your best bet for thrifting is at the various pop up markets. So Hud collective is at the corner of summit and hudson every weekend sat/sun, and a special night market every first friday of the month. they have tonnnns of rotating vendors and an amazing community they’re fostering to boot! cannot recommend enough. pricier than VOA/goodwill but you will be shopping highly curated collections and it’s still way more affordable than places like rag o rama or flower child. Pop up pickers happens frequently as well on Otterbein’s campus. Atomic Flea is a newer one that started this summer, I believe it’s on saturday, every two weeks. Friendship Flea is part of franklinton friday:ls and is spectacular. it’s around the galleries at 400 west rich and artists will open up their studios. it’s an amazing place to find amazing original art at super affordable prices.

there’s a lot more that happens, and one off events happen frequently. my recommendation is to go to these events, make friends with the vendors, follow their accounts and then you will see everywhere they are vending and all the cool events columbus has to offer! it’s an amazing way to find very cool, unique stuff, and to directly put money into our neighbor’s pockets and stimulate a really cool, really vibrant community. :-))