Hippo Hardware & Trading Company

Our focus is on hardware, lighting, plumbing, and architecture from the 1850s-1960s. When Hippo Hardware originally formed, the word "recycling" hadn't been invented. The notion of selling things that many people threw away was considered strange at best. Hippo Hardware began out of a vision for creating a business that could simultaneously provide a much needed resource for home owners, artists, and craftsmen while at the same time create a fun, supportive working environment for all of it's employees.

At Hippo we rejoice in all sorts of fun projects brought in by employees and customers alike. In the past we've wired a blender into a table lamp, made door knobs into coat hooks, and searched for oven cord to finish a young girl's science project. Hippo Hardware contains four major departments: Lighting, Plumbing, Hardware, and Architecture. Also sprinkled about the store we have many things like antique coffee grinders, old picture frames, vases, and car repair manuals. We do have a UL certified lighting shop to wire any purchases you make or to repair a light you already own. You can think of us as a fancy junk store or a messy antique store. The spirit of Hippo Hardware is to rejoice in the individual, the unique, and the original.