Melody Foster, Guru of Retail Stuff
Melody Foster is the Guru of Retail Stuff for The Cozy Home. Melody is passionate about people, and she transfers that passion into every aspect of her life. She wants The Cozy Home to be a welcoming shop with a focus on the guests who visit.

“We want each person who visits our store to enjoy their experience, have fun and to find pleasantly unexpected surprises. We have many guests that stop by three or four times a month just to chit chat, relax in the atmosphere, and see what’s new.”

Melody handles all the operational facets of the business, including the retail storefront, administration, financials, buying, sales, marketing and partnering relationships.

Gayle DeHaan, Head Master Designer Extraordinaire
Gayle DeHaan arrived on the doorstep of The Cozy Home partially by accident, but mostly by Kismet. Gayle was driving through Draper and saw Melody working on remodeling projects prior to opening. Gayle stopped and offered her talent in artistic faux painting in exchange for advertising.

As Gayle was painting, Melody discovered that Gayle actually had a four-year Interior Design education from BYU and was a career Designer. Gayle has been designing both residential and commercial projects for over 14 years. She was seeking a forum for her work that would allow her more freedom to translate her clients’ visions into reality.

Gayle had a vision for bringing interior design within the reach of everyone, not just the affluent. This matched Melody’s philosophy and values at The Cozy Home and the result is our “Everywoman’s Interior Designer” philosophy.

Gayle heads up the entire Design Group for The Cozy Home and is responsible for the creative design for the clientele of The Cozy Home. Gayle is both a hands-on designer and hands-on manager. She handles each client as an individual throughout the design process, manages the work-in-progress phase and completes the job with installation and finishing touches. Gayle’s clients particularly appreciate her talent for selecting colors, fabrics and styles that create “Wow!” appeal.

Liz Foster, Wonder Girl
Liz is Melody’s oldest daughter at 20 years of age. She has been in it up to her neck since the beginning. Liz is an outgoing and charismatic young lady and when she sets her mind to it, she can accomplish anything.

Amanda Foster, Wonder Girl
Amanda is Melody’s 19-year-old daughter. Amanda dove right into the workings of the store from the beginning. She played basketball at Alta High School as a strong Post on the Alta Girls’ Basketball Team.

Amanda is currently enrolled at Florida State University where she is working towards a Biological Science major.  Her goal is to become a Marine Biologist.

Amanda really enjoys handling back office functions of the shop and working with guests who have special orders, needs and wants. She is in her glory when she finds that special something that a guest really wants.  She works with us on her summer break when she comes home to visit.

Whitney Gomez,

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