Tarzian Hardware

So this didn't actually happen today, but since I didn't go to any place in particular, I figured I'd reach a little and talk about a Saturday errand. I am really trying, as much as possible, to keep this weblog primarily about "places" I go to. Its a good way to keep me busy and actively explore the city.

I don't make it a habit to go to the hardware store, in all honesty, though I love them. Tarzian is that typical small neighborhood place, everything is really crammed and they have a little bit of everything. Granted, when we painted the living room or when we've had major home repair projects we made the trek to home depot. I love local stores, but what can I say, when push came to shove, Home Depot has move wood and tools. And we've gone to HD a few times, I think both Nate and me tend to like DIY home stuff. (On a side note, I hope to someday make my own coffee table. But that'll be some other day.)

Tarzian is that perfectly dependable place that has everything you need if it's just a couple of items. Over the months I have purchased tape, nails, hooks, putty, different sized screws, cables, light bulbs, paint, and the like. I don't think I can say enough how much I love my neighborhood and having a hardware store nearby that actually has products I need. Sometimes, if I'm not careful, I go several days without leaving Park Slope, and that's not really good for me either.

Last Saturday we needed twisty ties. There's a back story. I woke up in the middle of Friday night with a terrible splintering migraine, and I went to the bathroom desperately looking for my meds. I hate my migraines; they are the bane of my existence. And that very night our bathroom shelf (which we had put there) decided it was time to fall off the wall. On top of me. It wasn't the wall connection that failed, it was the black wire shelf itself. So despite the dramatics, I only ended having a huge bruise on my arm, and a little bruise on my nose (that looks only like badly applied eye shadow, thank god). Still, I totally freaked out about it, and Nate wisely decided we needed some reinforcement for the shelf. We also got a couple more brackets to attach the shelf to the wall.

All I have to say is, good thing the bathroom floor had been recently scrubbed, and we are lucky the toilet seat was down. : )

Bad picture of my arm bruise, that's my elbow at the bottom. And the new reinforced shelf is back up. Just need to put all the towels and stuff on it.


Tarzian photo courtesy of PSFK