I'm a former contractor, moved to Denver area in retirement. i still manage to find a lot of…read more projects to do, and usually boulder Lumber is my first stop. i love specialty places, and nowadays, what with the home Depots and Lowes plants crabbing the act, dedicated lumber yards with great hardware--nails and screws sold by the bag in bulk, per weight--is a real blessing. i had found the help a bit uneven, but usually quite good and most comfortable in dealing with knowledgeable builders and tradesmen--which may be offputting to some. They carry portable power tools, glues, and stains, that sort of thing, and standard building fir as well as interesting dimensions of woods like redwood and hickory. For me, this place is a comfortable, old-fashioned oasis with quality woods and service. Keep it up, men!

The people working here were really helpful, shout-out to Niall. Very knowledgeable and a good…read morearray of materials.

I got the best raised garden bed here today for $30. We couldn't find it at first because it was in…read morethe east lot but the cashier was very helpful and pointed us in the right direction. I love their sustainability focused mission and it's a great place to find some great gems!

TL/DR: you're better off at big box stores or Marketplace/Craigslist. It literally hurts me to…read morewrite this review. This review is for the material reuse sales part of the business. It used to be a reliable place to get any type of building supplies at decent used quality for a "this has definitely been used" price. Now it's wildly overpriced. This review is almost more for me to remember to stop driving down to Boulder to try shopping here. Example: selling the 15gal barrels they receive their deicing salt in for winter - for $15. Barrels seem to be priced at $1/gal now, even when they're deformed or broken. So expect to pay $5 for a 5-gal bucket, $35 for a 35gal can and $50 for a 55gal. Saw $45 for a utility sink made of the same cheap plastic as Walmart Adirondack chairs - not the older, indestructible molded utility sink type. Bent and broken rakes and shovels for $5-20. It's just wild. Pieces of pallets are priced as though they're new stock lumber, and they don't even list the lumber prices anymore (were they to have any, which they didn't)... with the way everything else is priced, there's no way I'll even bother checking. At this point it's cheaper and more reliable to buy new from Home Depot which is beside the point of this place and it sucks!! The quality of used goods did not improve in the past 2 years, so why the price tripled is beyond me, but it's not worth it. Bye, Resource Central. I really loved you while you were affordable. Thankfully Habitat ReStore still has their head on straight.

It's spring and McGuckins is already bringing some in. It's a bit early to plant though so be sure…read moreyou can cover if we get some hard frost or a true freeze. McGuckins can wheel these carts inside if needed and are prepped to cover the shelves. Mother's Day weekend is a safe bet. I've bought plants here for years as well as at two other local sellers. We are not ready yet ourselves but wee needed some fertilizer for older plants in our yard. Remember , McGuckins has a loyalty plan which earns coupons for future purchases. Today I used a $5 off coupon I had earned as well as a 10% off coupon that had come in the mail. It's actually very competitively priced if you participate. Plus you get their knowledge and help and you might find things no other store has, especially so close to home.

This was my second visit, this time to return a few items. At checkout, I joked with Nathan that…read moreI'd probably end up spending twice my refund--and sure enough, I did. I headed straight for the tool section, where Jude helped me track down the exact drill bits I needed. Both Jude and Nathan were excellent--helpful, patient, and friendly. The product selection is solid, but what really stood out is the level of customer service. It's rare these days to find retail staff who go above and beyond, and these two certainly did (even humoring me as I reminisced about my own time working in retail). As a funny side note, I even got the chance to chase after a customer and his dog after he accidentally left a dog bone behind at the counter. Unfortunately, I wasn't fast enough to return it--maybe he'll return for his purchase! All in all, great selection, great service, and a team that makes shopping here a genuinely positive experience.

I previously wrote a review when I first placed an order for red oak shelves last month. Please…read morerefer that those notes, as this gem of a company is worth your attention. It took several weeks to dry my chosen red oak slab in the kiln and get the pieces cut, clear coated, and dried, but I picked them up yesterday. They are stunning! Since it will be several more weeks before I can get them installed, I thought I'd at least add in some pictures. Three of the shelves are more "normal" live edge floating shelves, but two of them are very interesting. One juts around a root, and this one for which I've included pictures has maintained its log-like shape, while they made the "top" flat for use as a shelf. When they are installed, hopefully in about a month, I will submit even more pictures! I highly recommend Colorado Wood and Metal for custom live-edge woodwork in your home!

Fantastic. High quality woodwork. I designed a bar and they made it to script perfectly. Experts…read morein all wood. Tom crushed the details of a tough design with a mitre and it was reasonably priced. Scott will provide tons of information on options. Be aware the timeline starts with your deposit, so break out your checkbook and get your woodwork reserved because you house is about to have a jaw dropping piece that everyone will talk about!

Joe Cygan was unprofessional and had lousy customer service. In my over 40 years of home building…read moreconstruction I've never run into a more inept rude material salesman. What's worse is they won't take responsibility for thier own mistakes. Tried to throw me under the bus with my customer. They're take offs are far from complete and they pass the buck on personal responsibility. They can't even unload hardiboard siding they don't have the equipment , they claimed to have told me they couldn't deliver, without me supplying a forklift. But the truth was Joe never told me he couldn't deliver the product, his dispatcher did. But he then he said he'd figure something out. Then they both threw me under the bus to protect themselves for whatever reason, I couldn't care less what they said about me. But I thought we were good and worked things out. So as an act of good will I sent another house over to bid with MY OWN material take off and Joe sent a passive aggressive email to all my subs, and supplier's etc and in the email thread saying he wouldn't supply for THIS CONTRACTOR. All of this unnecessary passive aggressive behavior over a small disagreement started OVER A FORKLIFT. They claim thier customer service makes up for thier higher prices. But that is not so. My experience with Builders first source BMC UFP They have far superior customer service and material take offs that are always within 10%.. I just walked out of builders first source with everything I need and was treated fairly and with respect, as the way I am accustomed. Side note the owner of County line seemed reasonable and fair. But wouldn't fix anything.

Great local store. Needed a screwdriver thin enough to unlock a bathroom door - their smallest one…read morewas a bit too wide so they sanded it down with a belt sander. Worked perfectly. Excellent service, will be back.

This place is fine if you're grabbing some mulch as a home owner but as a professional it takes for…read moreever, their staff isn't well trained and doesn't seem care... their prices are not that competitive and it'll take you way longer to get loaded here than any other supplier. I avoid this place unless I have no other choice

Very good service and very prompt to engage with the customer. They are quick and reliable.read more

These people are amazing. Super helpful and love what they do. I have multiple pieces in my home…read moreand at my workplace with the barn wood from front range timber.

Great place to grab lumber for diy or bigger projects call John he will get you what you need!read more

Greatly locally owed company, truly know what customer service is, which is rare. On a day they…read morehappen to not technically be open where more than helpful on the phone, and even had us come in to explain options to us. Bonus is that compared to the big boys around (Pioneer) prices are better, and delivery costs are significantly lower. Feel free to shop around, you will be back here, mom and pop shops are back!

Purchased two high-end Onyx Boulders from Colorado Materials. Couldn't find them anywhere else…read moreafter checking Pioneer and other local landscape material yards. Since I'm a rock collector too, I appreciate the beauty and value of their Onyx and Obsidian decorative boulders. They were delivered and placed in my front yard by Javier yesterday 7/17/25. Javier did an amazing job-- he was considerate of his skid steer fork lift in terms of damaging our grass, plants, sprinkler heads, and lawn. He had me lay quarter inch plywood on the lawn for him to drive over. When it came to a forsythia plant that was right in his path to place one of the boulders behind it, he had me hold the branches upright close to its center so it would fit between his two fork extensions and not be harmed. Then once in place, he tweaked the position of both boulders using one of the fork extensions to push one side of the boulder furrther back, bringing the other side more to the front. It was masterful to watch him do this. As you can see from the attached photo, our Onyx boulders are beautful, adding much to our landscape. Couldn't be happier!!

I love this place, if you can love something after hauling away heavy rock. But I have been doing…read moreit for years, always renovating a tired old yard. Also, I have had two large professional landscaping jobs done in the last four years, and they sourced all the stone at Tribble. It's great stuff, from sandstone patio pavers to large lichen encrusted boulders. This yard accepts homeowners showing up to nose around and pick a few stones to huge flatbeds and forklifts for large professional jobs. They are helpful. Some items like pavers are bought by the square foot, other items, by the pound. If you are buying by the pound, you need to get your vehicle weighed at the old scale before loading, and then maneuver onto it at the end. Lots of fun but very hard work. Take gloves and heavy shoes and try to go when it is not too sunny, hot or windy. And your car will get dirty.

This is the place to get flagstone, hands-down. They will cut whatever you want to…read morespec...capstone, veneers, flooring, even counters. All competitively priced. Yelp says it's closed, but it's not.

I went there based on Yelp recommendation only to find it's no longer there. It was annoying…read morebecause I wasted 20 mins going there just based on Yelp reviews and ended up having to drive another 15 mins to Home Depot.

Sometimes you need an alternative to the big corporate hardware in Boulder or even to the big local…read morehardware/everything store in Boulder. And if you live in south Boulder (I don't) there is a real convenience factor here. But sometimes you need alternative choices on merchandise, or quick in and out convenience if you are in this shopping center for some of their local treasures like Sweet Cow or Lucky's or Neptune or Kim & Jakes or Pharmaca and you think of something else and this store will save you a separate trip. I saw something on their outdoor display area when I was leaving Lucky's and went in to check it out. It was what I had thought about to solve a yard problem, it was on sale and worked out well. The owner was there, he's had the store for about 10 years he said and I thought it was greatly improved since it's days in the 80s and 90s as Rad Hardware.