Hurling a sledgehammer at the dry wall is a handy way to add storage space for a growing collection of books, beanie babies, or sledgehammers. Explore subtler household improvements with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of merchandise at Ferguson Hardware's locations in Danville, Plainfield, and Avon.

Ferguson Hardware has been helping do-it-yourselfers spruce up homes and beautify gardens for more than a century. Banish closet clutter or marauding garden weeds to a 32-gallon black trash can ($21.49), which can double as a handy holding place for a 32-day supply of vintage milk. Handy customers can organize screwdrivers, wrenches, and hammers in a Stanley toolbox ($13.99), soothe crying hinges with an 8-ounce can of WD-40 oil ($2.99), or woo a lonely mail carrier with a Step 2 mailbox specially designed to attract attention for its durability and taste in shoes. A professional-grade driveway sealer keeps tricky asphalt from escaping the confines of driveways ($17.49), giving customers the freedom to roll out one of Ferguson Hardware’s wide selection of Weber grills for a driveway barbecue.

Ferguson Hardware’s helpful staff guides customers through the spacious store and helps navigate the sometimes confusing, oft-times sticky process of home repairs, and they will make sure each guest gets the equipment they need to complete their project. Ferguson Hardware also offers expert window and screen repair, lawnmower-blade sharpening, custom paint matching and mixing, and tool rental and will custom-cut keys into elaborate shapes to impress millionaire locksmiths at cocktail parties.