This is a sponsored post by me on behalf of The Home Depot.
This past Thursday night, my daughter and I had the pleasure of going to the Grand Re-Opening of The Home Depot Genesee down here in San Diego. We were invited to check out a DIH (Do-It-Herself) Workshop and we were very excited. I really loved the idea of taking Ashlyn, who is 10, to a workshop that shows women that they CAN make projects. The project that they showed us how to make was an Adirondack chair.
Chris was our teacher for the night and she told us that she has worked at Home Depot for over 25 years! I really loved that she admitted that she had some trouble at first sawing some of the pieces for the chair but even though there were a bunch of men standing around the saw, wanting so badly to offer their own advice, she wouldn’t let them help her. She said she wouldn’t feel right coming to a DIH workshop, teaching us how to do something if she truly hadn’t done it 100% herself. I really admired that and completely understand that! We also got to meet up with my friend Chelsea from Making Home Base, who was one of the first ladies up at the table to learn how to use a saw. It’s always fun meeting up with my blogger friends at events like this!
After our workshop, we got to run wild in Home Depot. Ok, we didn’t really run but we walked VERY fast because we got to participate in a Scavenger Hunt! On our sheet, we had a list of things to do like head to the garden center, find the Homer bucket (the orange Home Depot buckets with Homer, the Home Depot mascot, on them) and inside there would be a riddle for us to solve & write down. Or, we had to take a picture of our favorite washer & dryer and upload it to Instagram. Fun things like that. We came in second, right behind Tonya from Create-Celebrate-Explore, but we still won a $50 gift card for Home Depot (imagine how much spray paint I can get with that!)
The inside of the newly remodeled store was extremely nice, bright and clean. The aisles were clearly marked and organized. Sometimes when I walk into The Home Depot, I feel overwhelmed because there is just SO much to see but I didn’t feel that way inside this Home Depot.
The newly reopened Home Depot Genesee now features a 40,000 square foot Outdoor Garden Center, larger kitchen and appliance showrooms, a millwork showroom, an improved Pro-Desk and expanded tool rental.
It also provides workshops and events year-round that the whole family can participate in. Please visit https://www.facebook.com/Home.Depot.Genesee.Ca for more information.
This is a sponsored post by me on behalf of The Home Depot.
Jesi says
This sounds like so much fun! I love DIY projects! Can’t wait to see what you do with your $50 win! 🙂
Jenni E. says
Sounds like you had a fantastic time! I am always the one who tries to tackle a project and then end up asking my hubby for help. I give in too easily, but these chairs look difficult to make!!
krystel says
looks liiks so much fun ive always wanted to do something like that you guys loks like you guys had a great time
Jessica Blankenship says
That looked pretty cool learning how to do that! Wish there was stuff like that down here.
Giveaways 4 Mom says
This sounds like it was so much fun, great pictures to by the way.
Krista says
Wow! What an awesome time – a chair and a gift card! Woo hoo!
Ashley @ Dr. Pepper Diva says
Sounds like you had an awesome time. Thanks for sharing the fun!
Amanda says
Looks like fun! It’s awesome to see how those things are built, I love that specific type of chair but am too busy (lazy? lol) to make one myself.
Barbara says
Love!! Wish I could’ve been there!! Awesome that you got hang out with Chels too!! XO
Tara says
It would have been fun if you could have come 🙂
Tonya Staab says
Once I get past the nervousness of cutting the wood on angles I’m pretty sure I could tackle this. I’m certainly going to try. So fun seeing you again.
Tara says
Hi Tonya! It was great seeing you again too!