By Daniel Kline The home improvement chains have seen their stock price rise by about 150% over the past few years, but they have a problem. The big-box home improvement stores crushed a lot of local hardware stores in the same way Starbucks (SBUX) – Get Starbucks Corporation Report devastated local coffee shops. Lowe’s (LOW) – Get Lowe’s Companies Inc. Report and Home Depot (HD) – Get Home Depot Inc. (The) Report offer a stunning selection — literal football field-sized shopping areas which have nearly anything a contractor, homeowner, or a do-it-yourselfer could want. And while many busines…