Spokane’s Tin Roof Launches Contemporary Store

May 28, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Case Goods on May 2008 The first truly contemporary furniture store in Spokane, Wash., will open June 9 when the owner of The Tin Roof opens a smaller space called Concept: Home in a century-old building.

The Tin Roof’s owner, Heather Hanley, said the 5,000-square-foot Concept: Home store will feature solutions for contemporary living, including coffee tables that convert to dining tables and more fashion-forward pieces than have previously been sold in the Spokane area. The store, located near The Tin Roof’s 26,000-square-foot location, will have a design focus with two custom upholstery lines offering almost unlimited options.

“My plan is to attract the designers from our area and give them a space to work with clients in a more designer-oriented store than is currently offered in our area,” said Hanley, who will also live in one of the renovated lofts in the three-story building. “I’m trying to make it a mini design center.”

Even before the official opening, two parties have been held in the newly renovated space, and Hanley plans to offer Concept: Home as the host of private events such as a new magazine’s launch party. The Tin Roof launched four years ago, but Hanley is a lifelong retailer through her family’s ownership of Acme TV, a 56-year-old Spokane institution that sells electronics and home furnishings.