Support Local Nonprofits while you move or downsize
If you are selling your house, a key focus should be on highlighting the positive focal points in each room. To do this, organizing and paring down your household furniture and decor is essential.
Whether you are moving, downsizing, or just want to declutter your household, there are many donation options in the Asheville area. Local nonprofits that can put your furniture and household items into homes and hands that need them. Most donations are also tax deductible.
Here are five Asheville area nonprofits that take furniture and houseware donations:
When you donate to Asheville Habitat’s ReStores, you help generate funding for Habitat programs while keeping usable goods out of the landfill.
Drop off at the ReStores:
Asheville: 31 Meadow Road, Tuesday - Saturday from 9am to 6pm
Weaverville: 61 Weaver Blvd, Tuesday - Saturday from 10am to 6pm
Habitat will gladly pick up donated items anywhere in Buncombe County. Pick-up service is available Monday through Saturday. To schedule a pick up, call 828-254-6706 to make arrangements.
Your donation will be resold at the Asheville Humane resale boutique where 100% of proceeds benefit animals in need*.
800 Fairview Road, Suite EE, Asheville, NC 28803
Drop off Tuesday - Saturday from 10am to 5pm
*Asheville Humane Society (and most other animal rescues) are always in need of bedding, towels, comforters, and other linens to use as soft sleeping spots for animals while they await their furever home.
The Welcome Home Donation Center is Homeward Bound’s facility where furniture and household goods are collected from the community and distributed to individuals and families who are moving out of homelessness and into housing. The goal is for every client to move into a comfortably furnished home.
205 Elk Park Drive, Woodfin, 28804
Drop off Monday - Friday from 9am to 12pm
Drop-off bins are also available 24/7 for your convenience.
Schedule a pickup: Call (828) 412-5322
BeLoved works directly within the Asheville community, providing for those in need and helping us to remember the humanity in all.
Donation Center
32 Old Charlotte Hwy, Asheville, NC 28803
Drop off: Tuesday - Saturday from 11am to 1pm
BeLoved can receive all types of small household items at their drop off. If you have a larger item, like furniture, reach out to the organization, belovedasheville@gmail.com, and they will try to do a one-to-one match with a family in need.
All proceeds from the organization’s retail operations and other fundraising efforts go to support the 5 Community Initiatives of WNC Bridge Foundation.
Free in-home consultation: Call (828)575-2509 Email: shop@wncbridge.org
Professional staff will pack and transport items to their sales facility on Fairview Road. All items in the sale are appraised and inventoried. WNC Bridge Foundation Estate Sales & Services advertises widely in regional magazines and newspapers, Google, and on social media. Proceeds from the sale are divided equally (50-50) between the seller and WNC Bridge Foundation Estate Sales & Services. In cases where items are not sold, the client can donate them to WNC Bridge Foundation’s Thrift Store or reclaim them.
Paring down your household is just one of the topics that I cover during a Home Staging Consultation. During the in-home “walk-and-talk” staging consultation, we will go through the home together room-by-room and create a customized Staging Report and Checklist that prioritizes the action items you should focus on to put your house in the best light for photos and viewings.