About

ABOUT diana

I began barbering in my hometown of Bainbridge Island, Washington in 2007. After a few years learning the business of barbering, I opened a barbershop in a turn of the century building in a beautiful wheat farming town in eastern Washington.

I renovated the space which had been shuttered for years and proudly hung my shingle. I did not know a soul. I knew exactly nothing about bookkeeping or small town politics. All I knew was barbering and I found a community that needed a barber. Business entrepreneurship requires a mixture of courage, crazy, and skill; in that order. I loved business ownership and I loved my membership in the community but I longed for home and when the opportunity arose I sold my business and moved back to the Puget Sound.

For 4 years I barbered at Jim’s Barbershop in Port Townsend. Once again, I became a part of a community in ways only a barber can; I watched kids grow up and move off to college, I watched families grow and recede. My passion for the people in my community extends beyond the success of a local business or a great haircut. 

By opening this barbershop, I am not just asking for your support, I am humbly asking you to let me into your knit, to become a part of your Langley family. I cordially invite you in to Chops Barbershop: The Langley Parlor, now located inside Treeskar Fine Furniture, for a great, quick haircut for the whole family. Together we can build a stronger local economy and a closer community, one haircut at a time.

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I will celebrate my 9th year in Langley this February and my cup overflows with gratitude for this community and the support from my customers. I thank you for the rewarding purpose I feel being your barber, helping you look and feel your best and for sharing your thoughts, curiosities, rantings, life-stories and dearest dreams with me (seriously, we should start a podcast).

Come see me in the new location, down the alley from 2nd street by The Langley Kitchen, where I look forward to serving you for many more years.