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Jun 5, 2015

Mission Main Street Grants

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We need 250 vote by June 19th- so tell your friends, tell your enemies, make it happen for…

Apr 28, 2015

You may not know, but the doormat mine is smack dab in the middle of downtown Baltimore. On Saturday the 7/11 next to our studio was smashed and looted along with other businesses. Cars tires were slashed as they drove and bricks thrown through motorists window. Random violence was erupting. Monday we returned to the doormat mines.  We walked the dogs, about to head home, when we saw the 20 or so cops in riot gear hiding in the 7/11 parking lots. We thought- time to get out of here quick! …

Apr 21, 2014

We here at Damn Good Doormats are eco-conscious. We don't want our company to be the source of pollution to the planet. To that effort, we use the renewable resource of sustainable coir (coconut husks) for our mats, ship carbon neutral, sweep up our coco fibers and donate them to a local mushroom farmer and now we flocculate. Science is fun! We remove all the paint solids from our waste water before disposing. We thought it would be a complicated and expensive process, but it's not and we…

Sep 14, 2013

My Damn Good Doormats: Art you can wipe your feet on, gets the official Art stamp! Come see them and me Sunday!

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts presents M | I | C /A || THEN / NOW, a two-part exhibition featuring the work of selected MICA alumni, at Ethan Cohen Fine Arts in Chelsea and Kunsthalle Beacon (KuBe). This exhibition is curated by Barry Nemett, Ch…

Sep 8, 2013

*Big news! The Hubby is quitting his day job to work in the doormat mines!*
He has taken over most of the heavy lifting. There is a lot of that involved! From prepping the mats (at 5-10 lbs each he can move 2000 lbs of coco in a day!) to making boxes & Thank You packs and packing up the days shipments- I don't know how I've been doing it all by myself for 4 years!
Oh yeah- he's taking over the photography and descriptions too- so look forward to some MUCH better stuff there…