Cd’A chapel opening delayed until May

The co-owner of a planned new Coeur d’Alene wedding chapel says the opening date will be pushed back at least another month.

“We’re having to do more renovation than what we originally anticipated,” says Vesta Sterenchock, who has been working on starting The Heart of it All downtown at 314 N. Fourth.

Dave and Vesta Sterenchock were targeting an April opening, but May appears to be more likely now. An official date still hasn’t been set.

Just blocks off the lake, The Heart of it All plans to go into a space that previously housed a vintage clothing store. Vesta Sterenchock says city inspectors want the couple to remove a wall that was previously erected—not by the Sterenchocks—without a permit because it poses a fire danger. Instead of managing approximately 800 square feet, removal of the wall will take their business to 2,000 square feet, she says.

The Sterenchocks want to create a wedding hall that honors traditional and same-sex couples. The couple is taking donations to help them in their effort via a Go Fund Me online campaign. As of the beginning of this week, the site shows $525 has been contributed since Vesta Sterenchock publicly launched the site last Christmas.

—Kevin Blocker

Outdoors retailer launches new website

LYNX Hooks, a Hayden Lake, Idaho, company that makes interlocking tie-down systems to secure outdoor equipment such as camping gear and sports apparatus, has launched a new website to bolster its e-commerce abilities. 

The business, which opened in 2010, went live with its new, more user-friendly website earlier this month. The new website, lynxhooks.com, features a more efficient shopping cart experience and the option to use any major credit card as well as PayPal, says Karen Hayes, LYNX Hooks vice president of sales and marketing. Hayes says the new site also features easy navigation, updated content, and a trending blog.   

She says the new website was created to be more efficient for customers.

“Our customers spend a lot of time outdoors,” says Hayes, “We want them to spend less time buying our products and more time using them.” 

In addition, Hayes says the payment options of both credits cards and PayPal is more convenient for both the seller and consumer, as LYNX had tried simply using one or the other in the past. 

LYNX Hooks products are sold online and through distributors and serve as an alternative to bungee cords.

 

—Kendall Heintzelman

Outdoors retailer launches new website

LYNX Hooks, a Hayden Lake, Idaho, company that makes interlocking tie-down systems to secure outdoor equipment such as camping gear and sports apparatus, has launched a new website to bolster its e-commerce abilities. 

The business, which opened in 2010, went live with its new, more user-friendly website earlier this month. The new website, lynxhooks.com, features a more efficient shopping cart experience and the option to use any major credit card as well as PayPal, says Karen Hayes, LYNX Hooks vice president of sales and marketing. Hayes says the new site also features easy navigation, updated content, and a trending blog.   

She says the new website was created to be more efficient for customers.

“Our customers spend a lot of time outdoors,” says Hayes, “We want them to spend less time buying our products and more time using them.” 

In addition, Hayes says the payment options of both credits cards and PayPal is more convenient for both the seller and consumer, as LYNX had tried simply using one or the other in the past. 

LYNX Hooks products are sold online and through distributors and serve as an alternative to bungee cords.

 

—Kendall Heintzelman

Home, gifts store changes location

Decorum Fine Home & Gifts has moved to 126 N. Washington downtown from smaller quarters at 305 W. Second.

Owner Sandra Lambdin says that with the constructions projects downtown, she found many businesses around her were moving, and so she decided to do the same. 

“It was a better business opportunity,” Lambdin says. 

The new location is larger as well. Lambdin says she has 3,500 square feet of space at the new location on Washington, nearly quadruple the 900 square feet she had at the store’s former location.

Decorum has four employees, and the store carries “just a little bit of everything,” says Lambdin, including gifts, home décor items, cards, and local crafts and products. 

Decorum opened its doors in the new location on April 1, Lambdin says. She says she has had the opportunity make some additions and carry more inventory in the new space. The space formerly was used as a salon, she says, and she can use the former tanning rooms as treatment rooms where she plans to offer skin care products. 

 

—Kendall Heintzelman

Sushi Sakai moves to space near GU

Sushi Sakai, formerly located on Sprague Avenue in Spokane Valley, has moved to a building near the Gonzaga University campus.

Sushi Sakai opened in its new location at 829 E Boone, Suite B, on April 18. The restaurant is located in a 2,800-square-foot space in larger building that includes a grouping of food purveyors. 

Owner and head chef Jin Jeon says he decided to move the restaurant because his lease was up at the Valley location. 

“We were open for five years at the Valley location,” says Jeon, but complications there led him to find a new space. 

However, Jeon says he plans to open a new outlet in the Valley within the next year. 

Sushi Sakai currently has eight employees, but Jeon says he plans to hire more soon.

Hours at the new Sushi Sakai are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday and Sunday. 

 

—Kendall Heintzelman