Two women are opening a “unique” town centre store in Wiltshire after forming an “amazing friendship”.
Lisa Foster and Carly Johnson have both worked in stores in Marlborough in the past and have now joined together to open their own premises in the town.
They have taken on and “transformed” the old Cat’s Whiskers store on Kingsbury Street which closed its doors and relocated to a premises in Market Lavington that opened earlier this year.
From 6pm on Friday, April 11, the venue will reopen as Peacock and Lily and will house Lisa’s beauty salon on the ground floor and a store selling a huge range of products on the upper floor.
The pair hope that their new business will offer something completely different to what is currently on Marlborough High Street.
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“We’re going to be massively different to anything else and we’re not a big company either, we think people should be able to buy nice things that aren’t massively overpriced.
“Nobody else on the High Street is combining a beauty salon with garden trading and home interiors, it will be like walking into someone’s living room but you can buy it.
“We’re really excited, it’s almost not hit us yet and we just feel like we’re dreaming, we’ve talked about it for so long and now it’s actually happening.”
Lisa and Carly have been friends for some time and after Carly beat breast cancer and Lisa had a scare of her own they decided to take the plunge and start their own business.
Lisa added: “We’re very different but we have such an amazing bond and we are just on the same page
“Because of what we’ve both been through we’re in a bit of shock that this is happening and we’re making our dreams come true.
“Being able to do her dream and my dream together is amazing because we work so well together.”
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“We have such a giggle together”, said Lisa.
“We have a laugh and make it family orientated because we want to go home feeling good about selling, we love what we do.”
The store will only open for around two hours on opening day ahead of a full opening on Saturday, April 12.
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