Connelly Hardware

Great customer service! Workers are always helpful and if you can’t find an item you are looking for there they tell you where you might be able to find it. Love a neighborhood business!

Got a key cut here. Prompt service, great workmanship, great price. A great option for key-​cutting in the Brookline/​Alston area.

The friendly and helpful staff, make this a great neighborhood alternative to TrueValue or any of the other big chains. Would highly recommend.

Great store that always seems to have the random assortment of things I need, including «off season» items, which are usually cleared-​out of the big box stores. Helpful staff. Parking is usually available. Glad to support a local business and not have to schlep too far. The hours are a drawback.

Getting the hardware for your home improvement project should not be harder than the home improvement project itself, which is why it’s wonderful having a go-​to hardware store just around the block. Sure things are cheaper and more abundant at the mega hardware stores, but it’s so much easier to run across the street instead of wasting half a day wandering the aisles of Home Depot in order to change a light bulb or take care of more significant home repair projects. So happy to have Connelly’s as our neighborhood hardware store!

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One thing with a hardware store is that the owners must realize that they CAN NOT expect to keep bankers’ hours. Unless you are a housewife, there is no way most working folks will be able to get here by 5:30 PM on weekdays. Being completely closed on Sundays is an absolute deal beaker.
Do yourself a favor and take a short walk to Cleveland Circle Hardware, they will most likely be open while Conelly is closed.

This is the place to go if you need a few nails or washers, and not a box of 10,000. I’ve had paint mixed and glass cut, and have gotten good directions on how to fix assorted odd things that go wrong in an old house.
Prices are a bit higher than Home Depot but the service is good and you’re in and out quickly.

Very good local store. They’re able to match your paint 99%. They also make the best keys while other places always make you take a trip back to get them adjusted. The staff is mixed, some employees are friendlier than others, but they get the job done. The location is convenient however the downside is they are generally a lot pricier than home depot.

I’ve only actually been here once. I live a block away, but I never go, because IT HAS TERRIBLE HOURS! I understand that it’s probably a small family-​owned business, but they close at 5:30. There have been SO MANY times I needed to pick something up after work, but they’re closed by the time I even leave. I wanted to go today, but no such luck. It’s Sunday, so they’re closed. Unfortunately for them, I’ll be heading elsewhere.

Love the service at Connelly Hardware! Just for sarters: they have doctored up paint I bought at another hardware store so it was the shade I actually wanted, offered me the tel. number of a plumber when I went in to buy a toilet-​unplugging product. I said ‘don’t you want to sell me something?’ and an employee said ‘don’t you want what’s going to work?’. They are always cheerful and happy to help. Creative at trying to find solutions to tough problems. You always get helped right away, so you don’t have to wander around trying to find something on your own. I wish they were open a little later in the day and on Sundays, but it is worth waiting for the hours they are open for the service, friendliness and honesty. Very knowledgeable staff. Sometimes flexible about the credit/​debit limit — but you can always use another roll of painters tape or a cleaning product to get to the minimum charge. Halloween Candy for kids in season and treats for dogs, who are welcome! Thanks, Connelly staff!

If you are used to stores like Lowe’s, this store will feel a bit clutter and cramped when you first walk in; however, you shouldn’t let that deter you, as the people are very knowledgeable and helpful.
…and I needed the help. To put it bluntly, if plumbing or fixtures don’t t work and I start fiddling with them to try to figure out why, I’m more likely to turn it into a space ship than I am to diagnosis the problem.
That’s where the people at Connelly have helped me out on more than one occasion. I walk in and say, «X stopped working. It looks like a dinosaur took a bite out of it. I think I need to replace the thing the looks like Captain Hook’s hand. What is that and do you think I can do it myself?» They haven’t steered me wrong yet and nothing they’ve recommended has been very expensive, so I trust their judgment.

Great customer service and attention to detail! I had my keys made here, and they encouraged me to bring them back, if they weren’t a perfect fit. They were, but I appreciated that they stand by their products! The only downside is you have to buy $ 10 worth of stuff to use a credit card.

I like this place a lot… They’ve always had what I needed from painting supplies to lawn care products — even a turkey baster. The staff is always friendly and helpful, and has typically been pretty informative.
Unfortunately, their hours are not the greatest, but I would much rather put in the effort to catch Connelly’s when it’s open than go to Home Depot.

I really wanted Connelly to be my hardware/​housewares/​odds and ends go-​to since it’s a few feet from my apartment and it dons an exterior that (to it’s advantage) hasn’t been updated since Mom and Pop Connelly probably opened the doors for business back in the sixties.
It’s laid out a bit haphazardly and it’s on the disorganized side… finding what you need may be difficult, but if you have some time on your hands and can spare the extra time to seek your things out, it’s likely that you will eventually find what you are looking for. Maybe.
Though I respect that their limited store hours are more akin to how things used to be years ago (the store is not open when I come home from work on weekdays — around 6pm, and I think Sunday hours are a no-​no, leaving my chances for an all around hardware store shopping spree fiesta to be condensed to a Saturday), given all of the above, I’d just as soon go down the block any which way and find a True Value and get what I need there.

What the hell do I know about hardware and hardware stores? Only that the Home Depot is a clusterfuck, and if possible, I like to avoid it. So, who’s dumb enough to entrust me with an errand involving several purchases at the hardware store? Apparently, some people are…
So, I walk in: the place is a bit dilapidated, has the feel of a country general store. A high school kid at the counter, probably, son Connelly, asks if I need help. Like a gradeschooler reciting a memorized passage, I reply, «3 inch roller, quart of primer, quart of semi-​gloss finish white paint…» Not really sure what any of that means, and completely unaware that I must also mention what «nap» roller I need…
5 minutes later, I’m being rung up by, I’m assuming, Mr. Dad Connelly, and bagged by Mrs. Mom Connelly. Very efficient and helpful. When I get home, turns out, I did good. Yay to many more trips to the hardware store…

Eh. Consistently lets me down with their selection in all areas. But they’re closer than Aborn, so I almost always try them. It’s the difference between a quick walk and a quick drive. But I almost always wind up going to Aborn, which has a better selection and more knowledgeable staff.
However, Connolly is a Benjamin Moore supplier, which is handy if you’re doing any painting.