Copper Nail Hardware

About

Copper Nail Hardware is what happens when a third-generation hardware clerk, Rita Kowalski, inherits a building and refuses to let it become another empty storefront. She restocked fasteners, paint, and garden tools, then added a loaner tool library for neighbors who only need a tile saw once. Rita’s origin story is practical: she knows which screws fail in Iowa humidity. Saturday clinics teach basic repairs. Rita still cuts keys herself and still walks customers to the exact bin instead of pointing vaguely down an aisle.