Sam Holloway
Main Street · here since 2015
Owner, third generation
Eight years as a finish carpenter before he came home. Sam runs the Main Street floor most mornings, cuts most of the keys, and will talk you out of a tool you don't need.
Ask for them by name
The crew behind the counter
Seven of us across two stores. Most have a trade behind them: a finish carpenter, a school maintenance tech, a painter of a great many rooms. Ask for the right person and the answer usually takes a minute.
Who's at which counter
Main Street · 214 Main Street
Riverside · 1080 River Road
Call either store and we'll tell you who's on today. (555) 019-6222 rings Main Street; Riverside is (555) 019-6223.
Everyone on the crew
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Grace Okafor
Main Street · here since 2003
Paint counter lead
Twenty-three years at the paint counter and more rooms painted than she can count. Grace matches colors from a chip, a lid or a drawer front, and she teaches the Wall Repair 101 workshop.
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Lou Brenner
Main Street · here since 1996
Service bench
Lou runs the back bench Earl built: screens, lamp rewiring, re-keying and glass. He'll show you how he did the fix if you ask, and he'll probably show you anyway.
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Owen Park
Main Street · here since 2021
Fastener wall & keys
Owen won the Earl Holloway Shop Award in 2021 and has worked Saturdays and summers ever since, around his trade-school classes. Fastest thread gauge in the building, by his own count.
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Manny Reyes
Riverside · here since 2006
Yard manager
Manny keeps the Riverside yard stocked season by season and sharpens more mower blades than anyone in the county. Ask him about seed before you ask the internet.
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Tasha Lindqvist
Riverside · here since 2014
Riverside counter lead
A former school maintenance tech, Tasha handles the plumbing and electrical questions at Riverside, cuts and threads pipe, and keeps the obsolete-cartridge drawer in order.
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Diane Holloway
Riverside · here since 1989
Second generation, Tuesdays
Diane ran the store for twenty-six years and opened Riverside in 1998. She's retired on paper, still works Tuesdays because she likes to, and still knows where everything in housewares lives.
Everyone here is fictional, like the store itself. The photo is a stock image used to show how a real crew page would look.
Fixed a few things yourself?
We hire people who've used the tools
Part-time Saturdays, summer help in the yard, and the odd full-time spot at the bench. No résumé needed to start the conversation: come talk to Sam at the Main Street counter, or write to the store.
The whole pitch
Bring the broken thing. We'll take it from there.
The bolt, the chip of paint, the photo of the drip. Whatever you've got, bring it. Sixty-four years in, the answer is usually ten minutes and a few dollars away.
Main Street
214 Main Street · Downtown Cedar Falls
- Monday to Friday: 7:30 am to 6:00 pm
- Saturday: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Sunday: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Riverside
1080 River Road · Riverside, Cedar Falls
- Monday to Saturday: 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Sunday: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm