Gayle and I were in Quebec City last fall and in a new town, I like to wander. After taking a…read moreright off one of the main streets, I came upon Old Quebec City Hardware. This place is relatively small and is loaded with iron work for the home. That includes hooks, bells, mailboxes, pulls, handles, etc. It's actually like peeling back an onion as I returned a couple times during the trip and found other stuff that I didn't notice before. I ended up taking up a card holder (with an owl motif) and a key holder shaped like a turtle. What I really coveted was one of the cast iron mail boxes, which I'm still considering as a mail order option. The place is fun, funky, and practical. My kind of tourist destination. It was also interesting to listen to other customers discuss home improvements in French.

Yay discount shopping! Picked up a bunch of cheap things, quite pleased :) they have all sorts of…read morestuff ranging from gardening to home/kitchen and other household things.