The Home Depot alternative

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Gene

I’ve found my alternative to Home Depot, for those of you who advocate boycotting that big-box store: OSH. Also known as Orchard Supply Hardware.
I have plenty of reasons to not like Home Depot, from their ridiculous policy of giving health care to pets but not domestic partners; to their incredibly dirty stores. I swear, just visiting there means that I have to rush home and wash my hands from all the dirt and grime all over everything.
OSH seems to have clean, neat stores as well as a far better selection of healthy plants and garden supplies. At Home Depot, you could get everything you need to build a house. At OSH, you can get everything you need to maintain it and make it a home.
I picked up a really nice teak table and four chairs yesterday, at a really nice price — and on top of that, I got three $$ off coupons as a new homeowner. Really nice.

Now, just don’t tell me that OSH gives money to anti-abortion groups or the Bush family, please.