The Lift

The Lift is your little shop around the corner, both a bookstore and a gift shop, on a bustling street where art meets history in the Heights area of Houston. We carry the good reads--the new, talked-about, sought-after books. The Lift also overflows with colorful, whimsical gifts that are a joy to the senses, including home decor items, items of Texas or Houston interest, and fashion accessories. We are the exclusive shop for Sticks.com functional wood art. We are proud to be a top seller of Waxing Poetic, an inspired line of fine jewelry by a California artist, as well as offering American-made jewelry lines including Silver Forest earrings, Beaucoup high-quality fashion jewelry, Kate Mesta necklaces and bracelets, Tokyo Bay watches, and more. We carry heartfelt greeting cards, journals, and note cards. We proudly display our Texas organic soaps, Natural Life fashion and home accessories, and W.S. Badger balms. The Lift houses a toy section that includes Melissa and Doug toys, Toysmith science and craft kits, plush toys, and book character toys. Our leather goods include MyWalit colorful Italian leather wallets and Rowallan of Scotland wallets. We are simply famous for our wide variety of refrigerator magnets, Unemployed Philosopher mugs, and That's All mugs. Besides these named items, there are many, many more. So browse on by and soar to new Heights at The Lift!