Reed Barbering - Robin's

Happy New Year to you all! 💈 from all of us at
Reed Barbering - Robin’s in Dexter, Gary’s in Chelsea , & Keith’s in Manchester.

Thank you all for your friendship and being a part of our family. We appreciate you all.

We wanted to share with you our :

Barber Shop hours for this week.

Tues-regular hours 7:30a-5:00p

New Years Eve
7:30a-?
? means if we are not busy, we may leave before noon.

Closed New Years Day & Friday

Open Saturday 1/3/2026 7:30am til noon

We wish you all a Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays to you all! 💈 from all of us at
Reed Barbering - Robin’s in Dexter, Gary’s in Chelsea , & Keith’s in Manchester.

Thank you all for your friendship and being a part of our family. We wanted to share with you our :

Barber Shop Holiday hours

Tues-regular hours 7:30a-5:00p

Christmas Eve
7:30a-?
? means if we are not busy, we may leave before noon.

Closed Christmas Day & Friday

Open Saturday 12/27 til noon

We wish you all a Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

Sharing our 4th of July hours for the Reed Barbering Shops.

Gary’s (Chelsea) & Robin’s (Dexter) are just taking a couple of days off for the holiday.

OPEN TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, & THURSDAY 7:30am -5:00pm

CLOSED FRIDAY & SATURDAY

BACK OPEN ON TUESDAY, JULY 8th

Have a safe & fun time.
God Bless America

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
FROM ALL OF US AT
REED BARBERING

We are excited to welcome 2025.
Thank you for making 2024 fantastic. We appreciate you all.

Our hours for the week of December 31 are

12/31 Tuesday-7:30am- noon

1/1 &1/2
Wednesday & Thursday-
CLOSED

1/3 Friday- 7:30am-5pm

1/4 Saturday-730am-noon

Just a reminder that Reed Barbering Garys and Robins will be open Tuesday and Wednesday of this week only, we will be closed July 4th, 5th,, and 6th.
Our hours today & Wednesday are 7:30 AM until 5 PM

Enjoy your time with your family and friends and happy Fourth of July/Independence Day!



Happy 4th of July!
This holiday week we decided to enjoy this time with our families by taking the 4th off and Friday & Saturday.
Enjoy the celebration and Thank You for understanding.
We will be back on Tuesday July 9th.

A little history of Reed Barbering - Robin’s

It all began in 1989, Norm Wilson was one of the barbers in Dexter. He would go and visit where my husband Gary works in Chelsea along with Dave Murphy, he would get his haircut there once in a while. And he found out that my husband Gary was married to a barber and that’s me/Robin. So he came to where I worked on Carpenter Road on the border of Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti. He sat down in my chair to get a haircut, and while he was there, he interviewed me, looked at his haircut and offered me a job in Dexter. I said I wasn’t sure but I would come and check it out, at that time, he showed me his barbershop that was located next to Hackney Hardware store downtown. And he also took me to Cousins Heritage Inn restaurant for lunch, very impressive. I told him I needed to think about it and the next day I ended up calling him and telling him that I think I’m gonna pass at this time but thank you so much for the lunch. He wasn’t really to happy, he did want to work alone.

Not quite a year later, we are now in 1990, Norm called me and said what is it going to take to get you to work with me? I told him I don’t think the small town Dexter is ready for me, a female Barber in a Small town Barber Shop. But if I don’t have to quit my current job, I would give it a shot. So I started March of 1990, I did one single haircut my first day, that was my buddy John Wheeler, he would even stop in every day for awhile to check on me.

As time went on, I would do two or three or four haircuts in a day, now I’m getting up at 5:30 am, driving from Napoleon to Dexter and I work six hours there and then went into my second job and worked until 8 PM, I may have been 23 years old, but after three or four months of that, I was getting a little tired. So I said to Norm, I’m gonna have to make a decision on one of the jobs and it doesn’t seem like it’s gonna be this one. He said I really don’t wanna work alone, do you think you could possibly take some time off of your other job and I will leave this shop for three weeks and you work it by yourself , that way people don’t have a choice between you and I they will just sit in your chair. I said I would give it a try and it actually worked. Back in 1990 Dexter was used to two barbers in town, Norm and Dick, when a female came in, they were not quite sure about me and they were just comfortable with the men to cut their hair.

November 1991, Norm moved the shop to the corner of Main St and Baker Rd. This little, but big building sure has been perfect for a barber shop. Norm would say, all roads lead to us.

The year of 2001, started off with Norm getting sick, Norm had just turned 60 years old and he found out he had cancer, he and his wife talked with me and offered for me to buy the barber business, we were praying that Norm would beat the cancer but sadly that same year in December Norm Wilson passed. It was like losing my dad, he was my friend. I will always remember what he said to me about owning a business, just take it one day at a time, you will do great. We worked together for 11 years.

So the job that I was going to quit 34 years ago has been nothing but amazing. The Dexter people, accepted me, welcomed me and have loved me through the years. In return Dexter has been one of the small towns I call My Home, I may not live here, but I definitely know a lot about Dexter, I know a lot of people, generations of families, the pleasure of cutting first haircuts on young children, watching them grow to adults and bringing their children in for their first haircuts. I have had grandfathers, fathers, sons, and daughters, they brought in their wives for cuts. It’s been great to know families.

The opportunity to cut hair here for the last 34 years has been incredible and more than just haircuts , it’s been about friendships, trust, and a listening ear.

As far as I know, I’m Dexter’s first female barber in the barber shop.

I know I still have lots of years behind my chair on the corner of Main Street and Baker Road.
I look forward to every day, I love my job, I love Dexter, and I love my Dexter family.
Here’s to the rest of my story here in Dexter.

Today when you walk in, you may be welcome by Molly, our shop dog, she loves her job.

I have had many barbers and cosmetologist that have worked along side me, and are making the shop a better place. I Thank you so much and love you.
GO DREADS!!

Thank you everyone,
Robin Reed

💈 REED BARBERING-ROBIN’S

We decided to join in on the fun and be in the parade, passing out suckers and bubblegum.
And because we need to be in lineup around 9am, we decided that we would close Saturday, June 22.
We are sorry for any inconvenience

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas to you all! Thank you all for the great year, we so appreciate you!
Our days & hours this holiday season are,

12/21 open til 5:00pm
12/22 open Friday-7:30am-5:00pm
12/23 open
Saturday-7:30am-12 noon
Closed 12/24 Sunday,
Closed 12/25 Monday,&
Closed 12/26 Tuesday
Open 12/27 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday.