- 915-926-2412
- 975 Lomaland Dr. El Paso, TX 79907
Good design invokes happiness and soothes the soul. It can inspire confidence, security, and energy. Color, light, and texture in living spaces can induce feelings of warmth and safety. Furniture for your belongings and a bed to sleep in improves your physical and mental well-being. Plants and flowers in the home improve and elevate mood.
We partner with local nonprofit organizations to identify individuals and families who are transitioning from a shelter, transitional living center, or who are aging out of the foster care system. Our goal is to transform their lives by transforming their living spaces with as many gently used items as possible, thereby lessening our environmental footprint.
In the Fall of 2025, Harmonious Home joined forces with the Underserved Communities Foundation (UCF) to maximize its potential and impact. Through this merger, Harmonious Home became a program of UCF, strengthening our ability to serve more families and create lasting change.
Harmonious Home helps prepare and design living spaces for clients who are moving from transitional homes or shelters to apartments or small homes.
The process of moving is hard enough, but a creative team of Harmonious Home designers, UCF staff and volunteers help facilitate a smooth transition.
The team thoughtfully:
In the end, clients are able to walk into well-designed and fully-furnished homes, giving them more time to focus on other aspects of rebuilding their lives. Harmonious Home is a program of The Underserved Communities Foundation (UCF) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community foundation, and donations are tax-deductible to the extent of the law.
Janet Kent Wechter founded El Paso-based Harmonious Home in 2022 to help people transition from homelessness to hopefulness by turning their new living spaces into safe, dignified, and inspiring homes.
Janet, owner of J Wechter Designs, has been designing and renovating residential and commercial interiors since 1995, She moved from Louisiana to El Paso in 1988. She is an enthusiastic world traveler, nature, art & music lover, hangs with her dogs, practices yoga and meditation and is an active community leader and lifelong learner.
Hannah was the very first intern to join Harmonious Home. A proud El Paso native, she holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture and Construction Management from the University of Texas at San Antonio and is currently employed at Martina Lorey Architects, Inc.
Passionate about helping others, Hannah is dedicated to using design as a tool to strengthen communities and improve quality of life.
Jennifer Alarcon is a Sr. Director for Client Service at ADP in El Paso where she drives client satisfaction, market growth, and strategic initiatives supporting talent and retention. Active in her community, she organizes an annual kickball tournament that has raised over $25K for local nonprofits. A past president of the El Paso SHRM chapter, she was selected for Leadership El Paso’s 45th class and has served on the UCF Board of Directors since January 2024.
Born and raised in El Paso, Jennfier holds a BBA and a SHRM-CP certification. She enjoys traveling, cooking, and spending time with her dogs, Charlie and Cain.
Diana has served as Executive Director of UCF since August 2021. She joined UCF to build the organization from the ground up, establishing its infrastructure, programs, partnerships, and sustainability. Under her leadership, UCF has expanded its reach and developed signature programs addressing critical service gaps in El Paso, Texas. From 2003 to 2021 she held leadership roles at YWCA El Paso del Norte Region, managing major divisions and overseeing grants.
Diana holds bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice, a Master of Public Administration, and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Governance from UTEP.
Harmonious Home partners with local nonprofit organizations and community agencies such as The Center Against Sexual and Family Violence and The MacGuire Center to identify clients who are emerging from shelters, transitional living centers (TLC’s) and the foster care system.
After receiving counseling, resources and maybe even temporary housing from these agencies, they set out to piece their lives back together, all the while juggling responsibilities like full-time jobs, school-age children, and elderly parents. A life-changing household move is hard on all families, but particularly, on strained families like this. Harmonious Home enters the picture here.
Harmonious Home is a program of the Underserved Communities Foundation (UCF) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community foundation, and donations are tax-deductible to the extent of the law.
Harmonious Home is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), and does not discriminate based on the basis of race, sex (or gender) or ability in its activities or programming.
Janet Kent Wechter founded El Paso-based Harmonious Home in 2022 to help people transition from homelessness to hopefulness by turning their new living spaces into safe, dignified, and inspiring homes. To make all this happen, Janet works with a crew of dedicated and talented volunteers, generous corporate partners and of course, local advocacy agencies. Learn more about how we make it happen HERE.
Janet, owner of J Wechter Designs, has been designing and renovating residential and commercial interiors since 1995, She moved from Louisiana to El Paso in 1988. She is an enthusiastic world traveler, nature, art & music lover, hangs with her dogs, practices yoga and meditation and is an active community leader and lifelong learner.
We collect new or gently-used furnishings* throughout each month. Just click the button below to email us and schedule an appointment.
*We cannot accept used mattresses, clothing or items that do not meet our criteria.
We believe in using products that lessen the impact of consumerism, and that decrease the amount of furniture and household goods that end up in our landfills.
We encourage repairing goods and are always on the lookout for these items in NEW or GENTLY-USED condition (cleaned and possibly used, but appear new and have no signs of wear and no flaws):
Ready to donate any of these items?
If you plan to volunteer, please download, print, sign and email the below forms to info@
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Harmonious Home works directly with advocacy and resource agencies, such as the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence and The MacGuire Center to identify clients.
Harmonious Home is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), and does not discriminate based on the basis of race, sex (or gender) or ability in its activities or programming.
Harmonious Home helps prepare and design living spaces for clients who are moving from transitional homes or shelters to apartments or small homes.
The process of moving is hard enough, but a creative team of Harmonious Home designers and volunteers help facilitate a smooth transition.
The team thoughtfully:
In the end, clients are able to walk into well-designed and fully-furnished homes, giving them more time to focus on other aspects of rebuilding their lives.
Donations come from people like you and from our very generous corporate partners.
Furniture, bedding, accessories, etc. that has been cleaned and possibly used, but appears new and has no signs of wear and no flaws.
Our clients are in the middle of a courageous transition when Harmonious Home enters the picture. In most cases, they are leaving behind a life of homelessness and/or domestic violence while holding or seeking a full-time job and carrying for dependents, such as young children and/or elderly parents.
They are learning how to live independently and gaining new life skills. Incredibly, many of them undergo this transformation while navigating the judicial system and/or other resources to protect them and their families, and sometimes while speaking English as a second language, if at all.
Harmonious Home removes the burden of setting up their new home living spaces. We thoughtfully furnish and design each room so that our clients feel that they can walk into retreats of tranquility. We want our clients to feel comfortable, safe and supported and work thoughtfully and diligently to achieve this. See some of the things our clients are saying here.
We deeply appreciate our community’s generosity and like to make it easy to accept help. You can donate new or gently used furniture, donate funds or donate time volunteering. For more details, go here.
Always! If you’re interested in volunteering to help us do things like unload furniture, arrange furniture in a home or even run some errands, please get in touch with us here.
It costs about $3,500, so every donation makes a difference!
Absolutely! A donation of $1,200 sponsors one bedroom. Find more info here.
