On 6th Avenue Southeast in Lacey, Washington, a big box retail space at 4001 6th Ave SE has been repurposed into something more useful than another chain outlet: The Habitat Store, a home improvement and furniture resale shop run under the South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity banner. Rather than selling clothes or general secondhand goods, the shop specializes in furniture, home decor, housewares, and tools, giving it a distinct lane among Thurston County’s resale options, closer in spirit to a salvage and surplus warehouse than a typical thrift store.
That focus matters because the organization behind it has a specific, well documented mission that predates this particular storefront by decades. South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity has operated in Thurston County since 1989, building what the organization describes as homes and hope for families working toward strength, stability, and self reliance through affordable homeownership. Every piece of furniture, every toolbox, and every set of cabinet hardware sold through The Habitat Store funnels revenue back into that homebuilding mission, so a purchase here supports construction of affordable housing rather than funding a private retailer’s bottom line.
That connection to homebuilding also shapes what shows up on the sales floor. Because the parent organization is in the business of construction and renovation, the store’s furniture, tools, and housewares inventory tends to include building related surplus and donated materials alongside more typical secondhand furniture, a mix that gives DIY renovators and contractors doing budget conscious work a reason to check the shelves alongside furniture shoppers. That dual appeal, part furniture store and part building supply outlet, is the shop’s clearest differentiator from a standard clothing focused thrift store.
The Lacey store keeps a Tuesday through Saturday schedule, open from 9 in the morning to 5 in the evening, giving South Sound shoppers a five day a week window that lines up with a typical work week rather than requiring a weekend only trip. Anyone with questions about current furniture stock, tool donations, or drop off logistics can call ahead at (360) 956-3456 before visiting, and the store maintains a Facebook page under the name SPS Habitat Store for shoppers who want to see recent arrivals or donation-drive announcements between visits.
Lacey sits between Olympia and Tacoma along the I-5 corridor, giving the Habitat Store a natural draw from a wider swath of Thurston County residents doing home projects on a budget, not just immediate neighbors. For anyone furnishing a first apartment, finishing a garage workshop, or simply hunting for well priced secondhand furniture without the guilt of shopping at a big box retailer, the shop offers a way to spend money that circles back into building homes for families in the same county. The Habitat Store is Lacey’s furniture, home decor, and tool resale shop, run by South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity to fund affordable housing construction across Thurston County.
