Gaining Knowledge: Research what type of project you’d like to complete. There are many free outlets, and you can always find great content on Pinterest. All of these sites can give you great and unique ideas or refurbishing furniture or items that you’d like to recycle into furniture. (Check out these cool street sign chair. […]
5 Must-Haves Before Starting a DIY Furniture Restoration
If you’re starting out and recently inspired to take on your first restoration project, the Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County offers hands-on demonstrations on how to bring furniture back to life. Whether it is refinishing wood, adding new upholstery or repurposing pieces into something more useful, there are a few must haves that […]
New Habitat ReStore Commercial on DIY and HGTV
A commercial was filmed at the Habitat ReStore a few weeks ago. The commercial has begun airing on DIY and HGTV networks. It depicts the life cycle of a couch as it is used by one owner, donated to the ReStore, and purchased to be enjoyed in another home. The commercial uses the donation and purchase […]
Habitat ReStore Celebration Sale
In honor of our store reaching the $3 million mark in sales we are having a Celebration Sale. Starting Tuesday, August 26, 2014, the ReStore will have a week long sale. Everything for sale in the store will be 20% off the ticketed price. We just picked up a large donation from Amazon in […]
Handmade Furniture at the ReStore
Some time back Habitat received a workshop from one of our donors. It is stored in the Habitat Office. The decision was made to have volunteers make furniture that could be sold in the ReStore. The first items have arrived in the store. We have two workbenches, a spice rack, a tray table, a corner […]
