Both our fathers died when we were young. Leon, Cindy’s dad, died when
she was 11 and Amy was 15 when Dave, her dad, died. We decided to put
the two names together and came up with Davlee. The drawers of the dresser
in our logo suggest an old theme as we wondered what might be spilling out
of the drawers of our father’s dressers. How we settled with all the feminine
items thinking we’d connect it to our fathers we don’t recall…perhaps it was
our way of honoring our wonderful mothers also…but at any rate, that’s what
we ended up with as our final logo, and we both really love it.

Our friend Michelle who owns the house, along with her husband Pat, came
up with the idea for an occasional shop to reside at 200 West River Street.
Michelle also owns Jade Patrick Salon next door, and knew she was too busy
for another business, so she approached us with the idea. We passed off the
idea for several months believing there was no way we could pull something
like this off, but the idea continued to present itself until we could no longer
come up with excuses. Both of us felt this was, and still is, a special calling on
our lives. We talked it over with our husbands and they were quickly on board
and have been a huge help fixing up this old house. We opened in April of
2008 and have been privileged to be a part of something that is much bigger
than the two of us. We have met some wonderful new friends, both as vendors
and customers. And if the shop were to close tomorrow we will always be
changed for the better and blessed by what has happened just because of this
little shop. We look forward to whatever the future holds for Drawers of Davlee.