‘New chapter’: Downtown Bethlehem’s Main Street to lose retailer after the holidays | Eat, Sip, Shop

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – A dwelling furnishings retailer is bidding farewell to its storefront in downtown Bethlehem.

Domaci, selling household furniture, region rugs, lamps and much more, will close its shop on Key Avenue pursuing the holiday break season, the small business announced Tuesday on its social media web pages.

“About the previous several months, challenges further than our command have remaining us no other solution but to phase back again, refocus our priorities, and go on from our current site at 523 Most important Street,” the announcement reads. “Whilst the circumstances have not been ideal, we’re excited to transfer ahead, pivot and carry on to grow Domaci in new and fascinating means. Following all, that’s what we do finest.”

Proprietors Derrick and Warren Clark reported clients will essentially see a lot much more of the organization in 2023 as they provide Domaci favorites “specifically to your community” with the launch of a new Domaci Sector Pop-Up sequence commencing in February.

Moreover, the business will even further be popping up near people today “in Bethlehem, the Lehigh Valley and beyond” with a new cellular retail truck that is set to debut in the summer season, the few declared

In the meantime, clients can continue to store Domaci’s curated assortment of household furnishings, day to day necessities and decor on the internet at domacihome.com. Community and nationwide shipping are obtainable.

In addition, the organization invitations prospects to reserve a complimentary interior design session to assist they’ll generate a place they will like to call home within your four partitions and within this awesome neighborhood we enjoy to contact household.

“Do not get us completely wrong we have liked every minute of getting a regular brick and mortar retail retailer in downtown Bethlehem,” the couple said in the publish. “We do not, for a minute, acquire for granted the have confidence in you have place in us and the items we offer you and we sincerely hope you may proceed to adhere to us as we go forward to establish Domaci as your go-to resource for all issues household.”

The Clarks, who started off Domaci as an e-commerce organization in 2015, have been functioning the business enterprise on the floor flooring of the freshly renovated Myers Developing given that December 2020.

In addition to home furnishings, the retail store features other dwelling decor and day to day necessities, which includes drinkware and dinnerware, cleansing and own care goods, pillows, candles, clocks, wall artwork and getaway accents.

The rear of the house features a design and style studio, presenting in-dwelling design session and tailor made style ideas for a person room or your complete dwelling.

The Most important Road location was beforehand household to the Clarks’ first Domaci retail store, which they debuted in 2016 before shifting functions to East 3rd Road on Bethlehem’s South Side about a calendar year and a 50 percent later on. The south Bethlehem shop shuttered in the summer time of 2020.

Past yr, Domaci expanded its storefront to involve the adjacent 521 Most important St. space in the Myers Constructing. The addition permitted for much more furnishings and dwelling decor as well as a phase for reside leisure.

Domaci, indicating “home” in Czech — a nod to Derrick’s relatives heritage, also is functioning a stand at Christkindlmarkt in south Bethlehem.

“Your guidance and devotion to Domaci by way of the yrs has continually left us speechless,” the Clarks’ announcement concludes. “We appear forward to continuing our friendships as we dive ideal into this new chapter of our locally-owned tiny business enterprise. At the stop of the day, it will usually be the like of house and this group we adore so significantly that will stay at the main of every thing we do.”