Book Box Bookshop will host a ribbon cutting and grand-opening celebration tomorrow, June 29, in its new bricks-and-mortar store at 58 E. 12300 South in Draper, Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that co-owners and sisters Randi Rose and Kayleigh Dixon, who had previously launched their business as a pop-up at Traverse Mountain Outlets in Lehi, said their "ultimate goal" had always been to own a storefront together.
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| Randi Rose and Kayleigh Dixon at their original pop-up store. | |
Book Box Bookshop will be the only indie bookstore in the Draper area, a location that was intentional on the part of the owners. "We went on a date for Kayleigh's birthday, a tour around Utah to all the bookstores," Rose said. "We drove an hour from Spanish Fork to Salt Lake and all the way down there, we were like 'There are no bookstores. We need an indie bookstore.' " She added that the Draper location will also allow them to maintain their customer base from Lehi.
"I couldn't be more happy with the location that we landed. It really hits a niche where it's needed," Dixon said.
"One aspect of the original Book Box that translates over to the shop is the DIY aspects the sisters brainstormed," the Tribune noted. "The store is an explosion of color, with each wall painted differently: yellow, blue, pink, orange and green." Rose said the goal was to play to the '90s retro vibe--to make it fun and exciting. There are lime-green light fixtures and a mural in the store was painted by artist Katelin Jensen.
"This isn't a house you're going to live in every day. This is somewhere you come to have a good time," Dixon said. "Seeing people in here, happy and loving it [in] something we created is going to be so big. The people that come to Book Box are the best part, and I cannot wait for them to see it."
Rose noted that the pop-up Book Box will stay at the Traverse Mountain Outlets in Lehi through the end of the year.