Crafty Beaver Home Centers

Needed some specific sizes of cedar for a project and they went out of their way to make several cuts and gave me a really great deal. Excellent service and I’d recommend over larger hardware stores for sure.

I truly appreciate smaller stores with personable customer service reps. Today I was doing a small job for a friend and I stopped into Menards but they couldn’t help me. So i visited Crafty Beaver near my friends home and met Brian Z… He was very friendly and enthused to assist me. I need some wood and and it needed to be cut to size as I have no tools to cut with. He did the job efficiently and display excellent customer service. I hope that someone at Crafty Beaver will read this and share my review with him. I’m only visiting my friend in Skokie so I won’t be going here on a regular basis. However, please stop in and ask for Brian Z… i am sure he’ll be helpful.

Five stars for the name alone. (If somebody asked me to go the the Crafty Beaver, I’d jump at the opportunity thinking it was something else, you get it…) Still, what it does it does well. Customer Service is how they make money. This is place you should go to if you have a project and need boards cut etc. They’ll help you out and share some knowledge unlike those bastards at Lowe’s that wear a smock and don’t know anything. I love the Beaver, glad to frequent their shop and highly recommend to anyone looking for «a good time» with a home project.

Good variety. Discount prices. Helpful staff. May not have as much in the high end of goods and aapliances

Always knowledgeable and willing employees make this a great place to shop for home projects. Even though not a huge building like some home stores, they always seem to have what I am looking for.

I was on the Yellow Line and thinking I really needed to make up my mind if I was going to go by a hardware store on the way home or not. I looked out the window and saw this place so I jumped off the train and headed inside. I was met just inside the door by a friendly young man who greeted me and took me to the exact spot where the item I was looking for was located. Overall a very nice experience and if I lived in this area I’d make sure to return here for all of my hardware store needs.

Today I learned that they sell PINK utilitiy knives– and they sell them at the Crafty Beaver! YES PINK!!! (for my arsenal).
Stopped by omw home from school– just to check this place out (plus my Mom needed some gardening stuff) — and Iet’s just say that I am very impressed!
I was able to find what I needed and the employees are so friendly and knowledgeable because they are actual handymen instead of teenage boys who need a job at a manly store (no offense).
Gino was so helpful and I signed up for a reward card and will get 5 dollars off of my next purchase!
Will def be getting crafty with this beaver hahaha
5 stars!

We recently replaced our deck. Online research resulted in our decision to choose PVC, with TimberTech the brand. We headed to Crafty Beaver. «Rocky» was terrific. He explained the options and had lots of samples of colors and finishes. Given the dimensions and those choices, he said he’d put together the order for us. We came back in a few hours and went through the order with him, making a few changes. We did end up making a return trip to add lighting to the order. Delivery, for a minimal fee, was timed for our contractor’s arrival. Two small problems: The baluster kits are designed for 8′ sections, and our sections were 6′; we ended up with two extra kits. Also, we had to go back a third time, after the deck was complete, to order the dimmer device for the lights — it would have been nice if that was offered at the start. Overall, Crafty Beaver has a great selection of lumber, hardware, and supplies.

This place gets five stars from me just for its name. It has inspired many a quip about «crafty beavers».

Poor practice on delivery orders
I visited the store to check out deck materials. The guy at the counter Rocky was great. With his help I placed an order for about $ 700. They told me my stuff would arrive in two days and they asked if I wanted to pay for it all or pay half now and the rest prior to delivery. I chose the latter. Two days later I call, nobody knows what’s happening with my order. The next day I call again they tell me itll be two more days. Great just blew my schedule. So when the order finally does arrive they tell me I have to come in to pay for it.
I double checked my calendar to be sure it wasn’t 1975. But yep they won’t take credit card info over the phone. When pressed they told me some cockamamie story about a lawyer who burned them on an order bla bla bla.
This store is so close to getting it right but some serious customer service issues are in the way. If you’re buying off the shelf they’re good but for special orders they just don’t have their heads on right.

Top shelf service all the way around.
So I’m building this thing… let’s not get into it. It’s going to require lumber, fasteners, joists, and band-​aids. I’ve been in a hardware store or two in my day, so I’ve got an idea what I’m looking for.
I wasn’t hassled, but when I had a question (about 2 questions per minute) they were very available to help, by walking me to the product talking about it and making sure I had thought of everything I might need. It wasn’t pushy or condescending, just great service.
2 days later: I purchased some brackets to help hold weight in the corners. Completely not necessary, I had over engineered my … thing. So I needed to return them, as well as purchase a few more drill bits that had broken. No receipt? yeah, no problem. Return handled, first name service, «with the bits, we owe you $ 7.xx».
So project is nearing completion, for 2/​3rds of the price it would have cost at Lowe’s or Home Depot. Those places are a total scam, but I guess that’s another review.
I would heartily recommend Crafty B to all of you capable folks in Unilocalsburg. You’ll save money and have hassle free service.

Forget Menards and Home Depot, this is the place to go. I bought a bike lock for only $ 8 which is gonna last me forever.
You just have to believe in the beaver.

My first instinct is to go to a large chain like Menards or Home Depot if I need to grab something at a hardware store, but Crafty Beaver is one place to tackle if prices at those other chains are outrageous or I can’t find what I’m looking for. I’ve never had a problem with a key I had made there. Nor has anyone else I know. Aside from a key smith like specialty shop I would recommend the Beaver. Staff is helpful, the store has always been easy to navigate. They have some great prices; but unless you look around inside you probably won’t be informed.

Everyone who works here knows what they are talking about
Has almost anything you would need, as a local place their prices are a bit steeper but the knowledgeable employees make up for it all.
Ever need a machine screw, lug nut or bolt? They got a whole ilse for it. Plenty of parking and lots of lumber.
Next time you need to go to Home Depot or Menards, check this place out. Support your local businesses here.

They have great things to get for home maintenance. Also, they have lumber and tools to do projects around the home. Prices here are great along with the staff.

I prefer this local hardware store to any of the bigger chains, even the new, super huge Menards down the road. This place has everything you need at really great prices. And the service is always really great, you can ask the sales people anything and they will always be more than happy to assist.