This Saturday! Annual Holiday Tool-a-Palooza at Shelter

This Saturday! 

December 8, 2012 9:00-3:00

Kick Your Holiday Season Off at Shelter's
Tool-a-Palooza
Our Annual Open House and Sale

What's a Tool-A-Palooza? It's only the most extraordinary tool sale you'll find this holiday season. Here's a preview of some of what we'll have:

• 20% off in-stock items
• Free refreshments
• Door prizes and tool giveaways
• Workshop tours
• Gift ideas
• Tool demonstrations and show room with displays
• Walking trails and warming hut

DISCOUNTS ON SHELTER CLASSES ARE INCLUDED THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! Sign up online, in person, or over the phone this Saturday, and you will receive 20% off tuition on any class in 2013. Discount will be applied at time of registration. All registration rules apply during the sale.

Admission is free. If you can't make it to the sale at our store in Maine, it's available at Shelter Tools online all weekend long!

If you saw it in the store and can't find it online, we will accept phone orders during sale hours on Saturday, 9-3 Eastern. 

The Tool-a-Palooza sale does not apply to timber frames.

This Saturday! Shelter's Tool-a-Palooza Holiday Sale

This Saturday! 

December 10, 2011 9:00-3:00

Join Us for Our Annual

Open House and Sale

Still trying to decide if you're coming to Shelter this weekend for our Tool-A-Palooza? Here's a preview of some of what you'll see:

• Watch the Shelter Design Build crew assemble a timber frame entry. 
• Local carver Ed Beech will give a wood carving demonstration.
• Ken Hatridge of Tree Trunk Design will offer a wood turning demonstration. Read more about Ken on our blog. 
• Free Tormek sharpening demonstrations. (Try it and buy it on sale!)
• Sun-Mar, our composting toilet vendor, will be on hand to discuss composting and their great composting products. Read more about Sun-Mar on our blog. 
• A representative from Vermont Castings can answer your questions about our full line of high-quality woodstoves. Read more about woodstoves and woodstove gift ideas on the Shelter Build blog. 
• Christy Hemenway of Gold Star Honeybees will be showing her bee hives and discussing an upcoming bee-keeping classes.
• Ben Tipton of Simple Living will be discussing his upcoming workshop on downsizing and simplifying your lifestyle and more.
• Design author Carol Bass will here to sign books and offer free 15-minute design consultations (first come first served).

Here's more of what you'll find at Shelter's Tool-A-Palooza:

• 20% off in-stock items
• Sidewalk Sale with deep discounts on overstock items as much as 60% off
• Free refreshments
• Door prizes
• Demonstrations and show room with displays

As always we'll offer free beverages, treats, and door prizes! Admission is free.

If you cannot make it to the sale, it is available at Shelter Tools online—Saturday only. 

If you saw it in the store and can't find it online, we will accept phone orders during the sale hours on Saturday, 9-3 Eastern. 

Sidewalk items available in person only. The discount does not apply to timber frames or class tuition.

Tool-a-Palooza Holiday Sale December 10th

Saturday December 10, 2011

9:00-3:00

Join Us for Our Annual

Open House and Sale

• 20% off in-stock items
• Sidewalk Sale with deep discounts on overstock items
• Free refreshments
• Door prizes
• Demonstrations and show room with displays

Again this year, we are excited to announce that our classroom will be filled with some of our favorite suppliers, builders, and woodworkers demonstrating exciting tools, products, and techniques. We'll have the Shelter Design Build crew assembling a Timber Frame Entry, local carver Ed Beech will give a carving demonstration, and Ken Hatridge of Tree Trunk Design will offer a wood turning demonstration. Our Tormek Sharpening System will be set up, and we’ll provide free sharpening demonstrations. We’ll also have chainsaw sharpening and hand-hewing demonstrations. Some vendors will be on hand, including Sunmar Composting Toilets and Vermont Castings Wood Stoves.

Design author Carol Bass will here to sign books and offer free 15-minute design consultations (first come first served). Christy Hemenway of Gold Star Honeybees will be showing her bee hives and discussing up-coming bee-keeping classes. Ben Tipton of Simple Living will be discussing his upcoming workshop on downsizing and simplifying your lifestyle and more.

Stop by for a cup of hot coffee or cocoa, sit by the woodstove and peruse our photo collection of houses that we’ve built over the years, or take a hike along the beaver pond!

As always we'll offer free beverages, treats, and door prizes! Admission is free. The tool store will offer up to 20% off of in-stock items only, and we'll have a sidewalk sale on the deck with overstock items marked down as much as 60% off.

If you cannot make it to the sale, it is available at Shelter Tools online—Saturday only. 


If you saw it in the store and can't find it online, we will accept phone orders during the sale hours on Saturday, 9-3 Eastern. 


Sidewalk items available in person only. The discount does not apply to timber frames or class tuition.