your day?...
Decorate for Fall Using These 4 Trendy Things
It’s felt like we’ve waited forever this year, but fall is finally upon us! And we invite it back wholeheartedly with all the warmth of a cozy hug. Something about the smell of a fire burning and the feel of a long-awaited chill in the...
6 Things Better Thrifted Than New
In these unprecedented times, there are certain things we don’t want to buy used, like masks for instance...
15 Things You Didn’t Know About ThriftSmart
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Summer Fun Ideas That Don’t Involve Crowds
A Month’s Worth Of Activities That Are Corona-Free! Starving for some fun summer activities that are COVID-safe? Whether we’re single, married, parents, or elderly/high-risk folks, we need ideas to keep us feeling like humans. We need fun, we need fresh air, rainy-day leisure, and above all...
Minimalist Momma – Keep Toys, Art and More to a Minimum
The struggle is real. Toys are overtaking our living spaces, adorable art is camouflaging our fridges, and socks of all sizes are losing their matches in our dryers. So we swear we’ll get rid of the surplus kid things someday, but until then, we buy...
May 2 Store Opening
ThriftSmart Update We are pleased to announce that we have received approval from the Metro health Department to open as an Essential Business for our all- inclusive service to families across Nashville. We will reopen the store on Saturday, May 2. ThriftSmart supports the Governor’s Tennessee Pledge...
Letter from Co-Founder and Executive Director
Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020 How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 36:7 There was a story in National Geographic some 20 years ago about a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, some...
Covid-19 Quarantine: Ideas for In-Home Adventures for Kids
“Zoom,” “toilet paper,” and “quarantine” are words we’re hearing a lot these days, and yet a little more than a month ago they wouldn't have even crossed our minds. These are crazy times, indeed. With anxieties swelling, we find ourselves facing our deepest human desires...
Life Hack To Be The Best Gift-Giver Ever!
(What to do if the thoughtful gift-giving isn’t your spirit animal.) I think we’d all agree we’d like to be better gift-givers. No one particularly relishes in that nagging feeling of being just days shy of someone’s birthday with no gift in mind, much less on...