This is my go to place for paint and supplies. Staff are great and friendly and very helpful as…read morewell as knowledgeable. I have been to other Benjamin More stores and I always end up here. They have a great selection of good quality paint. This was the first time this has happened to me. They didn't have the paint I use for my fence this time around. The staff made an effort to call around. Then called the supplier and was able to get me the paint for the next morning!!! Really who does that these days. Wonderful customer service!!! 2 thumbs ups! The only bad thing is, NOW I don't have an excuse for not painting my fence. :( LOL

I was helped immediately after browsing their colour section. She provided great advice on colour…read morechoices and helped come up with a colour scheme that worked well.

This store looks like it has anything you need to enhance the walls in your home; there are window…read morebalances, curtains, paint and textiles. This is a very long store with the paint selection in the back. The pricing looks pretty high in here but it looks to be a one stop shop. The women behind the counter were dealing with a customer and they looked like they were giving personalised service. The place has furniture, lamps and decoration accessories that is a bit conservative for my aesthetics but would be pleasing to the local Mission cliental. The place is tastefully laid out and I am sure you get what you needed here if you are renovating details of your home.

My adventures as a new homeowner continue. Because I'm a mad baller rollin' on dubs with sky-high…read morestacks (read: young and stupid) I'm repainting my entire house. That means I need a lot - and I mean a LOT - of paint. I came here one afternoon with a list of paints picked out by my interior decorator (Dasan Interiors, look her up!) and a wallet that knew it was about to get the diet of its life. The nice woman behind the desk took down my order and helped me calculate how much paint I would need. Unfortunately we hit a snag right away. I was buying Pratt & Lambert Matte/Flat finishes, which aren't big sellers for them. As a result, they didn't have enough of the base color to mix my paints. OH NO! That was a huge problem, because I officially moved into the house in 5 days and they wouldn't get a new shipment for 2 - 3 weeks. What's a man to do? Luckily, in stepped a very nice German-sounding man whose name escapes me. Together, they deduced that I could use a C2 paint for the base, then use the Pratt and Lambert as my second coat - and everyone would win! Babes wouldn't even notice that my base coat wasn't the same as my top coat. Oh, I'm a sly devil alright. So I waited about 35 minutes (I didn't have a watch or I certainly would have timed it for all my devout Yelp fans), got the paint, loaded up my car and sped off to adorn my dudeplex in the finest shades of gray. One thing you should know: Paint is absurdly expensive. Just painting my house will wind up running me over $1,000, I'm sure of it. But at least my walls will look nice when I'm sitting on the floor because I can't afford furniture. All in all my experience here was excellent, no complaints. That is - until I see whether or not that bottom base coat actually looks okay or not. Fingers crossed.

Was helped by Bryan recently who was beyond helpful. He helped me narrow down paint color choices…read moreby giving me a lesson in undertones, function, complimentary colors and other things to look at. He then went over how I could tackle some other color jobs I was otherwise told to stay away from. I had visited multiple paint stores before this and had nothing close to the help I received here. It is very clear the staff here want to help their customers. Has more of a small business feel than a big brand shop.

I started shopping at Paper & Ink when they first opened. The owners and staff members are super…read morenice. They will go above and beyond if you have an item you can't find in their store to source it out for you. The selection of paper supplies is great . This is my favourite store in Calgary for paper crafting.

I can't say enough good things about this store, it is my primary craft store since discovering…read more Great service (family owned and run) and huge selection. Once they know you they will greet you by name! The staff are great and they have terrific classes. Sales and demos constantly. Great store for scrapbooking, card making, art journaling! They will DELIVER within Calgary if you order over $50 (I love this so I don't have to drive Deerfoot). They have a great online store with live inventory.

The owner seemed nice at first but I realized she was not genuine when I went to meet her in…read moreperson. Having told her I was working on my first big project and that I was still figuring things out, she was impatient and it felt like she took advantage of the situation. Long story short, she ordered items before I confirmed, as I specifically asked for a quote first, and pressured me into buying them. I had emailed her asking specifically for quotes if I were to purchase X items, and she responded saying she had ordered a bunch of the items and told me the price in the same email. I was shocked by the price and could not afford the full amount I was looking for and initially felt bad, telling her Id take them off her hands since she'd already ordered them, even though I no longer even needed those items, but did not realize how expensive it was and that I just couldn't afford it. When I went in, she said it wasn't her problem and that she had ordered them just for me, and felt that I had led her on... all I had done was discussed the project with her and asked for quotes, and I had been transparent about not being sure about some things being my first project of this scale, but she went ahead and ordered BEFORE giving me the price, there is no obligation on my end to purchase at the end of the day. I could have not shown up at all that day but I am someone who keeps their word. She ended up giving me 10% off, which was literally just one of the 10 items free (I spent close to $1k there, you're welcome, on items that are literally $45 less at Michaels, and I will never be back).

What a GREAT little store, packed with all the art supplies you'll ever need! The owner was very…read moreapproachable and attentive to detail. Stop pouring your dollars into the pockets of American-owned entities like Michaels, etc and support our local economy!

The North Mount Pleasant Arts Centre is where I was first discovered... okay it was me discovering…read moremy own enjoyment of painting. I had just moved to Calgary and was looking for something to wile away the hours, so I signed up for a beginners art class through the city. Lucky for me, The NMPAC (they don't call it that - or maybe they do - but I don't really want to type it out again) just happened to be down the street. It was perfect. This place is called an "Arts Centre" for a reason. They've got the facilities to host a plethora of classes from painting to sculpting to pottery. I quite enjoyed when break time came in my evening class and I got to wander the halls a bit and poke my head in to see what other classes were doing or take a look at the more recent projects hanging on the walls. It almost felt like elementary school in that sense... just as fun, but with a bit more skill. Reminiscing has me wanting to take another class soon... time to peruse the fall/winter schedule.

Gave my daughter some camp options for the summer. She loves arts & crafts so the camps at this…read moreart centre offered for her age group seemed like the perfect fit. Needless to say she was over the moon excited and couldn't wait for summer camp. It was also her first ALL day camp. She loved it. By the end of her camp week the amount of art work she had compiled to bring home was mind boggling. Everyone there was super nice & friendly and she was at ease immediately. Parking and drop off was also easy. I'm pretty confident we will be back here for more summer camps and then some! Really great place!

I love a good Paint Nite! What a fun way to hang with your friends and do something other than just…read moredrink and eat. Paint Nite always has tons of different and new art paintings and they have decent distribution around town so you can usually find a painting you like at a pub near you. I have zero artistic talents, but if I can do it then so can you. The instructors are really good about going through the steps with you, keeping you on time, and helping if you encounter problems. It's intimidating to put the first swipe of paint on the pristine canvas, but after you get over that hurdle, it strangely becomes easier and you start to get in the zone and just flow. So if you're afraid to try it because you don't have an artistic bone in your body like me, I say give it a try - you'll be amazed what you can accomplish! And keep reminding yourself that it's just for fun, so you remove the pressure from yourself and just enjoy time with your buddies!

So, I went to my first Paint Nite this weekend for my sister's bachelorette - and a bit…read morereluctantly. I'm no artist and I was pretty sure this was going to be a case of throwing my money away and ending up with something I'd toss in the nearest dumpster. So, you can imagine how thrilled & surprised I am that I have something that I...actually like. It's not fine art, by any means, but it's actually something i won't be ashamed to hang on my apartment walls. The basic premise of Paint Nite is simple - you congregate in a bar, order yourself some bevvies, and proceed to follow along with painting the picture chosen by your Paint Nite instructor for the night, who also supplies all the painting materials. Our painting was a blossom tree in front of a full moon - perfectly pretty and girly for a bachelorette. We arrived, grabbed seats (we should have arrived earlier or asked them to reserve us a block of seats, as we could not all sit together when we arrived about 5 minutes before it started). And then off we started. I immediately thought I was screwing up (apparently, I can not paint a symetrical circle), but the staff was really good at calming my ruffled feathers and giving me ideas for how to ensure it wound up right by the end of the evening. And indeed it did! My moon is a little un-spherical, and my tree isn't very proportonate, but for my first time ever wielding a paintbrush, I'm pretty pleased - and I can definitely see how paint nites would be a regular event for many people! If I have any critiques, it was that there need to be more seats facing the artist, vs. a 50/50 split of facing and away. I know in this regards they're working with the bar's space, but it does make it more difficult to hear & see what's going on (even though the instructor brings the art work around frequently to let you see the next step). The headset microphone the instructor was wearing also needs a bit of work - it was very, very difficult to understand her through it (it either needs servicing or she needs to wear it further from her mouth). All in all though, it was a fun night & a great bonding activity for me to get to know my sister's friends at. I'd definitely be interested in doing another one!

Great modern and traditional art work selection . Staff is…read moreeasygoing and very knowledgeable Very pleased with the quality of with the custom canvas prints I had made here.

Great prices and selection with super friendly staff. Had a ton of art framed here and was very…read morehappy with the work.