The Home Depot

My grandmother and I were both pleasently surprised to see how well the plants in the Garden Center were doing considering how much you can end up paying. There was a nice variety of flowers, veggietables, and trees to appeal to many yards and budgets.
I must also acknowledge the individual staff members who assisted us throughout our weekday visit. They were personable and happy to help. We would return to this location.

This was my first ever visit to a Home Depot! Ever! I’d always stuck with the blue storefront. It was time to venture into the orange doors. What prompted my trip is that my house was broken into and Lowe’s didn’t carry the window bars I wanted. Home Depot had something at least closer.
A friend let me borrow her car and I embarked on my mission. When I got there I was a little struck by how differently it’s laid out than Lowe’s. Everything is compartmentalized. Not just sectioned and organized like Lowe’s, but like… separated and made to feel like there are distinct rooms. There’s way more signange too. It sort of felt like a giant Toys’R’Us for adults!!!
I wandered around for a bit just checking the place out when a very friendly associate asked if she could help. I told her what I was looking for and she guided me to it and made small talk all the while. She retrieved someone more familiar with windows when she exhausted her knowledge on the area.
While the guy she tracked down wasn’t the most helpful (he informed me he was new), he and the other associates I encountered seemed to want to be helpful way more than the other home improvement store. Overall, aside from vastly different layout, not that much different, with the exception of overall better customer service.