New boutique opens in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE - Deane Duncan said she wanted her new shop Hotoveli to look like a boutique customers would find in downtown Seattle or downtown Los Angeles. And it's a mix of antique display cases and repurposed materials, the clothing, accessories and home decor for sale has a midtown-Manhattan vibe.

Which is kind of remarkable, considering that six weeks ago it was a car wash, and one that didn't work to boot.

Hotoveli is located at 955 W. Broadway Ave., right at the intersection with Third Avenue. Not too long ago the property had an espresso stand and a used car lot. "I got this building, I got the keys," and went to work, she said.

Duncan said she's working to rebuild the coffee shop, which she wants to open as soon as she can.

Duncan, who used to work in the advertising department at the Herald, said she's always been interested in fashion and home decor. Hotoveli reflects her tastes, "things that I like," she said. In fact, "it's everything that I like. I'm not going to put something in my store that I don't like," she said.

Its merchandise includes high-end jeans (Rock Revival jeans in stock and Free People jeans on the way, Duncan said), jackets, capes and dresses. Those are mixed in with accessories like scarves, jewelry and designer handbags.

There are also home decor items, including candles, the Voluspa candles in stock are her favorites, Duncan said, trinket boxes, jewelry boxes, silver accent pieces, mercury glass bowls and vases. "The little romantic details in a home," Duncan said.

Duncan has her own line of handmade soaps, which she plans to add to her inventory within a month, she said.

Putting the shop together in six weeks required a lot of work, a lot of traveling and negotiating to find display pieces, Deane said. The jeans display case is actually repurposed wood pallets. The door jamb uses pieces of a wood fence she found by the side of the road, she said.

The name Hotoveli started with a suggestion from her son Alec Naccarato, who pointed to his Italian roots, she said. It's a composite of a couple words and ideas, she said.

Cheryl Schweizer can be reached via email at education@columbiabasinherald.com.