Topic: Real estate market has more homeowners taking on tasks
A housing market that's still experiencing turbulence nationwide has lifted sales in the home improvement industry.
"We are seeing a continuation of the sales trend of spending more money on the home," said Chad Syverson, store manager at Eau Claire Ace Hardware, 2618 Birch St., "with projects focusing on updating indoor decor with paint and new bath or electrical fixtures to the outside doing maintenance on lawns, gardens and decks."