When you walk into Scott Feldman’s workshop, there’s a flurry of family activity. From one week to another, his family team tackles different creative projects, working together to solve artistic puzzles and build installations from scratch. This holiday season, Scott and his family teamed up with The Home Depot to showcase gift ideas and bring seasonal special buys to life by building…

Todd Blatt is a professional maker hoping to encourage others to work on new, innovative projects they’ve never tried before. His group, 

We’re always ready to get our hands dirty, especially in the name of helping our neighbors get back on their feet. The days after a major natural disaster can be catastrophic. But, when big storms do their worst, Team Depot is at its best – jumping into action to support relief efforts in every way they can.

When Trevor Gay decided to embrace the tiny house movement, he was lucky enough to have his father, Gary Gay, in his corner. Gary, who works in the tool rental section at The Home Depot (store #3854), had the know-how and materials to help Trevor make his tiny house dreams come true.

“Stop selling old growth wood,” read a gigantic banner unfurled on a crane outside The Home Depot’s Store Support Center in Atlanta. It was October 1998, and environmental activists were accusing the company of selling lumber from environmentally fragile forests.The protest was a surprising blow to our company. We were proud of our green efforts – we created an environmental validation process…

As temperatures rise over the summer, it’s common—and frightening—to see energy bills rise with them. The average household spends more than $2,000 a year on these utilities. Most people want it to feel cold the moment when they walk through the front door, but this mindset can be challenging for your wallet and the environment. It’s easy to make a few minor adjustments in your home to have a…

Today, The Home Depot is celebrating the opening of the third of its three new Direct Fulfillment Centers (DFCs) as part of its interconnected retail strategy, extending the aisle of products available to customers.We call these massive facilities “direct” fulfillment centers because they fulfill and ship orders directly to customers who make purchases online.

Since the early 2000’s, the evolution of e-commerce and interconnected retail has completely revolutionized how we shop. Things that seem simple now – like researching a product before purchase – required much more effort not too long ago. What does that change really look like? Think back to the days of floppy disks and slide the below image to see how homedepot.com has changed since it…

If you think it’s rare for a group of 65,000 people to choose to spend the last week of summer in the hot Nevada desert, think again. An event like this not only exists, but is thriving. We’re referring, of course, to Burning Man, the ephemeral celebration of art, self-expression and self-reliance in the desolate Black Rock Desert. The gathering takes its name from the first event, when an eight-…

Summer heat is in full swing. As the sweat trickles down your back, you may consider finding a new air conditioning unit, a personal assistant to fan you all day or a move to a subarctic location. But don’t let the sweltering heat get you down.