TEMPELHOF BAUHAUS

Upon recommendation we visited Bauhaus, the German equivalent of Home Depot, and left wishing they would open a Canadian franchise.  The signage and environment are identical to HD but the vast selection and additional departments make it a superior shopping experience.  The materials are provided in smaller and more practical sizes allowing people to take them away on their bikes.  The staff will cut wood to any desired size and we even noticed an employee cut frame stock (with miter joints!) for a customer.  The clincher was the inclusion of tillandsia, an exotic air plant, found casually in the gardening department.