Wholesale Stores in San Pablo, CA

“Be Home Decor is a socially responsible, fair trade, and equal opportunity wholesale vendor of kitchen utensils and dining essentials. The items are designed locally in Berkeley and created sustainably by artisans in Vietnam, Thailand, India, Bolivia, Indonesia, and Tunisia. They also have a few American-made items. All of the items are minimalist, modern, and elegant. Since each piece is made by hand, none of them are identical. They are known to work with businesses that are family-owned, as well as cooperatives and those with ethical business practices. You can find them hosting booths at various home and cooking trade shows both in the U.S. and abroad. Although they're open standard business hours, they are also open by appointment for wholesale orders. They're located down the road from Pottery Merchant. They have a digital catalog of products (tinyurl.com/ycsk5c9b) and they also custom make wholesale products and include logos, too. If you only want one item for your home, a few of their products are available on the Lekker Home website. Types of Items They Sell: + Bar tools + Boards + Bowls + Cake Stands + Coasters + Cooking Tools + Cups and Mugs + Flatware + Frames + Kitchen Accessories + Knife Blocks + Pitchers, Creamers, and Carafes + Plates and Bowls + Spoons + Trays + Tumblers Materials They Use: + Acacia (sustainably harvested so the roots remain intact for re-growth) + Aluminum with Enamel (tableware) + Copper (stainless steel with copper finish) + Horn (hand-crafted from water buffalo that passed from natural causes) + Galvanized Iron (utensils) + Gold (stainless steel with gold finish) + Linen (60% linen + 40% cotton hand-woven and naturally hand-dyed) + Mango Wood (from sustainably harvested non-producing mango wood trees -- a new mango wood tree is planted in its place) + White and Gray Marble (cut and crafted in India) + Olive Wood (from non-producing olive trees -- a new olive tree is planted in its place) + Onyx (stainless steel with onyx finish) + Reclaimed Wood (from gathered forest deadwood or wood from old docks, piers, barns, and doors) + Recycled Glass (mouth blown from glass soda bottles) + Recycled Paper (shopping bags) + Seashell (spoons) + Serpentinite (70% rock + 30% clay hand-made in a kiln then smoked with leaves!) + Stoneware (hand-done by Vietnamese 3rd generation artisans in an environmentally friendly kiln) + Teak (sustainably harvested) + Wire and Cane (hand-woven baskets)”

“We remodeled the bathrooms and came to Rubensteins for the hardware. The local neighborhood place has it all in the remodeling your home department. Been coming here for years for screws, hardware, and tools... Everything. Better than the big box orange store ??????.”

“Love love love this place, have bought lots of items on several visits...excellent prices for interesting imported crafts and beads for making jewelry...the selection is amazing, I find something new to catch my attention every time I return...u have to dig, but if u like imported crafts at good prices u will be rewarded. Oh, and the staff are wonderful...”