Hardwood flooring at the ReStore

We have received a huge amount of hardwood flooring.  Currently we have Oak Natural on the sales floor. Maple, French Oak, Black Water and Butterscotch Oak will also be available for sale soon.  The flooring is wrapped in 16.3 sq. ft. quantities.  The Oak Natural is $24 per bundle.  The price on the rest of the flooring will probably be slightly higher.  We expect to have more out tomorrow morning.  Call the store, like us on facebook, or stop in the store for more information.

Snow days

We are hoping we are done with all the snow and ice that has hit the Wilmington area this winter.  The ReStore has had to close or open late a few times due to the weather.  Not only do we lose a sale day but people are less likely to be doing work around the house in bad weather so a difficult winter hurts sales even on days we are open.

We are also having logistics nightmares trying to re-schedule donation pick-ups.  Even if we are open and going on pick-ups we are having trouble getting to some due to road conditions.  On days we are closed we have to rearrange all the pick-ups from that day.  Since we are booked up for two weeks we have to move the postponed pick-ups to a day that is already fully booked.  Tomorrow we have the day double booked and will rent a truck to be able to go on all the extras pick-ups.  If it snows tomorrow as expected we will have even more trouble squeezing tomorrow's schedule into other days.

The weather is supposed to improve after this weekend so things should improve at the ReStore.

Miss Delaware USA's visit to the ReStore

Today's visit from Miss Delaware USA, Kelsey Miller, was a big success.  Kelsey greeted customers and signed autographs.  We had a large number of people coming to the store to meet her.  We appreciate her giving her time to help promote the ReStore and the work that we do to support Habitat for Humanity's building efforts in New Castle County.  Good luck to Kelsey in the Miss USA pageant this summer.