Photo: Keith Lacey/Local Journalism Initiative Trevor Guerard and Agnes Stayanovich are expanding their partnership with a new home decor store in downtown Penticton. Downtown Penticton’s coolest street is about to get a little more funky. The city’s oldest furniture store Guerard’s Furniture is teaming up with long-time store employee and well-known designer Agnes Stayanovich to open a vibrant new retail store on Front Street.
Tangent, Home Décor and Furniture, officially opened at 25 Front Street on Thursday. Guerard’s is located just around the corner on Backstreets Boulevard. Stayanovich is a long-time designer at Guerard’s and has also owned and operated Lanyon Homes and Agnes Stayanovich Design on Front Street for many years.
She was the first in-house designer hired at Guerard’s dating back almost 30 years. Guerard’s manager and co-owner Trevor Guerard and Stayanovich couldn’t be more excited. “We liked the named Tangent, which we found is kind of whimsical and allegorical,” said Guerard, who has been in the furniture business his entire adult life.
“This is our opportunity to move into more of a passion for the design and artsy angle of the functional quality goods we’re going to be selling in the store. “The way the timing worked out with Agnes was just right. She felt her design business was in jeopardy with construction next door and a lease renewal on the table, so we felt it was a really opportune time to come together and bring some o.