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Family Opens Cotton Thistle Boutique In Lakewood

Pictured are the Rauh sisters and their mother, Stacey Rauh, owners of the Cotton Thistle Boutique in Lakewood. Submitted photo

LAKEWOOD — A new shop has opened in the village of Lakewood.

The Rauh sisters — Jenna, Sara and Anna Rauh, and their mother, Stacey Rauh — opened Cotton Thistle Boutique in the heart of the village in November. The boutique offers a wide selection of clothing and accessory items and is located at 102 Chautauqua Ave.

“Our opening weekend was more than we ever dreamed it would be,” Stacey Rauh said. “It was very busy and we had good feedback from people.”

Stacey said her daughter, Sara, had been following boutiques online throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and introduced them to her family members.

“We love to shop and we bought some things from online places, and we visited (a store in Warren), and we said, ‘If only we could do this someday,’ with my daughter’s hair salon,” she said. “She owns Cut Loose Hair Salon. We said if a building ever came up where we could combine a small boutique with the hair salon, we’d love to do that. We were just like, ‘How fun is this?'”

The Rauhs found a building, and the boutique has come to life with the salon soon to follow. Stacey Rauh said the salon will be moved into the same building as the boutique in the coming weeks.

The hours for the boutique remain flexible, and the group has been posting them on their Facebook page, generally opening on the weekends.

“We put it on Facebook for the weekly hours,” Rauh said. “We also put a sign on the door as of right now just because we have all these things going on elsewhere. But, with the holidays, we’d like to be open as much as we can.”

The Rauhs said they are happy to have their boutique located in Lakewood, especially with the recent completion of the Chautauqua Avenue project.

“We knew it was going to look nice when it was done, so we thought it would be a good location,” Stacey Rauh said. “We thought it would be a good location. We’re all from Lakewood. We’re just rookies kind of doing it for the love of it and because it’s like our hobby. It’s definitely something that we can do with the four of us girls together.”

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