Home Improvement Stores in Santa Cruz
American Home Center American Home Center Multicenter Multicenter I really like the American Home Center at Christmas time when they import a lot of great quality decorations from the U.S. The Multicenter has an amazing array of puzzles and many great chocolates imported from Germany and a great line of Brazilian kitchen items.
Hardware, Home Decor, Landscaping, Construction, Etc.While not exactly home improvement stores in the “American” sense of the word, there are dozens and dozens of hardware stores called “ferreterías” all over the city. Ferreterías are literally “tool shops” and here you can find vast arrays of anything you might need for electricity and plumbing.There are also many “mueblerías” which are furniture stores. Most of them also offer additional products for home décor and interior design. If you need lumber Santa Cruz is Bolivia’s lumber capital and there are many lumber companies, all with several branches all over the city. You’ll find several companies that manufacture or import ceramic, granite, porcelain and marble tile all have their own outlets, and most also sell complementary products (plumbing, décor) for your kitchen and bath. Lighting can be purchased at one of several shops that specialize in lamps and light fixtures. Doors and windows are usually purchased specifically from door and window carpenters, who might also make picture frames and other pieces of furniture. There are stores that specialize in picture framing called “marqueterías” which comes from the word “marco” which means frame in Spanish. You’ll find all kinds of glass window and door panes at “vidrierías” which are glass cutters, but most vidrierías also do picture framing. You’ll find slate, granite and other natural rock is sold at “rock yard” sort of like lumber is sold at lumber yards. You go to the rock yard and choose the slabs of rock you want. You then have them cut it for you into the sizes you need. Bricks and ceramic roofing tile are sold at brick and roofing tile factories, usually imported from elsewhere in the country or outside the city and sold in smaller quantities in city stores. There are a couple of great huge paint stores with all kinds of varieties of paints, including interior and outdoor paints, and even oil, tempera, and fabric paints for kids and crafters. One even offers painting classes. Other stores specialize only in "electrodomésticos" which are kitchen and home appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, microwaves, stoves and ovens, washers, water heaters, and the like. As you can see, you won’t find everything in one place as you might in the U.S. You will have to do some shopping around. But isn’t that more fun anyway? Read my pages on shopping etiquette, bartering in Bolivia, and Bolivian sales taxes before you go. And if you didn't find what you need, feel free to drop me a line. This site is for you! So tell Bella what YOU want.
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