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Faux Art Makes Real Difference

There's a song stuck in my head, and I know it's kind of a corny one to bring up, but I think you'll understand it in the end.

The Disney ditty "It's a Small World" (I warned you: pure corn) popped up this week after I visited a Habitat for Humanity site on Louisa Street where a group of faux artists from across the country is turning a basic home into a very special one.

The group, members of the International Decorative Artisans League, was another living proof of the lesson we've learned here over the past four years: That each one helping one unleashes a power far more potent than any government or corporation can muster. And when that happens, the world indeed starts to seem like a smaller, more personable place...Click to read more.

from G.I. Jane to Interior Decorator by Jess McCuan

Quiet people who want to learn to speak up usually have a variety of options. Assertiveness training, for example. Or a class or two in public speaking. But when Adrienne van Dooren was 20, she thought joining the United States Army would do the trick. (Her mother begged to differ. “There are only two kinds of women who join the army,” van Dooren recalls her mother saying, and neither one was a compliment.) ... Click to read more.

Decorative Painter Featured in Women's Magazine Offers Inexpensive ...By WSPA(WSPA)

Although the Upstate is faring better than most parts of the country when it comes to home sales, you want to do what you can to sell quickly. If you are trying to sell, decorative painter Adrienne van Dooren can help. ... News for WSPA - http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/

Adrienne van Doren featured in More Magazine - Click to read