By AL STOVER
Staff Reporter 

Fresh Design Gallery opens in Medical Lake

 

Last updated 3/19/2015 at 2:11pm

Al Stover

Fresh Design Gallery and Vintage Rental features pieces of furniture and household items customers can rent for weddings, parties and photography shoots.

A person who walks into Fresh Design Gallery and Vintage Rental, 116 N. Lefevre St., where Greene Management used to be in Medical Lake, will smell flowers and candy, displayed inside of a glass from the Forever Creamery in Hillyard.

Fresh Design Gallery, run by Holly Dalke and longtime Medical Lake resident Todd Hoffman, opened in January.

The store features all kinds of vintage furniture, household items and decorations customers can rent for weddings, parties and photography shoots.

On the right side of the store are furniture and household items from different eras of history. Hoffman explained that some of the furniture is from a combination of industrial metal and wood.

"I weld the metal and she (Dalke) does the refurbishing of the wood," Hoffman said.

One of the store's most popular rentals are the industrial carts.

"People can bring the carts out to a field and place four cushions on it for a picnic or a wedding," Dalke said. "They can use it for all kinds of things."

Among the furniture are two tables from an old school building on Espanola Road. Hoffman said he and Dalke are trying to honor some of the history of Medical Lake. Hoffman said he plans to acquire some military memorabilia to honor the history of Fairchild Air Force Base and Medical Lake Veterans Cemetery. Toward the back are car and beer signs and classic toy cars. Hoffman said he hopes to bring in more vintage hot rod parts.

Dalke and Hoffman will also travel to help set up parties and photography shoots anywhere in Washington and Idaho. She also makes floral arrangements.

In addition to the vintage items, customers can rent the garage area for parties. There is also a bridal suite, which Dalke uses for bridal consultation.

While Hoffman is from Medical Lake, Dalke moved to Washington from Connecticut. Her love of vintage items was influenced from her father, who owns Joseph Standard Antiques in Norfolk, Conn.

"He has much more stuff than I do back in Connecticut," Dalke said. "He has all kinds of items from California and France. I also have an 8-year-old son who loves this stuff."

Dalke moved to the Northwest in 1993 and to Spokane in 2001 and opened Shabby Stems Furnishings. She later met Hoffman and the two purchased the building at the end of November.

Dalke and Hoffman plan to add more shelves and open more space. They also have two more buildings full of vintage items.

"The response from the community has been great, particularly for the rental rooms," Dalke said.

Al Stover can be reached at al@cheneyfreepress.com.

 

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