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I used these guys once for kitchen work. This was before I learned about the web sites dedicated to the horror stories of product issues and shabby work by their sub contrators. I ended up redoing the work myself it was so bad.

It's Home Depot. Anyone who has visited the 23rd Street store knows their lack of style along with the incredibly unhelpful staff.

Lowes is better, although I'm assuming there is no Lowes outpost in Manhattan.

both stores suck. i have used both in the past. i get sooo mad watching those commercials with the helpful staff. when you go to either store be prepared to wait a long time for assistance. Only the lucky ones will leave with the item that they were looking to buy.

The only thing that the Home Depot's makeover window captured for me was "Ew!" because of the fake waterbugs glued to the sink along with a big note that said "buy bug spray." Ha, ha.

Home Depot's good for housewares, but I wouldn't think of them for decoration.

I still prefer my neighborhood hardware store. They don't have everything but at least they will tell me how to solve my problem.

I am so addicted to makeovers, but I generally dislike makeover shows (the hosts are overdramatic, and as my friend Marie always complains ... they make a big deal out of a really obvious design solution) so I do the same thing and only watch the last five minutes. But man, I watch the last five minutes of ALL those makeover shows ...

Oh, and I saw this display at HD too and thought it was weird. At the very least they could've used some old cabinets, etc. or some of those really basic cheap melamine/faux wood trim builders' cabinets that a lot of people have in their NY apts.