Kitchens are focal rooms in our homes. With many grand design features like cabinets, beautiful stone counter tops, back splashes and appliances, choosing a harmonious paint color for your kitchen can be tricky. Benjamin Moore Paint from Blackhawk Hardware gives you countless options to find the perfect color for your walls, trim, ceilings, shelving, and [...]
Beautiful, warm and sunny days call for fresh meals! Personally, I prefer those meals outside with some friends. If you're in the same boat as me, you'll love this summery Big Green Egg dish that's fresh, fruity and really good for you! Today's recipe for Seared Ahi Tuna with Mango Avocado Salsa came from the [...]
Summer gardening season is here and with it tons of new, ever changing arrivals at our Garden Center! Come in for the freshest selection in town! I know it's sad but by now most pansies and violas look droopy and are way past their prime. Replace pansies and other early spring blooming annuals with new [...]
Choosing a paint color should be a fun activity but can sometimes turn into a daunting task with the endless options that our paint department and Benjamin Moore paint offer. So today we hope we can help you in your decisions with a little bit of color theory. Let's have a look at the color [...]
The other day we made another super tasty spring dish that I want to share with all y'all today: Lamb loin chops with mint yogurt sauce. Of course we grilled it on the Big Green Egg for super juicy and flavorful lamb chops. I'm drooling just thinking about it and am probably going to buy [...]
Walking around Blackhawk Hardware's Garden Center this time of year is always a special treat! Everywhere you look, you'll see aisles of blossoms and intriguing textures that are waiting to transform your Charlotte garden. Come in, spend some time looking at all our lovely plants, containers, garden art, fountains, bird baths, and SO much more. [...]
Cleaning the yard will be easier now - before it'll get harder once everything has reached new dimensions! Now that new growth has come in you'll be able to identify dead plants and branches easily. See, sometimes wait and see is the best strategy for gardening! Deadhead spent spring blossoms such as daffodils and tulips. [...]
Spring has got to be one of our favorite times of the year. Color is popping up everywhere from the blooming trees lining the streets of Charlotte to greenery and colorful flowers popping up in all our yards. It's only natural to want to bring some of this beauty inside with fresh bouquets and accessories. [...]
Not only is ham is always a favorite dinner hit in our family but it is an absolute must have for Easter! We love smoking our holiday ham on the Big Green Egg - it adds a delicious flavor and frees up space in the oven for sides and deserts. Using a spiral sliced, cooked [...]
Here's a feel-good story to brighten your day: Believe it or not, at Blackhawk Hardware we start working on those beautiful Christmas displays that you can see in our store in the winter pretty much as soon as Christmas is over. A very large portion of our Christmas decorations, including the trees, come from Kaemingk [...]
