Spring Sweet brings a bit of Paris, fresh flower market to downtown Holland

Spring Sweet has known since she was a child that she wanted to open a boutique filled with beautiful things. And now the lifelong Holland resident has flung wide the doors to a new Paris-inspired boutique filled with new and vintage home furnishings and décor, women’s and toddler girl’s fashions and fresh flowers. The shop, also named Spring Sweet (27 W. 9th St., Holland), is 2,300 square feet of French country and modern goods that run the gamut from a vintage Michigan farmhouse table to gift items including lotions, perfumes and jewelry. “I like things that are old and vintage and beautiful,” Sweet says. “I find comfort in being surrounded by beautiful things and in my home being beautiful, so I modeled the store on a European boutique. I have traveled to Paris twice, and that definitely was part of the inspiration.” Sweet, 30, says she has created flower arrangements for weddings and other events for the past four or five years and sees fresh flowers as a great decorating accessory. The store offers choose-your-own bouquet options, pre-made bouquets and flower arrangements to order.”I tend to do things that I feel are a little less traditional,” Sweet says. “You can come here and find roses and daisies for sure, but I also have something different than the supermarket offerings. Right now, I have a lot of lilacs supplemented with bells of Ireland, hydrangeas and snapdragons. My goal for the summer is to offer flowers from local farmers as much as possible.”Spring Sweet will have its grand opening on Tues., June 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Store hours are Mon. thru Sat. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Follow the latest store happenings on its Facebook page here.Source: Spring Sweet, owner of Spring SweetWriter: Deborah Johnson Wood, Development News Editor