Creative Poverty Is Born

Creative Poverty is located in a very small Ozarks town on the Missouri-Arkansas border. It was originally located in a 103 year old Hotel building which was originally used as a premier lodging address for travelers on the railroad in the early 1900's when Thayer MO was a thriving railroad community.

​We have been crafting for years and when the opportunity arose to purchase the historic old Colonial Hotel at 319 Front St. we decided to open our own shop. Thayer is in a beautiful but economically challenged area of Missouri, and we knew how to get by creatively on little. I always believed that as long as I could be creative, poverty was no big deal, thus the name Creative Poverty was born.

We moved to a different historical building at 730 Front Street in 2020. This location was originally an ice plant and then the Thayer Water and Electric department for many years. The building was empty for a while before we moved Creative Poverty to it.

Some of our products include hand crafted wood items, original painted designs, floral arrangements, and some local antiques. We also handle new items that go with antique and primitive décor of all kinds.

Our area is a beautiful one within minutes of both Grand Gulf State Park outside Thayer MO and Mammoth Spring State Park in Arkansas. Please give us a call at (573) 300-0339 or (417) 264-3067 to visit the shop.

Carl and Clyda Herbold