Results tagged with 'Home Depot'

Articles:

Hardware stores with heart

Published Jan. 20, 2012

I've got my favorite local stores and I'm pretty loyal to them for a number of reasons.

Ald. Davis responds to Lowe's closing at Midtown Center

Published Sept. 21, 2009

Lowe's at Midtown Center in Milwaukee has closed. The store, located near 60th St. and Fond du Lac Ave., employed 107 people. Alderman Joe Davis, Sr., who represents the area has released a statement.

The most expensive leaky faucet

Published Oct. 6, 2008

After months of staring at my leaky shower faucet, I mistakenly took matters into my own hands last week and attempted to fix the problem. More than $350 and a dozen hours later, the problem is mostly solved.

National Hardware survives in big-box world

Published Dec. 2, 2007

National Hardware continues to do well despite several national big-box chains moving into the Milwaukee market.

Milwaukee housing market scores well on Home Depot scale

Published Aug. 16, 2005

The August issue of Money magazine offers a creative way of analyzing housing markets: the number of Home Depot stores opening in an area. By this measure, Milwaukee is doing very well.

Reader blogs:

Basement Bloodshed

Saturday August 27th, 2011 - Fox Lake, IL Now I did it. I was trying to fix of all things a broken piece of string and ended up with two bleeding fingers. That’s unpleasant enough, but it’s one on each hand. That will be a bigger hassle than it needs to be, but it’s ...

Refinishing wood floors yourself is not intimidating

Hardwood floors are a slippery slope when it comes to re-finishing. The professionals I had come in to evaluate my floor said that it was not something I could do myself or with the help of friends. Well mister professional, I have news for you, it can be. My sec...

Tips on building a backyard gate

One of the high points of my home is that I have one of the few backyards (as small as it may be) that have a 6 foot fence. Having such a high fence does not subject me to the neighbor’s headlights in their alley driveway. The only problem with this fence is that the previous owners p...