Family owned in Cedar Falls since 1962 · Two stores · One service bench
The counter, in writing
The advice we give across the counter all day, written down for the hours we're closed. Every guide lists the tools, the materials with our shelf prices, and the honest point where you should just bring it to the bench.
Easy About 15 minutes $6 to $12 in materials
A quarter-sized tear is a ten-minute fix with a $6 kit. A sagging screen is a different conversation. Here's how to tell which one you have.
June 18, 2026 · 6 min read Read the guide
Moderate 30 minutes, plus overnight clamping $9 to $25 in materials
The screw through the leg is how chairs die. Ten minutes with the right glue is how they live another forty years. It's the second-most-fixed item at our Repair Café, and here's the whole method.
May 27, 2026 · 7 min read Read the guide
More where these came from
New guides land when the counter notices the same question three times in a week. Got a fix you want written up? Ask at either store, or bring the broken thing to the Repair Café and we'll teach it in person.
The whole pitch
The bolt, the chip of paint, the photo of the drip. Whatever you've got, bring it. Sixty-four years in, the answer is usually ten minutes and a few dollars away.
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