I would pause for a moment to examine some treasure until a twinkle of light glanced off another gleaming jewel in the distance. I ran into him again by the wooden window sashes. I think he was drooling, ever so slightly. According to ReStore Director Kathleen Schweitzer, this is a common response. We have thousands of customers, some phenomenally loyal.
Some folks come a couple of times every week.
From customer to employee Roy Bland, a Restore staffer and deconstruction supervisor, started out as a loyal customer. Between paint jobs, he'd run in to grab a quart of paint for a small job and spend the next three hours roaming the aisles, looking through merchandise. Then I got into helping people load things up and move things around. And then I was working here. Bland still works as a painting contractor, but he puts in 40 hours a week at ReStore, too.