In light of the recent closure of Kelly-Moore Paints and its retail locations, the Dunn-Edwards Corporation has started expanding across the nation, and Blue Mist Paint & Flooring in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has become one of the first Dunn-Edwards stores on the East Coast.
When Blue Mist Paint & Flooring owners Ashley and Heath Peterson heard Dunn-Edwards had hired a sales rep to grow the East Coast market, they immediately connected with him and shared why their store would be a good fit. While it took six months to get a yes, Dunn-Edwards choose Blue Mist to be its first Dunn-Edwards retailer on the East Coast.
“I sent over a beautiful Canva presentation showing why we would be a fit and showing how much risk we were willing to take on ourselves,” Ashley says. “After a bit of negotiations between Heath and Dunn-Edwards, I finally get to say that Blue Mist Paint & Flooring will be the first Dunn-Edwards in South Carolina.”
The Dunn-Edwards products began being sold in their store in late May, and Ashley says they are remodeling part of the store to accommodate the new line.
“Dunn-Edwards has very cool hot rod vibes and a color palette of orange and sea foam green,” she says. “So we are getting ready to paint our town orange.”