The old toy shop on Oakham High Street is currently being transformed into a hair salon.

GLOW by Gemma Adams is heading to 34 High Street Oakham after running in Gaol Street since March 2023.

GLOW was established in 2015, and was based in the beautiful Barnsdale Lodge - that has recently rebranded to become The Barnsdale.

They provide services including cuts for men, women and children, colour services, balayage, styling, extensions and more.

Now, the team are in the process of moving to new premises, and are currently working hard to transform the former home of Rutland Toys and Dance Boutique into their long-term business base.

GLOW is getting ready to open at the former home of Rutland Toys and Dance Boutique. Image credit: GLOW.

The team, headed up by Gemma Adams, and local businesses and traders have been gutting the venue and are now applying a personal touch.

Gemma said: "This has been a huge challenge we’ve have had teams in there everyday trying to sort out the damp, mould, mushrooms and electrics. So much money and time has been spent on just getting the building to a working state, as it was worse than we previously thought once we got started."

The building has been empty since 2019, and had fallen into a state of disrepair as a result, meaning that the team have had a big job on their hands getting the building ready for the "fun part", but tiling, lighting and decorating is now underway.

The shell of the building has been stripped back and the decorating is underway at the new home of GLOW. Image credit: Gemma Adams.

Gemma continued: "We are incorporating all the beautiful features into the design and trying to match the walls and floors colours with the lighter stone in the building. We aren’t going to put signs up as the stone work is quite damaged so we are going to work with Heritage England to try and restore the exterior.

"It’s been lovely to get the boards down, we are just over a month away from opening."

Find GLOW online or at Gaol Street until winter, when the team hope to have moved into their new home.

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