The Bower
Marrickville Store
Our original Bower store at Addison Rd Community Centre – Building 34, is a treasure trove of building supplies, kitchenalia, bric-a-brac, paintings, games, clothes, books, records and more.
OPEN Mon – Fri 10am – 5pm
Sat & Sun 10am – 3pm
Summer Hill Boutique
Our new site at 7 Prospect Rd, is part of the Inner West Sustainability Hub. Specialty Boutique store to buy and donate vintage furniture, records, books
OPEN Fri 10am – 5pm
+ Saturdays 11am-3pm
Redfern Workshops
Our workshop at the back of 107 Redfern St hosts many of our Home DIY, Woodwork and Furniture repair workshops. Every Thursday the Men’s Shed meets here.
Find out more and BOOK A WORKSHOP
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Build A Tiny House
Our next unique hands-on 6-day course is on from 10-15 March, 2025.
Guided by carpenters build a Tiny House on wheels from reclaimed building materials with a focus on learning through doing.
Sign Up for a DIY Workshop
Learn new skills to repair and upholster your own furniture, basic Home DIY skills, carpentry basics and our new mending courses.
Working together to create a circular economy
The Bower is an award-winning environmental charity offering programs and services to create a circular economy
The Bower is an environmental charity with strong outreach into the social sector. Through our activities, we reduce waste and CO2 emissions; reduce our ecological footprint; and outreach to social causes by assisting members of the community who are vulnerable and disadvantaged. For over 20 years we have pioneered waste reduction through the reclamation of household goods, reuse and repair initiatives such as workshops, repair cafes, bespoke recycled materials, and resale at affordable prices of repurposed and preloved goods.
Using reclaimed and recycled materials we run courses including the building of tiny house courses, DIY, woodworking upholstery, furniture repairs, bike maintenance, and clothing repairs. We are expanding to include art from recycled materials workshops and diversification of our portfolio of hands-on workshops to meet the increasing demand of the public in the Inner West and Parramatta districts of Sydney.
Our House to Home program completely outfits social housing for those who have been homeless, refugees, or domestic violence survivors so that they have functional and comfortable homes. We work with 13 plus frontline agencies such as Mission Australia, Jesuit Refugee Service, Bonnie’s Support Services, Women’s and Girls Emergency Centre. Parramatta Women’s Shelter, and Life Without Barriers.
We are an innovative social enterprise that is a living example of the circular economy – uniting social, environmental and reuse models in all of our operations.
Book a collection
Donate your pre-loved goods to The Bower
Shop the Bower
*SALE* Huge discounts online, in store and on ebay
Do a workshop
Home DIY, Furniture Repair & Restoration, Upholstery, Carpentry
Repair something
Book a repair session for furniture, bikes, electronics
Build a Tiny House
Australia’s only tiny house building course with reclaimed materials
Become a member
Support our work and be rewarded for it
Find out what’s happening
Community news, information and fun!
Get your bike repaired
Our bike mechanics are experts at getting you back on your two wheels
Top notch electronic repairs
We take immense pride in bringing new life to your old electronic goods
Making an impact on waste…it’s a community effort (Updated FY 22- 2023)
Goods repaired
Kgs saved from landfill
Workshop participants
Happy customers
