At Home

So many options that it is a bit overwhelming. Basically an Americanized version of IKEA. Love it, but plan to stay at least an hour.

1 star for the customer service. I am so sick of the people in customer service with absolutely NO customer service skills. Caitlin was my cashier. I said, «Hello! How are you? ». She asked, «How many? «. Never looked up, nothing! Uhhhh, Hello you little brat! I said, «Hello!» You can say hello back. Get off your walkie talkie and realize people are in front of you. This isn’t the first time this has happened. My boyfriend and I walked in another time. The guy at the front didn’t say hello. He just said, «Just so you know, we’re closing in 20 minutes. «
I love the store, but not this particular one. I will be driving further away to get the items I need. Which is unfortunate because I shop a lot and spend a LOT of my companies money as an event planner. Too bad!

I love this store, so much variety in home décor. It really is much nicer stock from Garden Ridge.
I came by here to return some cushions I bought for my kitchen table chairs b/​c the ones I bought were too small for the seat. I was so bummed out!
You could walk for hours in here.
But a word of advice. dont bring your hubby in here blind if at all. Come in here first to do some recon. Then bring him to ck it out… get points by «walking right to what you want» and you will get mad points.
bonus points for showing him some super expensive items so that whatever you buy is truly a «bargain».
on a side note: None of this stuff is quality. it looks like its for staging a house. nothing in here is meant to «last».

After visiting here for the first time, it seems as though Garden Ridge has stepped up their game like the ugly duckling in high school who you barely recognize a few years later because she somehow got smoking hot. I use to HATE Garden Ridge because it felt like it was Costco’s hick 3^rd cousin, twice removed. It was refreshing seeing the face lift starting with the color scheme going from an awkward orange and white to a more contemporary looking blue house with white lettering and a silver backdrop.
Walking in, I noticed the floor plan seemed to be planned out better, the inventory seemed to all be pristine and in its appropriate place and every section of the store had staged products like a furniture store and it was very visually appealing. The prices seemed extremely reasonable for the offerings they had and the selection wasn’t half bad either. My only small gripe came from the staff. We were here for like 30 minutes and walked by a handful of employees and not one offered to help us or asked if we needed anything. In addition, my g/​f lost her phone here and when she asked to see if anyone had turned one in to them, they seemed to do the bare minimum to help her.
With that being said, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt for now. I compare this place to stores like Kirkland Homes and other similar destinations and for now, I feel like they’re doing enough things right to have a slight advantage over the other guys. Prices seem to be a bit better, the selections seems better but quality is run of the mill and artwork is generic and mostly uninspiring. Have a game plan before coming here and you’ll be in and out without draining your bank account too much while picking up almost anything you need for the home. On to the redecorating!

Above all else, this At Home (AKA Garden Ridge Pottery v2.0) is my go-​to for squeezing in extra FitBit steps (it’s ridiculously huge), and teaching my teenagers how to drive (in the even MORE ridiculously ginormous parking lot. Seriously, that thing is no doubt clearly visible from space. Why in the name of Sweet Swaddled Baby J does ANY establishment need a lot that expansive, much less a business that seems to only need about 10 parking spaces at any given time? I can’t wrap my head around it.)
At Home basically boils down to a meatball-​free version of Ikea… literally everything for the home and garden is available.
I particularly like the selection of area rugs. And fun shower curtains. And giant metal letters with which to adorn your walls. And kitchenware. And funky shadow boxes.
BUT…I avoid anything and everything remotely furniture-​like — be that shelving, seating, tables, whatever — at all costs. Anything along those lines seems to be THE most poorly constructed, absolutely outlandishly overpriced junk I’ve ever laid eyes upon. Seriously. It’s *bad*, on every level.
They do offer a military discount though, so if you’re looking to take advantage of that toward the purchase of, say, an adorable Tardis-​shaped CD tower or a giant ceramic Labrador pup with a finger-​food holding platter balanced on his head, At Home is the place.

What a waste of space! I love quite a few big box stores but this reinvention of Garden Ridge as At Home gives any anti-​capitalist or environmentalist all the ammunition they need.
First time to visit was the first week of Christmas. Empty shelving as far as the eye could see to the right as we walked into the store. Hardly any Christmas left at that point. A little surprised but we figured we had missed out. At the time I noticed an outdoor firepit on display. We did not find any nearby and it seemed like displays were being transitioned so I decided to return in the future.
Returned today to the same empty shelves and found the same firepit display. Asked a man working nearby where the ones for sale were and he told me to go down the middle aisle. Why they weren’t nearby is a mystery but also it was no surprise there were none located there either.
As I walked towards the front I decided I was done. No item is worth it and the fact that the place is a big ugly gray box taking up vast space and offering not much is just plain sad. I won’t be returning.

The assortment of household goods is incredible, if you’re trying to save money and make the place look good, you owe it to yourself in order to visit this place

At home, the newly rebranding of Garden Ridge Pottery is something San Antonians will take some getting use to.
First of all, there’s no more crafting items to purchase. There was limited pottery. There was limited floral.
On that note, there was a ton of other things like kitchenware, umbrellas galore, outdoor furniture, tons of wall decore and of coarse, the beloved holiday section.
I must say, I feel like a sucker buying kitchenware from any other place now that I’ve been to the new At home. I also feel pretty silly paying (see «settling») $ 69 for an outdoor patio umbrella from Target when At home had a million color options in larger sizes for $ 49. Why oh, why did I not discover At home pre-​summer?
Lesson learned.
This would be a great place to get your friends, coworker or hard to buy for family member gift cards for the upcoming holiday season.

Huge new store. Very clean. Prices seemed high. Check out was horrible. 5 – 6 guests.1 cashier. Two thumbs down.

I have no words to describe Garden Ridge Pottery because I have no clue what it is supposed to be. It’s like an unholy merger or World Market, Hobby Lobby and Wal-​Mart.
There are literally pallets of poorly crafted «furniture» for indoor use. There are endless rows of «home décor» (aka stuff with a bird on it). And it maintains all the charm of an evening at Wal-​Mart.
Every time I’ve gone here for something specific related to gardening, pottery or ridges, I’ve come away empty handed. Volume is the watchword, not diversity or quality.

The new Garden Ridge is pretty cool. I always liked Garden Ridge in general, but I like the new store slightly more, it feels more like an actual store for home and garden versus a gigantic warehouse.
I also like the new location better. I will be coming back fo sho!!!