Dwell with Dignity

Visit Dwell with Dignity Website

DWELL with DIGNITY, in Dallas, has graciously spotlighted Texas Paint & Wallpaper, as one of their sponsors, from their DWELL with DIGNITY Blog.

We appreciate their acknowledgement of our contributions, but we can’t help but point out that we feel that it is our honor and privilege to be a supporter of this very esteemed organization.

Dallas’ DWELL with DIGNITY is a non-profit group consisting of interior designers and volunteers who are dedicated to creating inspiring homes for families who are struggling with homelessness and poverty. They provide and install home interiors for families that include furnishings, art, bedding, kitchen supplies and food in the pantry.

“Dwell with Dignity’s mission is to help families escape homelessness and poverty through design; one household at a time.”

Their worthwhile efforts are a truly fresh and inspired approach to the age-old issue of homelessness and poverty that inflicts itself upon families. The intended results, by DWELL with DIGNITY, are to lift up and inspire these families by creating a change in their lives, especially the lives of the children, by exposing them to a new “outlook on life”.

If you would like more information about DWELL with DIGNITY, or more importantly if you would like to underwrite financially, or volunteer with your talents on their next project, please visit their website and click on the “You can Help!” link.

You can also follow DWELL with DIGNITY on their Facebook and Twitter pages!

Envision Color 2011

By Gene Lemons – Texas Paint & Wallpaper 

Do you need a jump-start to decorating your home for the New Year?    

Are your walls color deprived?    

Then you will want to see the all new Envision Color 2011™ paint color samples, and the room use examples from Benjamin Moore Paint Company. 

You will see a fantastic selection of dramatic paint colors, playful color hues, and creative painting techniques that will inspire and challenge you to use color in an entirely new way in your home, or office environment. Painting walls is the most simple yet vital and versatile part of your overall decorating, and it’s an inexpensive way to freshen up your home, or office. 

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Wallpaper Book of the Month Jan 2011

Seabrook’s Antonina Vella “Dolce Vita”

By Marcey Pillow – Decorating Consultant
Texas Paint & Wallpaper – North Dallas
 
Every year, Pantone, the world-renowned authority on color, announces the next year’s hottest color. 2010’s Turquoise, still running strong in wallcovering and paint selections, is about to share the spotlight with Honeysuckle.
 
No, it’s not a yellow.
 
That was my first thought as well. Think vibrant, energetic, bold pink. Think courage, tenacity, and the ribbons from breast cancer awareness campaigns. Without even seeing the color, I am already in love with it.

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What is Faux Finishing?

Decorative Faux interior painting is a hot trend as do-it-yourselfers discover how easy it is to enhance the look of their rooms with a variety of simple applications.

Most types of decorative faux interior painting involve applying one or more colors in broken layers over a different-colored background, creating a mottled or textured effect. Most of these techniques begin with a base coat of solid colored semi-gloss or satin paint, followed by a thinner coat of paint called a glaze. Read more…