Hempel Paints has described its new decor centre in Riyadh as a unique concept that provides solutions in matters of colour and design ideas.

"The Hempel Decor Centre helps you make the correct informed decisions when using colours, fabric and other home decor by combining excellent advice on technical and colour-related queries, making available large panels of colours and textures and incorporating modern technology," said Hempel architect and interior designer Amine Sfeir. "In art and design, some choices are beautiful and some are ugly. And that is a matter of personal choice. But some choices are right and some are wrong," said Sfeir while introducing the new centre as an opportunity to get help and guidance.

The Hempel Decor Centre is staffed with interior decorators, architects and professional Hempel staff and decorated with a great variety of paint colour combinations and textures in realistic house settings to ensure that final and critical decor decisions are made with confidence.

"Whether you are a consumer painting and decorating your villa or a professional completing final designs for a client, you will find a visit to the new Hempel Decor Centre in Riyadh an invaluable help in completing the project," said Hempel.

An interior designer, an architect and technical experts give advice on colour and compile specifications to ensure the best paint system is selected, the company said.

"A wide range of different design and decor ideas is shown that combine selected Hempel colour schemes and textures with furniture, fabrics, curtains and floor finishes in typical household settings."

Hempel has invited people to bring in their own samples of furniture, curtains, carpets and fabrics and offered to find the best colour match in paint and formulate a recipe for the closest matching paint colour. As additional assistance, Hempel has offered to bring the spectrophotometer to the party's site to measure existing colours, tile and wood samples. The choices can then be viewed on a computer before any painting actually takes place.

"Large samples of different paint textures and colours can be viewed to help finalise the choices the clients or projects need. If required, the Decor Centre will manufacture samples of the selected paint textures and colours to help finalise the choices the client or project needs.

"So nearly anyone will find a visit to the Hempel Decor Centre very interesting and exciting. "But specifically any architects and interior decorators who need assistance in finding solutions for their clients and their clients projects and villas, students who are studying architecture and interior design and need modern and trend-setting ideas and consumers who would like to be a little more adventurous in their use of colour but who are seeking advice and assistance, will find a visit to the Decor Centre invaluable.