- Our Store History
The Paint Center has been serving Abilene and the “Friendly Frontier” for over 35 years. We were founded in 1971 by Dean Hagler, under the name T.C.I. Paint Center. Our initial location was on North 6th. We later moved to the North 1st location. In 1983, we purchased land on South 1st and built our present building. We have gone through several remodels, and now have what we feel is one of the nicest, cleanest, most exciting paint stores in Texas. You will find our decorative painting showroom to be clean, fun, full of ideas and staffed with people who know how to answer your paint questions. If you are painting industrial holding tanks, we have a paint for that. If you want to change the color in your kitchen, we have a paint for that too. Our customers have relied on our paint expertise and low prices since 1972 in Abilene, Texas and we will make sure to keep that tradition of excellent customer service alive and well.
- Our Staff
Our staff is creative, knowledgeable and fun. When we say knowledgeable we mean that they have been in the paining industry for years. That means that we have seen color trends come and go. We’ve seen painting styles and finishes come and go etc. But, one thing we haven’t seen is a customer that wants to be neglected. That’s why we try and build relationships with customers, not just sell them something. Many of our customers today are the grandchildren of some of our original customers back from the early 1970’s. That makes many of them third generation customers. If you have not experienced the Paint Center in Abilene, TX we invite you in to feel the difference a dedicated group of people can make in your painting and decorating projects.
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- 1979
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- 2010
Here is an old photo showing our location on North 1st. It was taken shortly after our opening in 1972.
This photo shows the store on North 1st after the strip center remodeled the exterior.
The painting in the foreground was the largest painting we had ever framed. We no longer do framing.
Circa 1979
This is how our store looks today. The exterior was repainted in 2006 with the help of all our guys. The top section features a faux finish effect glazing a dark brown over a burnt orange base. This took some time but was well worth the effort.
This is our wall of faux finish ideas. We treated the finishes like art-which they are. We can show you the actual colors used and tell you how to do the technique. We are the faux finish experts.
This is a shot of our color center area. We sell both Coronado and Pittsburgh Paints small color samples, so you can buy a few and test the colors at your home, in your light and determine if the color works for you.
This is our "faux" koi fish pond. The rocks are real, everything else is paint.
