We all know Joanna Gaines has the magic touch these days and her popular show Fixer Upper drives fans to her Waco, Texas store Magnolia Market by the thousands. Luckily I live just a hop down the highway and have had the chance to visit on multiple occasions. Last week I made and early spring trip that left me full of decorating inspiration. This visit I branched out and scouted some other local shopping spots to share with you today. Unfortunately many stores were closed on Monday so I didn’t get to personally visit them all…guess I have to plan another road trip 🙂
There is so much more to Waco than just the Magnolia brand, but the Gaines have had a huge influence on stores popping up all over. There are some precious places to hunt outside of your visit to the market! Here is a list of places you should consider adding to your agenda. I highly recommend visiting their web and Facebook pages (I’ve linked them all below) before planning your travel, all stores have different hours and open days, so plan accordingly! Magnolia is closed on Sunday and many shops are closed Monday. It looks like Friday and Saturday have the highest open rate for the local stores. BTW – if you are new to the blog, WELCOME, I’d love to have you around more often. Please join the e-mail list and I will share easy and gorgeous DIY home decor with you!
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The Findery
The Findery: 501 South 8th Street – Walking distance from Magnolia Market this precious store in gorgeous old building has a similar vibe and style as Joanna’s. There are tons of fresh décor items mixed in with stunning antiques. They rotate inventory regularly feeding their supply from a stocked warehouse close by.
The Findery
They are having a HUGE warehouse sale in conjunction with Magnolia’s Spring event, be sure to mark your calendar for March 17-18, 2017! They say you should bring a truck or trailer for all the special finds you’ll want to haul home! They are super receptive on social media, so if you see something you like, reach out and they will chat with you. 
Spice Village: 224 Franklin Avenue – Head over to this indoor market and stroll through booth after booth (over 90 vendors!) of home décor, clothing and gift items. There is literally something for everyone at this fun shopping venue. 
Spice Village
Spice village is close to local restaurants so it would make a good mid day stop. It’s big and will take you a while to comb through all the lovely treasures waiting for you.
Austin Avenue Shops:
Cameron Trading Co.: 618 Austin Avenue – This is your typical antique store with private vendor booths dealing in collectables, dishes, small furniture and antique oddities. I saw lots of fun collector’s items while strolling the booths in this local favorite.
Christi’sHey Sugar! Candy Store: 808 Austin Avenue – The perfect photo opp waits on the colorfully decorated exterior of this candy haven. Pick up a sweet treat for the kids or an ice cream sundae for yourself.
Christi’s: 1023 Austin Avenue – A colorful splash of décor mixed with fun textures, old and new. This little shop has a good mix of items that vary from some of the other spots in town.
Papillon Antiques: 1025 Austin Avenue – French flea market finds and antiques
Sironia: 1509 Austin Avenue
Junque Queens: 1518 Austin Avenue
Cameron Trading Co.
Shabby La Chic: 1522 Austin Avenue
LaGrange: 1522 Austin Avenue
Lane’s on Austin
Lane’s on Austin: 1601 Austin Avenue
Honey’s Homestyle: 1700 Austin Avenue
Salvage Sisters: 1708 Austin Avenue
La Salle Avenue Shops:
Junque in the Trunk: 910 LaSalle Avenue
Cameron Trading Co.
Shades of Shabby: 926 LaSalle Avenue
Riverside Relics: 1105 LaSalle Avenue
The Junky Monkey: 1715 LaSalle Avenue
LaSalle Shops: 2223 LaSalle Avenue
Goodwill: 2439 LaSalle Avenue
Others:
Show and Tell Antiques: 1525 Morrow Avenue, limited opening hours
Harp Design Co.: 808 North 15th Street
Spice Village
Haus 525: 525 North 18th Street
Laverty’s: 600 North 18th Street, limited opening hours
Cedar Chest Antique Mall: 31707 West Highway 84
In addition to this comprehensive shop list I hope you enjoy some early spring inspiration straight from the Silos to you. 
Cupcake tip: The bakery is precious but the line can be long. There is a bakery airstream in the food court with some of the bakery items if you want to skip the line for this mouth watering treat. Seriously, they are SO GOOD!
Fresh flowers everywhere. I’m obsessed with the wooden boxes!
Garden center in full bloom with precious fairy gardens sprinkled everywhere. 
Fabulous farmhouse accessories. (shipping tip: Magnolia now has a shipping station IN THE STORE so you can ship all your goodies home)
Stunning displays and inspiring vignettes.
Crates, crates and more crates.
Signs, glass and cotton galore.
See anything you want? Be sure to save and share this shopping list for your next visit to Waco, Texas! Tell them I said Hi! You can visit some of my other posts and projects inspired by Magnolia Market here, and here. If you want tips on shopping the famous Round Top Antiques Week I have you covered there too! Start here or here!
Hi Kim, thank you SO very much for this fabulous list. My daughter and I attend Round Top every spring and we can’t wait to check out these wonderful places.
Round Top and Waco are two fun shopping excursions! Hope this list helps and I can’t wait to head to Round Top in a few weeks!
Is Round Top the flea mkt? How often does that happen?
Round Top is a Huge antiques show that happens twice a year around April and October. It is SO FUN! You can read a little more about it here: https://www.huntandhost.net/tips-for-navigating-round-top-antiques-week/
Thank you for this Kim. 🙂
My sister in law and I really enjoyed The Findery the last time we were down there. Many of the same items without the humongous crowd. Pinning and sharing this list. 😉
Yes – I thought the same, such a sweet shop and amazing building. There is also a new place that will open across the street, not sure when, but it looks like maybe some more shops will pop up closer to the silos!
Kim, Thanls so much for scouting out all these shops. My son lived in Waco for 18 months and I’ve been to the original Magnolia and the new Silos. I knew there had to be other shops besides Magnolia. Did find Junkie Monkey (I think that was the name) on LaSalle and found a bunch of great things. Things always seemed to be closed during the week. I don’t have a place to stay anymore, but will have to make a trip again.
Yes – be sure to do your homework on hours before you plan a day there. I think the weekends will have the best luck but also the biggest crowds! It’s a fun trip hope you can make again soon.
Gosh. I needed some sun glasses! There was a lot of ‘eye’ candy! What a lovely and fun post.
I sure got busy pinning! I want that dreamy bedding! I enjoyed this. It is perfect for Spring. I’d love for you to come over and link at the Fabulous Spring/East Party. This weeks linky is over here:
http://ourholidayjourney.blogspot.com/2017/03/fabulous-springeaster-link-party-2.html
Come over every week and join the party.
Happy Spring
You have no idea how many more pictures I have, this was just the tip of the iceberg! So much good stuff to see! Thanks for sharing!
Hi again. One more thing do you have any devo’s or printables that you could share! i’d some added to the party! This weeks linky is over here:
http://ourholidayjourney.blogspot.com/2017/03/fabulous-springeaster-link-party-2.html
Come over every week and join the party.
Happy Spring
Have been to the original Magnolia Mkt and to the Silos along with some of the other shops you mentioned. I will soon be moving from IL to Ft. Worth and my friends are all anxious to visit and to spend time in Waco. I will forward your informative list to them so they can start planning our trip/trips. Thank you for such a great blog!
Thanks for sharing Carol. There are so many great places to shop in Waco, plus a lot of fun family outings to do. Good luck with your move and I hope the list comes in handy!
I love the findery!! I love the old building that it is housed in…great info in this post! Thanks for sharing!
Robin
yes, that building! special place!
A girl’s got to have cute clothes, too! Roots (next to Spice) and Wildland Supply Company (now on Washington) are musts on every trip to Waco. And Homestead (an agrarian- and craft-based village) for lunch and some amazing cheese and produce to take home.
well of course! thanks for the extra tips, I will check them out next time for sure
You need to go to Craft Gallery in Waco, Tx!
Hwy 6 and Bosque Blvd. Some amazing finds over there!
Thank you for the tip, will go next time I visit!
What About The Craft Gallery? I can’t believe it didn’t make the list ????!
Someone else said the same, not sure how I missed it! need to update the list and make another trip obviously 😉
Hello. You do an excellent job at making everything exciting and interesting! I ask that you come by the Craft Gallery Home Decor Store in Waco and see what we offer. We have been in business 24 years and have been voted #1 in several categories in different polls in Waco. We offer a huge selection of Home Decor, Antiques, and Women’s Clothes. There are 160 different vendors in our store that offer a great variety for visitors to Waco. This could make number 25 of things to see in Waco. Thank you Diana Lee
I will certainly check it out next time I visit! I am just down the road in Bryan, so I am sure it will be soon. Thank you so much for letting me know about you and sorry I missed you on this list! Let us know your address so others can visit too…
Great list!! There’s also Lorena’s Boutique at 501 Lake Air Dr Waco, Tx 76501!! New place, but it is so fabulous!!
Good Timber is a new shop in Waco. I love their lazy susans.
thanks – I will check it out next time I am there!
Moved to Waco in August 2017. There are so many great places to shop in Waco. Many of the decor stores are opened Thursday-Saturday. I gravitate towards the stores on LaSalle (Riverside Relics, Junky Monkey, Junque in the Trunk, Shades of Shabby). While in the area, catch homemade ice cream at Heritage Creamery (1125 S. 8th, next to Baylor & Common Grounds). I also like to shop at sweet shops on Austin Avenue and eat lunch at Sironia Uptown Cafe (1509 Austin Ave). Sironia’s food is so good and reminds me of going out to eat with my Granny growing up. Surrounding the cafe at Sironia are small booths of home decor and gifts galore. Check out the decor stores across the street too (Junque Queen’s, 1526 Austin Ave)
thank you for all this! I will need to update my list and a perfect excuse to go visit again!
Don’t forget…
The Craft Gallery
7524 Bosque Blvd
Monday – Saturday 10-6
They have been around a long time and deserve to be on the list! They have over 150 + mini shops in one location!
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SWEET – I obviously need to make another trip 😉
Stop by Iron Willow on Mary and 6th. One of a kind items.
thank you – I will check it out for sure!
Outside Waco, in Mart, is Leon Junction Country Crafts. Two great guys, Andy and Kris, have wonderful vintage items as well as furniture and decor. Very creative.
Check it out, you’ll be glad you did!
I will add it to my to do list! I love when y’all share new places, thank you!
Thanks peggy for mentioning us at leon junction, please make sure to stop by and see us, you won’t be disappointed. Check out and like our Facebook page leon junction country crafts. We look forward to seeing you.
You should check out Chatter Box at 1422 Austin Ave. They have some neat stuff.
I will, I obviously need to make a trip to update my list 🙂 yay
Saving this as I plan my near-future trip to Waco from Mississippi! Would you be able to remember if any of these places are NOT stroller-friendly?
I can’t think of any in particular, but most shops have narrow aisles because they are so full of stuff! I would definitely bring your slimmest stroller, but you should be ok!
I lived in Waco for many years and the Finery, Spice, & Cameron Trading Co. are some of my favorites. There are more shops on La Salle where the one I like the best is Junque in the Trunk.
There really are so many awesome places to hunt there!!!
We are heading to Waco in October and hoping to shop some of the shops you have highlighted. Do most of them close at 5pm?
yes – in my experience they keep very 9-5 hours and you need to be careful if you go on a Sunday or Monday, many are closed on one or the other of these days, so check first!!!
Just found “Simply Irrestible” on Austin Ave. on opposite side of street from Sironia. Lots of goodies.
I am part of a Bunco group of 12 and we are planning a trip to Waco for 2 to 3 days at the end of Oct. We wanted to stay at Magnolia House but it is booked. Any suggestions of places we can stay that would accommodate 8 to 12 and be close to the Silos? Thanks so much for your list of places to shop.
How fun! Here is a place that you can look, The Waco CVB is extremely helpful and can assist you if you need it, reach out to them through the contact page of this website if you can’t find your own lodging through the links they provide first! https://wacoheartoftexas.com/lodging/
You left out Simply Irresistible at 1018 Austin Ave in Waco. Being a local I cam say this is by far the best place to shop! Shame you missed it!
yayy thanks for telling us!
Thank you so much for this! I’m basing my whole trip to this list and it’s more than helpful than silly google maps!!!