In The News

"Wallcoverings Echo African, African-American Themes," The Dallas Morning News. 2-29-08.
"New Wallpaper Makes African Americans Feel At Home." Unique Gift Giving News. August 2006, p. 8.		"Putting Heritage On the Walls." Southern Living Magazine, Mid-Atlantic People & Places. March 2006, pp. 14-17. (FYI: Mid-Atlantic People & Places is a special insert that appears in magazines distributed in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania)
"Cultural Borders: Search for ethnic wallpaper led Chesapeake woman to start her own business." The Virginian Pilot, Gracious Living Section. 2-20-05		Featured in: Wallpaper News, "Borders" section. May/June 2005, p.18.
Additional News...
"Five Years in the Making a Dream Becomes Reality: Chesapeake entrepreneur launches unique line of African American wallcoverings." May 2, 2005 VECTEC Newsletter.
News Channel 13 reporter Michael Ratts interviewed Danielle (owner) and Angel (artist and MW art consultant) about the company and its products. WVEC-13 (Norfolk, VA). Television Broadcast. 2-19-05.
Jatinder Dhoot interviewed Danielle about the company and how it started. 105.5 targets the Black community in Toronto. 105.5 fm (Toronto, Canada). Radio Broadcast. 2-8-2005.
Our borders were featured in Joy Kraft's "New Products" column. The Cincinatti Enquirer, Home Section (Cincinatti, OH). 2-05.
Our Ebony Angels border was featured in the New Products at the Expo section. The company is also mentioned in "Wallcoverings at the EXPO: Up and coming." Window Fashions Magazine. March 2004.
"One woman makes a step toward diversity; Determined mom launches line of ethnically inspired wallcoverings." Greenbrier Edition of The Shopper (pdf)

Why don't you have full articles for all of the stories posted on your website?

In one word: copyright. When an article is published in a magazine, newspaper, etc., it is the publisher's property. There is something called fair use, which allows people to use limited copies and/or portions of the article for educational use. Making the entire article available on our website goes beyond fair use. Therefore, we can not post articles without the publisher's permission. Some publishers will charge a fee and allow the article to be reproduced. Others don't allow it in any form. In the words of one permissions editor: "It sounds like you want to use our copyrighted article on a web site that is primarily for commerical use. Our policies forbid me from granting you permission to do that."

We try to get permission, but it doesn't always happen. We could scan and post the articles anyway -- lots of people and companies do it. The pictures would make our website look much nicer, and it's unlikey that the publishers would catch us. However, it's illegal, and we have to respect the reporters, editors, and publications who cover our company and the story behind it.

If you're interested in getting a copy of an article, please let us know, and we'll make a photocopy for you.