The Container Store

Always a line and a not too friendly staff.
You get the feeling they are doing you a favor.
Love there gift wrap department.
Just be prepared to be ignored.

Organizational heaven! We don’t have one in Pittsburgh and they didn’t have container store when I lived in philly. So when I visited king of Prussia I was jumping for joy. Love this place. Neatly designed spaces are like porn to me.

This is a great place to go for all of your organizing needs. I have bought items to organize my home office and my closets. They also have great gift packaging (birthday presents and similar items) and a wide variety of packing materials.
The staff is always helpful, but not hovering, which I appreciate.

Let’s face it. This is a store that sells containers you probably do not need, to store junk you probably should have thrown away a year ago. However, the staff is helpful and if you cannot find it here, you may not find it anywhere else.

If cleanliness is next to godliness, then this place is glorious. I perused their many helpful products, but kept myself to only one purchase since this was my first trip (I must pace myself). I ended up walking out with a mini shelf to help organize my spices. Now every time I go to get some cumin, my heart sings with the organization of it all.
The store itself was clean and well organized. Even if you are not a super clean freak, it is cool to see what they have.
Bonus tip: They have awesome supplies for wrapping gifts — better than the craft store.

Nice store in the King of Prussia Mall area for all your container needs! Really is a neat store… tons of different products in a nicely lit, well laid out store. Staff is also friendly and helpful! As someone else noted, the parking lot seems to really fill up right before opening time and there is a mad dash for the store! I assume this will pass as time does…
So they have plenty of things you can use to organize your house… and if you are lucky you can find the perfect item that fits exactly where you want\need it… I picked up a sliding basket to make it easier to get to things in the back of a cabinet… it fits, and it makes it easier to access things in the back of the cabinet… But you actually lose the storage space around the basket… so it works for organization, but didn’t help us with our storage space issue…
I was looking at some of their wire management solutions… little packs of clips with adhesive you can stick them to furniture and park your charging cables… they put their own sticker\price over the UPC code\price it was packaged with… walmart\home depot\staples probably has the exact same thing without the markup…
So check it out… It’s a neat store, clean, well lit and well staffed… a bit like a mini ikea without the swedish meatballs…

I’ve been hearing about this place for awhile, and I know that it’s considered one of the best places to work, but I’ve never actually stopped inside. This past Sunday I decided to check it out, unfortunately they don’t open until 11am, which is pretty late to me, but whatever. I sat in my car for 10 mins before they opened, and within that 10 mins, around a dozen cars pulled into the lot. The doors weren’t even fully opened to the store before people were running in. I thought maybe I missed the memo about the free products they were giving out!
I went inside and everything was super organized and well laid out inside the store; i.e. Laundry, Office, Bathrooms, etc. I liked that everything had it’s own area, so you didn’t have to wander around the store all day. It wasn’t as large inside as I was expecting, but there’s nothing wrong with that. There were some great products and awesome organizational tools, but honestly, the prices were too high for my price points. It is in King of Prussia, so I’m sure people in that area are more likely to purchase from that store, then I am, so they aren’t worrying about it.
It kind of felt like the older, more refined brother of IKEA.
I will say, if you’re going to stop by the store, check out their website first. I went online before hand and ordered clearance products and picked store pickup. When I got to the store, I saw that the products were cheaper online, than they were in the store. Doesn’t really make sense, but I don’t care, I saved money and got what I wanted!

Don’t even bother if you’re looking for any substantial solutions for your home or office. My wife and I had a office desk/​shelving unit designed by the staff to be brought home. After unwrapping the product and attempting the install I soon realized what a terrible product this is. We were told that it would be easy to install, and uninstall if we wanted to relocate … this could not be more false. Unless you enjoy gaping holes scratching the paint off your walls this would be the last option I’d go for. They were quick to ask for my money and give me the product, and I’ll be returning it just as fast. I’ll give one star because the staff was friendly, and asked what I needed help with. That’s about it from this experience.

I’d still get containers at Wal Mart. Its new but nothing blew me away that I had to have.

I love the container store. So it was no question I was excited about the King of Prussia opening. I missed the opening weekend festivities, but made it the following Monday.
Understandably, the store is a bit over staffed, but everyone was awesome! Nice, helpful, communicative without being «sales-​y.» Alicia helped me put together a cart, which fits perfectly in my laundry room.
Keep it up, Container Store! Love that you’re a hop, skip and a jump away!