Today we are highlighting Camp Cedar Illinois. This a not-for-profit weekend/summer camp to help victims of sexual abuse. These woman are blazing a path to help young women who have been abused to empower them and make sure they know they are not victims, they are survivors!

As you may or may not be aware, running these camps is not free. We hope you can join alongside these amazing women either financially, with donations of items, or even volunteering for a day at their camps.

You can learn more by:

Visiting their website: CampCedarIllinois.org

Emailing them : [email protected]

Are you looking to get an estimate to paint your home?

If you are buying a home, looking to buy a home or own your home, we have a quick podcast for you!  Getting an estimate to paint your home and how we can make that happen, live or virtually!

Let us know what questions you may have about getting a painting estimate. We hope we can help you and your family love the space you're in!

This may sound obvious but in trying to give good content and be realistic about what we see, sometimes the kitchens we paint are in need of some help.

So here is a quick podcast with one of our crew leads, Daniel on kitchen cabinets!

We are trying something different so bear with us after a year and a covid later...

Today we are joined with Jerry from Shurtech, which is the company that brings us Frog Tape..

You can take a listen as we talk about how we were able to test out some of the samples from Frog Tape!

Check out our blog as well as we will do a little more depth on these great tapes!

It is said it takes 1,000 hours of work on a given task to become an expert. What if there was a shortcut to becoming a Master Craftsman Wallpaper installer?

Well, take a listen to today's Guest: Dave Adams of Dave Adams wallcovering.

A member, a volunteer, and an officer of the WIA (wallcovering installers association), he gives his thoughts on education, networking, the power of association and attendance to conferences/workshops to improve your skills.  He can be reached at the [email protected]

Interested how you can elevate your game when it comes to wallpaper installations? Then head over to the WIA become a member section and learn more!

Today we are joined by Steven Kay. Steven has been a member of the WIA (Wallcovering Installer Association) for over 20 years!

Today Steven talks about benefits of joining the WIA, being a member of this amazing organization, why you need to be at their conventions as well as member's opportunities to be awarded for the work being done and Nationally recognized as wallpaper installer of the year.

You can read more about the WIA here!!  Take a look, tell them how you heard about it and start learning more about the craft of wallpaper hanging.

 

Are you looking to hire a contractor to work in your home? Does the contractor have the right insurance?

Today, Harry Stout of Farmers Insurance in St. Charles, IL answers that very question.

Liability Insurance? Bonded? Workman's Comp?

Do you know what these policies will cover and what they do not? Will you be covered in case there is a problem, accident, injury, something broken?

Take a listen and hear an insurance agents perspective what you should look for, He can be reached at 847-640-0402 or emailed at [email protected].

We hope you enjoy!

Do You Choose Goodness?

Another way to help you love the house you live in is being happy in all you do, how you do it. If you are married you have heard happy wife happy life. This episode is with Tommy Breedlove. He has, is, and does dedicate his life to helping people through speaking engagements, mentoring as well as coaching how to be the best self you can be and it starts with choosing goodness.

You can check out Tommy's website at www.tommybreedlove.com. If you have questions or would like to get him direct his email address is [email protected]

We hope you enjoy this episode!

Are you thinking about red walls?

They are coming back in style, take a quick listen for what we used and how.

You can read the blog post about this as well on our website www.dfrancowallpaper.com

Send us an email to see how we can help you love the house you live in.

Take a listen and see how we installed a large canvas mural for a client!  10 ft. by 60 ft. is not a one-man job, you can see how we did it.

The mural was painted by Robert Bucknell- see more of his amazing work!

Here are the videos we did...

Large Canvas Mural Install

Canvas Mural Painting

Thanks to Steven at Paper Craft Interiors for the help on this one!!

Get in contact with us if you want to love the house you live in.