What are some unusual or unexpected items you have seen at a hardware store?
The most unusual thing I have ever seen is potato chips made by a local company.
A woman working behind the till.
In all honesty probably sandwiches. A snack for builders when buying supplies....
As strange as it sounds, selling food for builders sounds like good business sense. Thank you for sharing.
Scrapbooking and artistic journaling supplies. It is a wonderful place to pick up embellishments for those artistic endeavors. One of my favorite things is dry wall tape, that net looking stuff. Very cheap and a roll would last a lifetime and it really looks cool to either stamp through or adhere it to a journaling page. Tiny hinges, little bitty screws etc. Felt circles that you put on the inside of cupboard doors are great for artistic journaling.
Our ACE sells washers and dryers and some summer furniture too.
A local hardware store was selling a locally made type of soda in all different flavors. My two girls found colored/patterned duct tape that they love making crafts out of. They found dozens of styles and begged for them (in a hardware store my girls were begging for something, who knew).
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