Furniture, flooring and wall art are not investments you want to make everyday. Once you find these finishing touches for your home you want to protect them from damage and keep them looking great for as long as you can. You’ve probably already considered the usual destruction culprits – kids, pet and the occasional accidental...

We thought it would be helpful for people to see what takes place during a color call. We asked Kathy Basil, from Hirshfield’s Design Studio, to show us how she works with customers during an exterior color call. In addition to selecting paint colors, Kathy suggested changing the color of the shutters, adding a shutter,...

Banking never looked so good. I ran across Emmanuelle Moureaux’s work over at Black Eiffel, and tracked down more of her work at her website. Her use of color, along with such simple shapes, bowls me over.

At Hirshfield’s Paint Manufacturing, we are committed to our community and the environment. Which is why we work to reduce waste by using what is called a “closed loop system.” Through the closed loop system, we gather and collect all of the waste water that was used in that day’s production. That water is then...

  If you’re like most homeowners, you’ve more than likely found yourself standing in front of a wall in your home staring at samples of various paint colors applied side-by-side in small sections. You may leave the room for a bit and come back to look at the colors again at a different time of...

Dateline: July 29, 2011, Camden Hirshfield’s Paint Manufacturing This week, more than a full shipping container of Hirshfield’s Platinum Exterior Flat 5790 was produced, filled and packed for shipping overseas to China.  Development of business relationships outside Hirshfield’s traditional markets is a growing side of HPM. HPM’s Paul, Mark, Charlie and Nick (on top of...

Does your place of work make you feel inspired? Stressed? Sleepy? It can be more than just the pile of papers and clutter on your desk that can affect the way you feel at work. Color and design can also leave you feeling any variety of emotions that could affect your productivity in the workplace....

We want our customers to have a good experience at Hirshfield’s. Sometimes we get it right, sometimes not so right. Last week two Hirshfield’s customers took time to write a thank you to Jim (Robbinsdale) and Kathy (Hirshfields’s Design Resource Showroom.)  Expertise and customer service are what impressed these two customers. Store Manager: At your...

Jason, operations director at Hirshfield’s Paint Manufacturing in Minneapolis, gives you a behind the scenes tour of the lab in this video. A number of functions take place in the laboratory at Hirshfield’s Paint Manufacturing, including quality assurance, quality control and research and development. What is especially advantageous about the lab is that Hirshfield’s can...

A couple of years ago my neighbor across the street had to take down the huge maple tree in their front yard. Why am I telling you this? I no longer have the canopy of my neighbor’s tree to filter the sun, and shade my home from the afternoon sun. Before the tree went down my...