Local artists to open home and bath store in downtown Springfield
February 26, 2018
Four local artists have collaborated to open an eclectic home and bath store in downtown Springfield.
The store, Stick + Stone, opened Friday, Feb. 2.
Located next to Winan’s Coffee & Chocolates on North Fountain Avenue, the store offers an industrial modern-style mix of furniture, art, home decor and handmade soaps.
All of the items in the store are made by the four store owners: Derek Snowden, owner of IndistressCo., a custom furniture company; Corie White of White House Art Studio; potter Allison Dudney of Dudney Made; and Valerie Rieker, who sells artisan soaps and balms through her company, Ludic Soap.
“We wanted the store to be us,” said Snowden, who used to play in the Urbana rock band Small Town Sleeper. “With all the products together, we could build a whole vibe.”
The simplicity of the store’s name fits that aesthetic, too, Dudney said.
“It has an elemental, earthy feel,” she said.