https://www.bdma.org/tags/restoration-hardware/Recent content in Restoration-Hardware on BDMA.orgHugo -- gohugo.ioenbdma.orgSat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.bdma.org/post/restoration-hardware-history/Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.bdma.org/post/restoration-hardware-history/ <h2 id="a-hardware-store-that-decided-to-become-something-else">A Hardware Store That Decided to Become Something Else</h2> <p>Stephen Gordon started Restoration Hardware because he could not find the parts for his own house. According to <strong><a href="https://ir.rh.com/resources/faq">RH's investor relations page</a></strong>, Gordon was restoring a Queen Anne Victorian in Eureka, California, and after &quot;spending days tracking down authentic period hardware, lighting fixtures and finishes,&quot; he concluded that other restorers faced the same problem. He opened the first Restoration Hardware store in his home in 1980; the company dates its founding to 1979.</p>