Beware the upper floor in the summer--hot and no AC! Otherwise, this is a great labyrinth of odds and ends to get lost in for an hour.
June 2025
What a treasure! Spent my Sunday taking trips down memory lane and I could not quit smiling! I went home with a treasure of my own!
July 2024
Such a fun and eclectic store! So many treasures can be found on each floor and the staff... The staff is just phenomenal! We are so happy we stopped in on our trip from Washington State. We will be back on our next visit!
Our goal at West End is to insure that Des Moines residents have a successful search of “salvaged” items from larger cities and foreign countries. Our inventory comes from New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, England, the Middle East, and various other places-making us anything but boring! The unique, classically appealing items available at West End are found just about everywhere, but we offer a central location for them to be seen. No matter how far you travel you’ll never forget the experience our store has to offer! Our passion is rescuing craftsmanship from the past and offering it to you for renovations or creative re-purposing. Someone’s trash is always someone else’s treasure! We look forward to serving you!
