Celeste

Celeste

Celeste stands in the foyer of her shop, Chaps

We know Celeste as our dear friend. She's also a wife, mother, brilliantly creative artist, trauma nurse, humanitarian and entrepreneur. In fact, it's hard to even describe her as fully as she deserves.

Much of Celeste's life is a tribute to her Norwegian grandmother, Selma, who raised her from an early age on the family farm in Montana.

Several years ago, Celeste embarked on the road to entrepreneurship and not unlike her childhood, the journey was filled with challenges.

She fell in love with a rundown 1912 house slated for demolition and imagined it would make the perfect building for her dream coffee shop. After four years, numerous zoning battles, moving the house across a highway, and countless months of renovation, she realized her life-long coffee shop dream, and Chaps was opened, in honor of her grandmother.

Chaps

All the while, she continued working at her job as a trauma nurse. A nurse, voted by the citizens of Spokane, Washington as the best nurse in the entire city.

One of the many rooms at Chaps

You can read what the press has been saying

about Chaps here, here and here.

The counter at Chaps

Of course, Celeste's story doesn't end there. She, along with her husband, Dan, has dedicated much of her life to working with orphans in Romania. Their volunteer efforts began in 1990 and have continued every year since.

Celeste has been a huge part of our show for several years. Her assortment of antiques and hand-crafted goods attract the crowds. She's a lot like the pied piper, and not just at our show. Many people are just drawn to her. Many aspire to be like her. We are inspired by her. We think you will be too.

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