Curtis Lumber Co., Inc.

Do yourself a favor and shop around if you are doing a kitchen.
The quality of the materials is not in question, but the customer support is absolutely appalling. I have no idea how they stay in business if they treat all their customers like garbage, but I guess as long as they get one sale out of you that’s fine with their management.
Still haven’t resolved issues over one year after the order was placed. Cabinets did not fit, were not ordered correctly, arrived damaged. Assured it would all be taken care of, and guess what they lied! Multiple calls, emails give me zero response.
After dropping way too much money on a nice kitchen setup you would think they would treat you well, but it’s just not the case. They don’t care and it shows.

I try to avoid at all cost the big box stores — the customer service is unparalleled in this area.
I have no idea when is comes to purchasing building supplies but it seems like I am always in need for my home — my latest was buying a new bathroom — I am very grateful for the help I revived in placing my order
Love this store!

Always a great stop for any tools or materials I need. Great selection of unique woods, which is important for what I do. Prices are fair, and supporting local business is always important.

Went today for a bathroom remodel. One person working that department. Walked around looking for tile and lighting. Impossible to find staff for help. Went back to bathroom section about 10 minutes later to see if they were free. No such luck. Never said a word to us. No interest in going there again.

We come here every year to get our Christmas Tree! They always have a great selection and the service is great! We will be back again next year! They have an old fashioned honor roll system if no attendant is around put your money in the box and pack up your tree!

Curtis Lumber gives me wood… literally and figuratively.
Curtis Lumber is a woodworker’s wet dream come (zing?) true. I’ve spent more money on exotic hardwood than I care to admit. I’m not even talking about Brazilian hookers. Thanks to CL, I’ve built three guitars and have wood to complete 2 more **shakes fist at Goog Cal for manifesting my lack of luthiery time at this point in my life**. Every type of wood they stock is the best grade available that I have seen to date, beating out Rockler, other exotic hardwood dealers, and many internet retailers.
Just a list of some of the woods I’ve purchased here: purpleheart, wenge, padauk, spalted maple, rosewood, zebrawood, mahogany, flamed maple, cocobolo, lacewood, bloodwood, ebony, and a many others. Every board I have hand selected out of the massive stacks of worthy wood. The employees encourage you to move the piles of wood around to find the perfect piece. I had one guy help me move hundreds of boardfeet of cocobolo just to get to a piece on the bottom. Hellllloooooo cocobolo fingerboard **salivates**. They have a rule about cutting off only the ends of a board, so if you want a piece in the middle, you need to buy a bit more, but often times they will just cut out the middle section anyways if you ask nicely.
Yeah, they have tools. But you’d be a tool to pay some of the prices they are asking. Most of the items are fairly priced and I’ve picked up countless clamps, Titebond, etc, but some of the power and specialty tools are cheaper elsewhere. They do at least have a great selection of router bits.
To this day, I cannot get over the fact that a town called «Ballston Spa» even exists.
tl;dr: omg, wood.

Curtis is the best. Awesome exotic woods, helpful employees, carry good products and solid prices.

I know of no other place anywhere that you can buy quarter sawn oak by the linear foot.
Oak has some very interesting grain characteristics. If you have ever seen Stickley furniture mission style you know what quarter sawn ork looks like. To produce quartered stock think of the tree like the circle of a pie. First you cut the log into quarters making 4 triangle parts. If you divide the quartered pieces down the center and cut from there the rich tiger grain hidden in the wood comes out. There is huge waste to making stock this way. When Oak trees were everywhere at the turn of the century it was common practice to use it everywhere in a house. These days you just dont see it because you can’t get it anywhere unless you have it milled yourself… or you can go to Curtis.
Plus they have a huge array of solar panels on the roof. Go Curtis!

Curtis Lumber gets a HUGE 5 star rating from me. I have called over the US looking for a snow roof rake. As soon as I called Paul understood what I wanted and made sure I could get one by this weekend. Amazing customer service, friendly people who just want to help.

I always like to support local businesses, and so when we bought my first house I was pretty psyched about having this right near by. They have great service, clearance items (I got a $ 175 custom order front door lock for $ 15!!!), tools (And a damn good selection), lighting, raw wood, decking, doors and windows, plumbing and electrical. Even work clothes. Out back at the contractor location you can buy insulation, and roofing and all other building supplies.
The folks are always nice, knowledgeable and conversational. Ready to help even if they are in the middle of something (Not like the average big box home stores…)
You can’t miss the big sign!