Hometown Pride Tour: Paint Your Peace

VERNON, Texas (KAUZ) - It’s day one of our Vernon Hometown Pride Tour, and today we’re starting by taking a look at one of Vernon’s most unique businesses, Paint Your Peace.

Paint Your Peace opened to the Vernon community back in 2023 and has since become a staple of Vernon’s historic downtown square.

The shop originally started as a space focused on ceramic art, but it quickly expanded into a gathering place for Vernon’s gaming and nerd community through Dungeons & Dragons and card game nights.

Owner Taylor Edmonds said she opened the store as a way to give back to the community she loves.

“I wanted to do something for Vernon. I wanted to make a difference in our little corner of the world, and so I thought that was one of the most peaceful points in my life, was just simply painting and playing board games,” Edmonds said.

Edmonds said seeing the community embrace the shop has brought her plenty of joy as well.

“Having kids laugh, saying they’ve never done anything like this, get messy, having fun, it’s so amazing to see them just light up. And so I know I’m doing the right thing in our community with every little piece of my life. I love it,” Edmonds said.

Edmonds said the store has helped bring together people from both Vernon and the surrounding communities through a shared love of art and gaming.

“I built Paint Your Peace for the people, and so being able to see them show up and love the shop, love each other, love the things they’re creating or playing or doing, I love being able to see that really just come full circle and just them fall in love with Paint Your Peace and Vernon,” Edmonds said.

Join us again tomorrow in our Vernon Hometown Pride Tour as we learn a little bit more about the history of the area at the Red River Valley Museum.