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Washington Post Yesterday!

Posted On 01-26-2007
by Sunny

Four years ago The Washigton Post Home section wrote and article about our women owned start up paint company...I will never forget the date, January 9, 2003.  I never expected what was about to hit us. The article was four pages , and struck a chord.  1,200 people can to a demonstration on how to use our paints that weekend! Jura Koncius, the author of the piece, captured exactly what our company was about and wrote a great article people still have held onto even today!
Thousands of web orders later, running out of inventory, unsure how to handle such an explosion, I look back and cannot quite believe how we all made it through.
I have learned quite a bit since then, mostly be prepared for anything and enjoy the moment. Oh yea, and have great fufillment in place ...
The company has changed in many ways;  Dede left and now has two cute kids, we changed the packaging and logo, new website,  Lucy has become a mother, and we have written two books.  We adapt to all of the changes with creativity and humor.
A lot has changed, BUT a lot has not changed.
We are still about decorative paint, and we love to help people succeed in decorative painting their homes, or others homes. We still paint each week for customers-in the trenches schlepping ladders,and cleaning brushes.
We have a great team and I am very excited about the new year.
Thanks to all who have supported our business we will continue to make it better !
The article in The Post today made me think about four years ago...boy does time fly.

I am almost finished with the article in The NewYorker and will give my thoughts tomorrow.