The king of the big boxes, this store is an icon of suburbia. But Home Depot has much to offer city slickers. For the DIY crowd, the store sells raw building materials aplenty, so strap on a carpenter’s apron, buy some lumber, and work your magic with a seven-and-a-quarter-inch Skil circular saw ($60). Gardeners can buy one-pound bags of Soil Sponge ($10) and get to work with a round-point shovel ($11.69) or tidy up the lawn with a Toro blower–vacuum–leaf shredder ($79). For the home, there’s everything from ceiling fans to appliances (Danby bar fridge, $188) to lighting (floor lamp with brass finish, $55).