Complete Dictionary of Dreams

by Dr. Mıchael Lennox
Hardware is symbolic of all the structural and mechanical elements of life, and a store is your ready access to the things that can make your life run more efficiently. Also, since many of the tools and materials purchased at such a location relate to the act of building, a trip to the hardware store in a dream could point to the need to construct something new or reconstruct something that is no longer functioning effectively. What needs fixing?

New American Dream Dictionary

by Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin
1. A need or desire to fix things up, set them straight—often to repair or adjust attitudes and modes of be­havior, usually to improve emotional quality of life.

2. Possible feelings of sexual inadequacy, need for improvements.

3. Diffi­culties in relationships, a need for repairs (as in to “patch things up”).

The Big Dictionary of Dreams

by Martha Clarke
Being at a hardware store announces the arrival of means to achieve your goals. Therefore, the better equipped it is the sooner you shall reach your goals.

If in the dream you see an ironmonger it means that you seek advice from someone more experienced and mature.