If you have walked down Keen Street recently you would have noticed a couple of changes.

Firstly that Lismore Embroidery isn't where it used to be at 83 Keen Street, it is now at 101 Keen Street.

The other noticeable change is in the building where Lismore Embroidery used to be. There are tradies working overtime getting the building ready for Matthew Healy and his team from Daleys Homewares & Monogramming to move into in about two weeks.

Daleys has been an institution in Lismore since John Daley opened his store in the Strand Arcade in 1989 ( SUNDAY PROFILE: John Daley & Matthew Healy on 30 years in business). Then in 1996 John decided to move Daleys to its current location at 21 Woodlark Street.

Now in COVID hit 2020, Daleys is on the move again to 83 Keen Street.

Owner Matthew Healy purchased the building earlier this year so he can have more space as well as make the showroom as flood proof as it can be.

"The new building is three stories so plenty of room for flood storage", Matthew said, "All the fit-out is with flood in mind so no gyprock, it is villaboard, which is waterproof, we just hose it off. The fittings are either mobile or waterproof."

"We are being as flood aware as we possibly can be".

The building is not just three stories but wider which will make a huge difference in what can be displayed on the floor as well as the work environment for the monogramming which is done on the second level.

"The new shop is double the size and the building is triple the size. The monogramming space is about five times bigger than our existing space so lot's more space for the team to work so we can work more efficiently and there is lots of room for expansion which includes buying new machines as well."

"Plus there is room for future expansion. We are planning for the future."

Over the course of the next two weeks you will see some action in the old and new shops as the monogramming equipment is transferred including the big machine which needs to craned out, forklifted around the back alley and craned into the new building.

The concern for Matthew here is the weather because the roof of the new building has to come off to get the large machine in place.

"It is all subject to weather. Taking the roof off is the thing that makes me really nervous because that is absolutely outside our control. It will either happen or it won't and there is nothing I can do to make it happen one way or the other".

If all runs according to his plan the new location for Daley's Homewares & Monogramming will be on Monday September 14, two weeks from today.

That does mean Daleys will be closed the Friday and Saturday (September 11 & 12) before the opening on the Monday.

83 Keen Street has significant history in Lismore. For a long time it was occupied by Sidney and Hacking Plumbing. For quite a few years, tin coating cream cans was part of the business. Matthew has one of the old cream cans and wants to display this above the awning.

Everything old is new again.