The store has a spacious layout providing almost anything you need for a home project and…read morebeyond-but the garden area is what caught our attention. It's impressive and has a variety of features, including a large koi pond, diverse houseplant section, cactus and succulent greenhouse, tropical house, and a striking statue and fountain area, making it a delightful place to explore and relax. We found ourselves strolling through the garden before we focused on the gift we were searching for. The garden staff offered a welcoming atmosphere and a wide selection that would keep me-if I lived here-coming back frequently.

Great Selection and Local Charm Pierson Building Center…read moreoffers a wide variety of lumber, hardware, and garden supplies, plus unique items you won't find at big box stores. The staff is knowledgeable and friendly, and prices are fair for the quality. Unfortunately, they didn't have everything I needed this time, and I wish they carried more bulk packages in the hardware section--smaller hardware stores often have the 2-packs I was looking for. Still, it's a great place to shop locally and support a long-standing Eureka business.

After one year in our house, Schmidbauer has still not corrected our two window situations. We paid…read morefor the windows, but the wrong windows were installed. The window for our boy's bathroom, which is supposed to be privacy glass, is not privacy glass. The front of house window grid situation looks ridiculous.

I experienced excellent customer service from Schmidbauer builders in Eureka. I worked for several…read moremonths with Anna to design my windows and sliding doors. She was professional and helpful

Helpful Staff, Great Garden Section & Well-Stocked Store…read more Shafer's Ace Hardware is a reliable go-to in Eureka for tools, hardware, and household items. The store is well-organized, and I was able to find what I needed quickly. The staff is friendly and ready to help, offering good advice on products and how to use them. There's a nice garden section out back with a good selection of plants and supplies. You can find some good deals when items are on sale, but most everyday prices tend to be higher than the competition. Still, the convenience, knowledgeable service, and variety make it worth stopping in, especially when you need something right away.

So let me first say this was by far my favorite hardware store in EUREKA. Now last week I bought a…read moreroll of black gorilla tape . I put it in my truck drove down to Lakeport for a week of work like I do every other week. When I got to the job, I opened up the gorilla tape started to peel it off the roll and it was coming apart wrong. It was leaving a woven silver un sticky layer almost 15 to 20 feet was like this so I put it away and use the last bit of what I had from a previous role. I took it back into Schaeffer to talk to them to see what we could do. I asked if it was in my history from my ace rewards number and things got very awkward. I was told they couldn't return it because they didn't have the SKU for it so I went and picked up a new roll from their shelf and asked just so they didn't think I was lying to look up my purchase. It was my very last purchase from Schaeffer to which I do spend some money there. But obviously not enough for them to care. Anyhow, the young girls couldn't do anything and I understand. I really wish I would've gotten his name, but I was a little angry and trying to keep cool but it's the short guy with the dark hair and the dark mustache who tried lecturing me and telling me I was wrong that the tape was fine and that he would in no way return it because he could not resell it and why should he eat it? from his instructions, he told me I should've stopped using it immediately kept the original packaging on it and brought it in with my receipt. I did not expect a $14 roll of gorilla tape to be defective. This has never happened before and I did what any normal person who's on the job down in the heat trying to get through his day so after I realized this guy is not gonna budge and I'm gonna have to eat the $14 worth of defective tape. The last thing I told him was you know this is my favorite store. And his response to me was try Pearson's and I told him I will actually I'll probably just shop at Home Depot while I'm down in Mendocino County.

Dave who is the team lead and his team are local, knowledgeable, and kind. Dave's part-time crew…read moreare family members or could be folks from the day program near by. To provide personal experience to everyone who enters, he greets them and they peruse the store while he re-focuses and completes paying attention to those who entered earlier. He remembers the professional tradespeople who come frequently. They help themselves to coffee while they wait their turn for Dave's attention. The large tile selection (in a small space, plus the warehouse in back) keeps everyone busy until it is their turn. Dave is bi-lingual in English and Spanish. He remembers kids' names. He remembers previous customers, even though he might not at first recall their names. Lost Coast Flooring (mostly a tile store) carries Schulter products (https://www.schluter.com/schluter-us/en_US/). There's always an array of tiles on sale from which to choose. I have purchased tile from Lost Coast Flooring for three bathrooms, one kitchen, and refer people to Dave for personalized service.

Dave is an incredible Peterson to work with. We ordered…read morespecialty tile for my bathroom remodel and he was with me all the way.

Fast delivery of driveway mix. The first person I spoke to when I called was friendly and helpful…read more When I called back the person that answered seemed annoyed I was calling. Oh well, the driver was friendly and he was able to spread the driveway mix uniformly with broken equipment.

I have been going here for over 40 years. Love the place…read moreWhen I was a kid I discovered baby chickens in a drawer and my dad bought me some. I still remember the experience like it was yesterday.

Think customer services is dead? NOT! Just had a wonderful experience at the Arcata store. I had…read morea warranty issue and as fate has it my item was a month over the warranty period. Still I thought it was worth going in. Carey called the manufacturer and got a response back to me the same day. I hadn't shopped at Nilsen much because we typically need items more like the lumber yard stocks (lumber, sheetrock, etc). But after looking around and realizing Nilsen has basic cleaning products, boots, socks, Yeti products and even cute home decor I will definitely be giving them more of my business! Shop local!

these guys did me a wonderful service. They have the best prices around and had my materials when…read morethey said they would. every piece was there and it was in perfect condition. I will continue to shop with these guys in the future

Good spot for roofing materials also they have a truck that puts the bundles of shingles on the roofread more

Took a side mount lic plate bracket for Harley there, needed Large holes drilled and some…read moregrinding, quoted me minimum one hour at $90. When I went to pick it up, it looked great, and only charged me half an hour, at $45. Good, honest work there. I would use him again.

From the owner: Specializing in: - Machine Shopsread more

Pieces Of Plastic And Some Metal In Most Expensive Soil/Price Quotation…read more I choose to believe that Powell has good intentions and means to do well by their customers. However, there is a definite need for Powell to improve quality control over their sources and the content in their soil. Paying their employees to check for debris in each load would be the ethical action. Another issue is that I was misquoted a higher, and incorrect price for the cost of the soil, and for the delivery charge of it. Had I not by chance waited and called back, I would have paid a lot of extra money due to some of the employees who answer their phones Relevant Additional Information: I bought the Grower's Choice Elite, which is described as "OMRI Listed", which refers to the Organic Materials Review Institute (see their website). A consideration is that rice naturally pulls an usually high amount of lead, compared to most plants, out of the soil. Rice hulls are the second of 15 listed ingredient in the description of their The Grower's Choice Elite; this means, as I understand it, that one is raising the level of heavy metals in one's garden, and, thus, one's food grown in it. I must state that I had used Wes Green's soil in past years, and Powell's has been far, far superior to that poor alternative. Since then, I hear Wes Green has sold his soil business, so cannot speak to it for 2023 and forward.

Never again! They were nice until there was an issue with some bad sod. I was willing to see how we…read morecould fix the situation but Powell had my 2k and no interest in making things right.