16 - Wednesday, August 5, 1987 - North Shore News WE LEIGH DION, STORE MANAGER OPENS THE DGORS AT HIS NEW LOCATION ITS NOW here and it’s a do-it- yourselfer's delight. The North Shore's first Lumberland store throws open its doors Aug. 6 and with a host of opening day specials and events unveils its largest indoor home cen- tre facility. The 14th store in the Lumberland Building Materials Ltd. chain, the North Shore store is a veritable treasure-trove of home improvement needs, featuring light fixtures, fur- niture, power tools, hardware, elec- trical supplies, paints, garden items, plumbing needs and floor coverings. And as the name says, Lumberland has lumber for all the handymen's building projects. Whether it's quality hardwoods for that finely crafted table or top-grade planks and plywoods for those ex- tensive renovations, the North Shore's new Lumberland store has the largest building materials assortment of any Lumberland location — and as an added bonus for the handyman, most of the lumber is stored inside. “We have more products under cover than our other stores,” ex- ADVERTISEMENT . eg £55 Pad een caannatat VE guak.4 plains North Shere Lumberland store manager Leigh Dion, who has overseen the grand openings of two other Lumberland locations before starting to look after the North Vancouver location’s grand opening extravaganza. For the Aug. 6 grand opening, Dion and his staff are putting the finishing touches on the store, mak- ing sure everything is perfect for the customers. Housed in a spacious building next to North Vancouver's Park and Tilford property, the new Lumberland location features 41,000 square feet of indoor shopp- ing space jam-packed with all the top-quality home renovation and building supplies do-it-yourselfers have come to expect from Lumberland. “And we have the largest assortment of all our stores,” says Dion. One look at the new Lumberland store and it’s obvious that the facili- ty was designed with the customer in mind. Neatly set out in clearly designated sections, the store’s ex- tensive selection of home renova- tion and building supplies makes the shopping a breeze — and there is plenty of experienced staff to lend a helping hand. Store manager Dion, assistant manager Don Hall and yard man- ager King Lum bring an impressive 35 years combined experience in the building materials business to the job. Their experience means that everything is the way it should be — just perfect. Outside in the lumber yard is the rest of the store’s assortment of building materials, where do-it- yourselfers and builders can take their pick from a wide choice of. wood varieties, qualities and sizes for their large renovation or con- struction job. With the drive-in feature for loading large orders, handymen don't have to bother with the back-breaking job of lugging their materials out to the parking lot. For those medium-sized orders, Lumberland provide carts to help the customer with loading — there’s no need to haul five sheets of plywood when wheeled helpers are available. Offering a one-stop home im- astra ny The staff is ready to go with bargains for everyone. provements shopping experience, the North Vancouver Lumberland facility eliminates the need to travel from store to store just to find the needed items. A trip to Lumberland — where everything is available in one location —- means more time is left to work on that all-important home improvement project. dust about every handyman knows the frustration of searching all over town for that hard-to-find item that's holding up the entire pro- ject. At Lumberland, which is clos- ed only three days a year, there is no such problem. Weekday opening hours of 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. allow evening shopping, making the handyman’s job just a little bit easier if he wants to slot in a Oe EEN we 4 A i a few hours in the workshop after dinner. Weekend hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Holidays find Lumberland open from 9 a.m. to 5 .m. P Making a separate trip clear across town for floor coverings — often the last item purchased for kitchen or bathroom renovation — can mean valuable time lost. When Lumberland says it is a one-stop home improvement centre, it means it. Offering a selection of floor coverings, Lumberland gives han- dymen the luxury of an all-in-one home improvement shopping expe- rience. Lumberland — it’s truly the best in the land. Colleen puts the final touches to the paint section.