Tucked between a Subway sandwich shop and everyday retail storefronts in Raleigh sits a secondhand paradise where your grandmother’s discarded china set might become your dining room showpiece.
HandmeUPs Thrift has quietly become North Carolina’s worst-kept secret for treasure hunters with champagne taste and beer budgets.
The modest storefront with its simple green lettering doesn’t scream “retail revolution,” but step inside and you’ll understand why bargain enthusiasts from Charlotte to the Outer Banks make pilgrimages here with empty trunks and hopeful hearts.
It’s like walking into a retail version of “The Secret Garden” – except instead of forgotten plants, you’ll find forgotten Pyrex, forgotten furniture, and occasionally, forgotten designer labels with plenty of life left in them…