Valencia Salon & Spa and Boutique continues to thrive in downtown Columbus | Enterprise

Just one stop has all the several goods 1 can uncover at the boutique from candles, soaps to cloths. The other conclusion is in which the salon is located, which consists of the building’s initial brick partitions as aspect of the décor.

“It’s terrific,” Paula O’Connell—who co-owns Valcenia Boutique with Pam Discoe—said of the setting up. “It took a minor perform but not a great deal.”

The boutique’s origins sprang from a similar imagined O’Connell, Discoe and Valencia Salon & Spa owner Amy Williams had about Columbus. O’Connell explained they believed the area was missing locations to find apparel that they relished.

“That was variety of the premise driving opening the boutique and some of the variations that we carry continue to now,” O’Connell said.

Williams initially opened Valencia Salon & Spa in 2016. Not long after opening, her store would have a pop-up boutique—which ended up turning into Valencia Boutique—every so normally.

The popularity of the pop-up persuaded Williams, O’Connell and Discoe to have Valencia Boutique opened comprehensive-time. Both the boutique – which was located in the salon’s basement—and salon, having said that, grew to become so well known that it outgrew its earlier house in downtown Columbus.

Sooner or later, Williams, O’Connell and Discoe uncovered a even larger making downtown unoccupied and made a decision to relocate to their new site, 2417 13th St., in August 2020.

“We just kind of outgrew it,” Williams reported of their preceding locale. “When this position was obtainable, we decided to arrive in excess of below and both be on the similar floor and flourish together.”

The small business is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday.

Williams – who moved to Columbus in 2001 with her husband, Craig – mentioned she generally required to have her very own salon, as very well as loved the downtown. When the chance presented alone, she explained she made a decision to go with it.

“I appreciate the aged and I appreciate to see items refurbished and made use of,” Williams explained of her fondness for downtown Columbus. “I imagine we have a terrific downtown. There have been so many wonderful firms that have opened.”

She extra she’s been stunned by how significantly the downtown has developed more than the previous few decades.

O’Connell – who grew up on a farm northeast of Columbus—had similar views about the city’s downtown. She extra she hopes that downtown continues to realize success for years to occur.

“We’re acquiring there,” she reported. “We are obtaining much more terrific places to store downtown Columbus all the time. We want to be component of that. We think there is a great deal of possible for progress nonetheless right now. … I have lived essentially in Columbus for my whole lifetime so to see it prosper and prosper is truly wonderful.”

Williams stated she’s surprised to see how significantly the enterprises has occur.

“We began in a little 8-by-8 area and this is how it flourished,” Williams reported.