HomeGoods

Definitely my favorite place to shop for home goods. If you’ve never been, think of Home Goods as the home goods you would typically find in TJ Maxx and Marshalls (which are both part of the portfolio). There are 4 Home Goods in the Austin area and this particular Great Hills/​Arboretum location is my favorite. To really understand the beauty of this store you need to drop by frequently, as they are constantly restocking. Currently they are exploding with lamps, but I guarantee you a new batch of something is on the way.

What could go wrong at such a wonderful place? This place is filled with home décor and other essentials for your home. They usually are beside TJMAXX but this one seems to be a stand alone. If you want fun stuff around the house that don’t cost you an arm and a leg then this is your place. They even have seasonal things during Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving etc. The staff here are quite helpful and seemed to be very cheerful. The location is great since it is right off of the service road of 183. They have a HUGE clearance section, too. I like to just kill time here when needed also. Free A/​C and no one is watching you like a hawk and making you feel awkward. The checkout line moves very quickly and there is plenty of parking for everyone!

I absolutely love this place! I agree that it is dangerous, come here with a spending limit! It is affordable but you will get carried away in this little store! Great selection of home décor!!!

HomeGoods is my absolute favorite place to shop for home-​décor. I can’t say enough good things about it — I basically love everything inside this little piece of heaven. This location in particular always has friendly, helpful sales people and cashiers. I’ve never been to HomeGoods when it wasn’t busy, but that’s to be expected when everything inside is so dang cute!

This is my new home décor store!!! They have everything here!!! Staff is way better in this store vs brodie ln…

This place has everything, its very dangerous. I was looking for a rug to put in the kitchen, one of those natural hand made looking, woven, kinda rough feeling rugs and this store had a plethora of them.
There were all sorts of rugs actually, the woven, colorful flowery kind that reminded me of one that my mom took to crochet many years ago, so of course I bought one of those and a big woven, natural, rug. I have no idea what you call those rugs but they look nice and can get beat up pretty good and will one day make a good outdoor rug.
I was on a mission, so I couldn’t look at any of the other isles, it was so tempting though, like wanting to eat chocolate ice cream after you already ate a cake :)
The store was set up really well, very organized and it wash’t trashed by other people that usually do that in these kinda stores.
I’m looking forward to my next splurge of needing something thats not so necessary but will be so fulfilling like a bowl of ice cream.

Quite a nice place. HomeGoods stocks a variety of functional and decorative household goods. I was impressed with the quality; a lot of it doesn’t fall into the category of ‘cheap crap’ and if you’re used to shopping at Ross and Marshall’s, it’s a step up. In terms of quality, I’d actually compare it to World Market but at much better prices. A lot of the items are imported from Europe, in fact (as well as China, of course).
I really enjoy their specialty foods, including tea, organic shelf stable items, sweets, and my wife picked up truffle oil here for only a couple of dollars that has made many scrambled eggs spectacular. They have really great coffee here too for so cheap.
What I like most is that many of the items that they have in storage, bathroom, etc. are rather unique (over the cabinet hair dryer holder anyone?), and they may have a good selection of the same type of item (folding foot stools had ~15 colors to choose from, ~5 types of over the cabinet towel racks), or no selection at all, depending. You may not have seen something like it before, but now you realize that you need it!

Lots of goodies for the home in one location? Sweet. Love finding their clearance sections. I think what I love the most about places like HG, TJ Maxx, and Marshall’s (besides the prices) is that you can find unique things that you more than likely not going to see at your friend’s or neighbor’s house. I always find good stuff for decent prices, and this HG didn’t disappoint.

You have to understand the concept of the store to really appreciate it… designer goods, the real deal, knockout prices.
If you come here for something specific like «A pink and white floral rug» you may not find what you are looking for. But come here to browse and you’ll likely fill your cart.
As a chef, I am blown away by the stuff I find in the cooking department… the best oils you can buy, truly the top brands, that normally break the bank… bargains. Genuine madagascar vanilla that is usually $ 35 per bottle, 5 bucks as well. I mean, the deals I have gotten in the cooking department!!!
That alone would be enough to spend my afternoon here, but there are so many other great things. Google some of the brand names as you peruse the handblown glass and table décor… some of these items retails for over $ 250…I got one for $ 15…same brand and piece as was selling at Macy’s for $ 250. This is why there is no other place to shop for Christmas gifts and wedding presents and, well, HOME GOODS.
Really nice things for your pets as well.
I have decked out my home with things some pieces that people rave over from here. Sure, you have to enjoy shopping the aisles but this is high end stuff at prices you can’t beat. I don’t like cheap things at low prices. I want stuff that lasts and is high quality. Being able to get it at great prices is like a fun sport.
And Home Goods makes it happen.
Also I have yet to spend hours there that there wasn’t a very friendly staff person who helped me… I wish I could recall the name of the person who checked me out last time and gave me lots of good help to some questions… I think it was Laura? Sometime with an L. Very cool decorated fingernails. that’s all I can recall!

They sure have an awful lot of stuff… but their bed linen selection is particularly abysmal. Le sigh.
This is the kinda place I could spend wayyyyy too much time and money in if I were single. or if I didn’t care that my bf hates this kinda kitschy, shabby-​chic stuff: P

The deals are good and you can find decent home décor here.
I went in looking for a rug and there was an associate working in that area. He was SO rude– I’ve rarely experienced customer service as rude as he was. I was very polite and tried to stay out of his way while he was working. I asked him if the rugs were in the back or if he had to take them down, he said he had to take them down. Then he snapped at me and said «well do you want it?»
Another customer was looking at rugs and she asked him a question twice, he stared at her, clearly acknowledging that he hear her, and blankly stared at her and never answered her question.
After I told him which rug I wanted he barely made eye contact with me and just said he’d leave it up front for me. I didn’t want to ask him anymore questions so I just left that area. I wanted to look at some furniture, but I didn’t feel comfortable shopping since the rugs and furniture were right next to each other, I didn’t want to be in his way at all.
The cashier was friendly so that sort of redeemed my experience.

«It’s basically an upscale Marshall’s with no clothes and a ton of kitchen and furniture items.»
So glad to have a HomeGoods up north. This place is filled with a ton of reasonable kitchen items, chairs, lamps, pillows, and holiday décor. TONS of holiday décor. I went in recently and it’s Halloween heaven/​Fall paradise in there.
My only complaint is the staff that’s very limited. There was one cashier with a long line of people checking out… including the lady that bought 50 bags of pasta. You couldn’t get those at say… HEB??? Also not a single employee in sight whn I was shopping. Although I didn’t need help rummaging through pumpkins, pillows, and random gadgets I probably don’t need.

I’m surprised at the low ratings I am seeing here. I think this is such a fun store! They rotate their stuff all the time and you never know what they will have that is new.
The prices go from low to (mostly) medium and high. I have been very pleased with things I have gotten there — such as storage baskets for 40% less than Target’s prices, a couple real cool mugs (3.99 each) and a ceramic tea kettle for half off not long after Christmas.
The staff is definitely on the light side and I get the impression they are not expected to know much about what is there since it changes so often, and that is fine with me – but there is where they lost a star.
They are always friendly and the place has a spacious feel that is light and bright.
I wish I could give them 5 stars. I find this store refreshing.

A TJMax without clothing. Store is furniture, bathroom, kitchen, wall stuff and nick kniks. Some stuff as TJ but more of it.
Only had one clerk working registers for purchases and returns. Long line of people waiting to check out and no other salespeople or managers came to give the poor girl a hand. Not worth the wait to check out.

Came in here to look for a jar for my «Good things that happened to me in 2013» project. Left with a jar, an awesome goldfish cocktail shaker, and some wall art.
They have a lot of stuff that you don’t need. They probably have some stuff that you want/​are searching for. They have a lot of cool refinished/​repurposed furniture that (unless you’re as uncreative as I am), you could buy elsewhere super cheap and refinish/​repurpose it yourself; that stuff, however, I found overpriced, since I know a lot of creative types that could accomplish the same aesthetic.
The store itself is brightly lit and decently organized by category. I didn’t even consider the fact that they would have silverware and light fixtures! I don’t remember in which area I located my jar, but I guess jars can be sort of versatile that way. It was just after Christmas, so their Christmas stuff was on clearance… I was on a mission, so didn’t investigate the «deals,» though. Don’t forget the isle of impulse buys! That’s actually where I nabbed the wall art that I didn’t need.
The only employee I encountered was the cashier. She was very friendly (Disclaimer: I think I was in a more chatty mood than normal, so I may have initiated the conversation) and asked if I’d read the jar thing on Pinterest. Yes, yes I did. After a nice conversation, she wrapped up the fragile objects in layers of tissue paper and sent me on my way.
Will I be back? Sure. Will I buy more stuff than I actually need/​am looking for? Probably. But I’ll likely look for whatever thing I’m seeking at Target first.

When something ‘new’ was going into the former Bed Bath and Beyond location, I did a doubletake. It’s certainly been long enough.
And this is a prime location next to several bus stops. Made for easy shopping, especially on the weekends.
When it finally opened, I went in. I was eager to see if I could ‘restock’ my neighborhood inventory of easily nearby stores. Unfortunately, this was not the case.
Several of the pieces of furniture looked like it was from a ‘museum’.
The neighborhood is upscale, but it’s still Austin and also still in a recession. I wondered if the price tag would also work. This was more than I was willing to pay for items which were merely decorative and did not especially jump out at me re color/​design.
They should have taken a clue from the strategy of nearby Target. Or continued to look at Bed Bath and Beyond, which had only moved for additional space – and was doing quite well with pricing/​product design.
I left without buying anything. And I don’t see myself coming back.

There’s a new HomeGoods in town, and this time they decided to mosey on up North. Yay for that!
The negatives, of course, are the tight, overcrowded parking lot, and the small size of the store. This is a tiny, little store by the standards of most of the HomeGoods I have rated. But, hey, it’s a HomeGoods and I don’t have to drive 45 minutes to get to it, so I’ll take it and be happy.
You won’t find the selection at this store that you will at the big Bee Cave store, but, even though it is significantly smaller than the Sunset Valley location, they are pretty much equal to them on stock.
So, run on in and get those extra party platters for the holidays, or some new sheets for when the in-​laws visit. You’ll probably find what you want right here.