Mother-daughter duo open new barbershop in Kalispell
Amanda Scarlett, left, and her daughter Katrina Harris, right, in their newly opened Kalispell barber shop, Kalispell Barber Company. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
Kalispell Barber Company is a two chair barber shop in Kalispell. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
Amanda Scarlett points toward a board at Kalispell Barber Company where veterans and others can put patches. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
Kalispell Barber Company is a two chair barber shop in Kalispell. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
Amanda Scarlett, left, and her daughter Katrina Harris, right, in their newly opened Kalispell barber shop, Kalispell Barber Company. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
A vintage barber seat at Kalispell Barber Company in Kalispell. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
The walls of Kalispell Barber Company are covered in mementos. From American flags to flowers to photos of family members in the Armed Forces to a pin board where customers can hang their memorabilia, it embodies a classic barbershop.
Owners Amanda Scarlett and Katrina Harris — mother and daughter — both licensed barbers, want that atmosphere to feel evident. The pair opened the shop on First Avenue East in November after more than 30 years in the barber business. Throughout the years, although the family moved multiple times, barbershops were always a constant.
Scarlett, born and raised in Michigan, met her husband, Alan, at a barbershop in the 1990s after he joined the Navy. Scarlett, who originally got her barber certification because she needed to provide for her family as a single mother and it was a quick way to do so, connected with Alan while he sat in her chair for his weekly trims to stay up to regulations.
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