Frankie says...ReStore?
At the beginning of January, Adam and I traveled up to Maine for my Dad's birthday/Family Christmas. While we were up there, I wanted to check out this place I had read on Katy Elliot's blog (a fellow renovator's blog that's located up in Marblehead you should check out by the way!), called Habitat for Humanity's ReStore up in Portland. It. Was. Incredible. Plain and simple.
Basically, the ReStore is a place where people who are either renovating, demolishing or have any extra supplies, parts, etc., drop off these goodies, and people like us who are looking to save a couple of bucks can go and purchase said goodies! I wish I had brought the camera to take pictures, but the stuff was awesome. You can buy sinks, faucets (there was a Kohler bathroom sink faucet and tub/shower faucets for $200 TOTAL!) to insulation, paints, flooring, appliances, windows, doors, wood! You name it, it might be there...and for a fraction of the cost!
Adam and I (well, mostly me) fell in love with the beautiful solid wood, glass front door for $75 bucks. Seriously? We left without it, but I still think about it. One lesson we learned was to have our measurements for things on hand. We didn't and I didn't want to buy the door and not have it fit. But we did agree that we will most likely be buying our doors (interior) from them, as they had solid wood old looking doors (and doorknobs!) for $25. You have me coming back ReStore!
We did walk away with a couple of purchases though. Adam bought some metal pieces for drywall, $3 for about 5 6ft. pieces as well as something else I can't remember. But the best thing we walked away with was a wall sconce for the bathroom! We both immediately loved it and we couldn't beat the price...$15! I asked if it happened to have a mate, but there was only one, but since the brand was Hampton Bay (found at Home Depot) we went to the store and picked up another one! Check it out!
So for our lighting, we spent a total of $45! Not too shabby. We will definitely be shopping ReStore frequently as they're constantly changing inventory!