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HOME & GAR DEN Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, May 31, 2017 A7 HOUSE TO HOME Making your space truly yours Home designer returns to roots, opens business By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Kattie Piazza’s new busi- ness, House to Home, at 131 E. Main St. in John Day is more than a shop with fun, upscale home decor. Inside, customers will find high-quality vases, candles, signs and frames and other unique decor. Kitchen supplies, dish- es, towels and one-of-a-kind storage items are also among the array of items in the store. Piazza, who opened the store on April 22, also wel- comes interior design and decorating clients to share her expertise in creating a living space that fits their style and personality. “Home, to me, is my sanc- tuary, so I like to help other people create the same type of space for themselves,” she said. “People like their style to be individual and not look like everyone else.” Whether a person needs Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter help from the ground up or Kattie Piazza sets out items for display at House to simply wants to rearrange a Home, her new home decor business on Main Street in room, Piazza said she’s ready John Day. to help in a variety of ways. “One of the biggest mis- finding a special decor item “storyboarding” — creating conceptions about interior de- on the internet for purchase, the new look on a computer sign is that you have to buy all or use existing furnishings with design software. Some of today’s popular new things,” she said. “Some- and decor. Options include meeting styles include a rustic mix times it just takes someone to come in and re-evaluate the at a hardware store to select with current trends and col- paint, in-home visits to design ors and an urban foundry look space.” She said she can design a from there and going through with a little modern, she said. Piazza grew up in John home with new items, even magazines in the store and The storefront for House to Home, a new home design shop on Main Street in John Day. A display showcases items available in the new House to Home business at 131 E. Main St. in John Day. A new John Day business, House to Home, features decor for every room in the home. Day, graduating from Grant Union High School. While away for 12 years, she studied art design and earned a bachelor’s degree in business from George Fox University in Newberg. She also took interior de- sign classes and spent eight years in Portland in that line of work. Piazza returned to her hometown of John Day three years ago. “I love Grant County,” she said. She said she spent hours as a child rearranging a Bar- bie dream house, and also dreamed of owning her own business. “I’m trying to create an- other community-type atmo- sphere,” she said, adding that part of her rationale behind the business is to give back. People can browse for a gift to give away or something for themselves, and she plans to create a chalkboard wall where visitors can write down the items or brands they’d like her to carry. Eventually, she would like to offer interior decorating classes at the shop. “I just want to make House to Home truly their store,” she said. She said becoming a busi- ness owner is allowing her to volunteer for the youth pro- gram Young Life and be a high school dance coach. “I hope to be here for a re- ally long time,” she said. “I’m thankful for the support and the welcome from the com- munity in opening House to Home.” House to Home is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, call 541-575-0233. 05664
