ReStore Houston Habitat for Humanity — Attraction in Houston

Straight up, this place is a mess. There is a pallet graveyard in the parking lot; shrink-wrapped and forgotten in the Texas sun. You have to buy the whole pallet, which no one standing outside bothers to mention until you ask.

The store's inside is stocked full of hideous.

The first aisle is nearly impassable because it's so disorganized. The tile selection - the reason I went there - was full of more sadness than a newborn's funeral. This is truly where glass tile goes to die! They must have travelled back to 1999 when it was popular, and brought back all they could carry because there was just so much of it.

The prices were more like retail and truly hurt my one feeling. Nobody asked if I needed help, which was just fine with me. All that glass tile, I probably would've...

My daughter bought a circa 1980 condo which was in dire need of a rehab. We shoe stringed a budget and I acted as GC for the project. With a lot of research I found wonderful wood cabinets...brand new...at the South Loop Restore. I took the measurements in and they assisted in putting our needs to paper and the result was new high end kitchen cabs for less than the cost of the cheap-cheaps out there. Do your homework, but be sure and include the Restore in your calculations! Cabs are relatively easy to self-install (which we did...watch a u-tube!) or you can hire an installer and still come out ahead. The staff are wonderful and there are not enough words to express my thanks for the help, information and support they offered on my...

Called looking for interior doors, not one but TWICE within 2 days. Was told both times that they just received a truck load, to come and look. Second call I spoke with a man on the floor. I told him I was driving from 60 miles away and that I wanted to be sure it was worth my drive. He said YES, come on, they have lots of doors starting at $55. So I loaded up 2 young children and a trailer, drove 60 miles. Got there, they had tons of doors, exactly what I needed, but refused to sell them because they had not been inventoried. I explained that I had called ahead, but they still refused to sell them to me, so I wasted a lot of...