Colori Press www.colorichicago.com/ Listing of Colori's most recent press en-us CST]]> CST]]> www.colorichicago.com/ Domanus Interactive info@domanusinteractive.com info@domanusinteractive.com <![CDATA[ Tabletop Inspiration from Dining By Design ]]>
Colori Creates with Harrington for Dining By Design. Dining by Design, organized by DIFFA/Chicago (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) is one of the design world's most important fundraising events. DIFFA's Dining By Design brings together the best talents in the design world to create breathtaking three-dimensional dining installations. This unique fundraiser on behalf of DIFFA/Chicago has raised more than $5.5 million since the event's inception, and returns to Chicago every November at the celebrated Merchandise Mart.

Read More about the design of the Colori/Harrington Table: Painted Patchwork

There are still opportunities to go view all the tables:
DIFFA’S DINING BY DESIGN PUBLIC TABLE VIEWING Friday, November 6th; 10 AM-2 PM Browse the spectacular table creations and garner ideas to create beautiful dining environments in your own home. Open to the public with a $10 contribution per person to benefit DIFFA. Tickets can be purchased online at diffachicago.org or at the door. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Colori is down with V-O-C ]]>
Chicago's boutique paint shop launches new paint line this evening.

Nothing can transform a room faster than a new coat of paint. But did you know that in addition to that fantastic new color is the immediate addition of pollutant levels up to 1,000 times outdoor levels! EPA studies have shown that VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) emitted from traditional household paint result in your living room having 2 to 5 times more pollutants than the air outside.These elevated pollution levels can have significant health ramifications including: eye, nose, and throat irritation; headaches, allergic skin reaction, loss of coordination, nausea; damage to liver, kidney, and central nervous system and possibly cancer.

According to the Paint Quality Institute, VOCs are not just bad for your health, they are bad for the environment too. The industry group claims traditional paints make up 10% of the ozone depleting substances in the US.
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I had the pleasure of running into Michelle Quaranta, owner of Bucktown’s Colori Eco Paint Boutique, at a party last weekend, and she told me about a new line of super-smart, premium latex paint she’s introducing to the Chicago market at a launch party Thursday, Oct. 22 from 6–9 p.m. It’s called Mythic Paint, and she praises its durability and coverage (sans those nasty off-gassing VOCs, toxins, and odors of less eco-friendly options). Brush up on the 1,232 colors it comes in and meet Michelle and her team at the event. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Michelle Featured in CRAVE Chicago Guide ]]>
Colori and Michelle are honored to be listed in the first edition of the CRAVE Chicago Guide. CRAVE guides "connect urban gals to the sassiest, gutsiest, most inspiring people they need to know in town". The guide, only produced every two years lists 150 inspiring women entrepreneurs in the Chicagoland area. Look for the guide to come out in mid-November! ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Chicago's Very Own: Eco Friendly Paint ]]>
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If you haven’t checked out this year’s Smart Home at the Museum of Science and Industry, don’t do what I did last year, and keep putting it off until you miss it. From the photos I’ve seen, last year’s set-up was gorgeous, but from a decorating standpoint, not exactly surprising. So often green means tranquil, Zen-feeling interiors, with lots of white, wood, and earthy accoutrements. Don’t get me wrong—I love that look. But what was great about this year’s show was the bold color palette and rock-n-roll sensibility… well, in most of the rooms. Interior designer Michelle Fitzpatrick, (owner of the eco-friendly home shop Verde), who helped pull together the talent for last year’s show, was back on the case this year, putting lots of local vendors on display, from the salvaged motorcycle hubcap chandeliers by Ted Harris in the dining area to the low-VOC paint from Colori throughout the house. Nice to see green get a little sexed up.

—Gina Bazer ]]> CST <![CDATA[ People in Your Neighborhood ]]>
Michelle's dream of bringing C2 paint into the fashion lover's repertoire became a reality in May of 2006 when she launched Colori Eco Paint Boutique. Since its opening, the feisty "Queen of Color" has single handedly redefined the way people experience color when shopping for paint. In addition to owning and operating her store, she stays busy serving as a self proclaimed color therapist providing color consulting for interior designers, architects and homeowners alike. In 2009 Michelle was accepted into the prestigious Color Marketing Group- a not-for-profit, international association of 1,700 Color Designers. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ <i>Smart Home: Green + Wired</i> at Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry ]]>
March 19, 2009 - January 03, 2010

Colori's Michelle Quaranta, in close collaboration with Michele Fitzptrick of Verde Design Studio, consulted on the color scheme for the newly redesigned Museum exhibit Smart Home: Green + Wired, Powered by ComEd.

The Smart Home exhibit allows guests to tour the “Greenest Home in Chicago”— a real, functioning three-story, modular and sustainable “green” home that highlights unique eco-friendly products, technologies and home accessories for the 21st century. The exhibit, designed by Michelle Kaufmann Designs™ and built by All American Homes™, re-opened on March 19, 2009 and runs through Jan. 3, 2010.

Colori was honored to be part of the team of local Chicago artists and designers who contributed their talents by providing spectacular green products and elements from their collections. View Photos
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Suddenly working from home? Ditch the cubicle look and create an inspiring work space. Michelle Quaranta at Bucktown's Colori paint boutique suggests a wall color called Shale C2-483 by eco-friendly C2 paint. "It's a sophisticated, bold gray reminiscent of a power suit," she says. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Publisher's Note ]]>
With the holidays behind us, it's time to start shaking things up in the new year. I've been with Modern Luxury for some time, and I could not be more thrilled about taking the publishing helm here at CS Interiors. It's a move that's particularly fitting timewise, considering that while most people are headed to the gym for a short-lived January fitness regime, my wife and I are headed to the Mart for tile, fixtures and hand woven rugs. We're launching a top-to-bottom makeover in our Andersonville home, starting right now: sleek, new appliances by Wolf and Subzero from the Westye Group; eye-popping new colors for almost every room (with guidance from Colori's Michelle Quaranta); and a few pieces of well chosen furniture from Haute Living.

By: Luke Gibson ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Design Sources ]]>
Check out Colori's listing in the Design Sources: The Ultimate Guide to Chicago-Area Design Professionals
Chicago's own eco-friendly paint boutique offers customers a luxurious alternative to big-box stores' paint aisles. Designed as a color laboratory, the Wicker Park store features a paint bar where customers can enjoy a glass of wine or a cup of tea or coffee while their paint is being mixed. Colori sells C2 paint, including its new non-toxic LoVo collection (available in 496 colors), and allows customers to view paint chips under incandescent, fluorescent, and halogen lighting to make sure they've found the perfect shade. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Win C2 LoVo Paint and Custom Color from Colori-Chicago! ]]>
Today in our Holiday Giveaway we're pleased to present 2 gallons of C2 LoVo Paint and custom color from Colori-Chicago. Colori's C2 LoVo emits fewer VOC's than many of the leading paint manufacturers, reducing the level of ozone contaminants released into the atmosphere. Colori uses a 16-colorant European tinting system that results in richer, deeper and more environmentally-conscious colors that are unmatched in luminosity and depth. A custom color creation will ensure you get the exact color you've always wanted! ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Green Works! ]]>
After the new walls went up and some old walls came down, we had to think about the finishing touch — paint. I was very skeptical about this stage of green remodeling. I have painted with both high toxicity and low toxicity paints. My experience with the latter, low VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) materials had not been the greatest. I like deep tones and bright motivating colors in the work space, and get annoyed when it takes multiple coats to get where I want to go. However, I felt I owed it to the environment, the staff and the office dogs to make an effort on the low VOC front. So, one of my high-efficiency staff, Tim, got a hold of Michelle Quaranta at Colori Paint Boutique, colorichicago.com. Tim managed to chip off enough painted surface from the walls that had the colors we wanted to keep and bring it to Michelle. The old paint, I hate to admit, was what I purchased and used from a large home improvement chain about five or six years ago. It was terrible paint — stinky and it took a lot of coats to get the oranges, yellows and warm nutty colors. When the LoVo paint arrived from Colori, much to my surprise, we got the color we wanted — an exact match — in two coats. The two finishes we used, eggshell and semi-gloss, were exact replicas of the more “commercial” store finishes. The icing on the cake was there was very little odor other than a very feint ammonia-ish smell which went away as soon as the paint dried. It taught me a lesson: there is more paint in a gallon of LoVo paint than in a gallon of run-of the mill home improvement store paint. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Eco-Chic Home Guide ]]>
Located in the heart of Wicker Park, Colori Paint Boutique & color Lab combines passion for color with cutting edge technology to develop its one-of-a-kind, eco-friendly paint. This full service, yet affordable, paint boutique provides in-store and in-home color consultations by impassioned artists, color experts, and paint professionals. Colori is committed to providing the highest quality paint and color services while being dedicated to the environment. Whether it be a crisp cucumber green or an exotic Madagascar, you can be sure its a color that is good for you, your family, and the environment. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Black is the new black ]]>
"Black is no longer somber or serious. It's more avant guard and nonconformist. It looks intelligent," says Michelle Quaranta, owner of Colori Chicago. Farrow & Ball's newest shade of Pitch Black is fabulously intense, but Quaranta mixes her own perfect custom-black called Ominous. "It's a black-black- and engulfing, beautiful deep black. It's devious." If you want to cut the impact, start with one wall for a sleek focal point. Or, Quaranta recommends, go with a black that has blue or green undertones. "They look black at night but give off a hue during the day. They're really sexy." ]]> CST <![CDATA[ "Green Is Universal" with Ginger Zee ]]>
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Colori sponsored MoSS,an exhibit featuring clothing, accessories and furniture by local designers that demonstrate the beauty and innovation of sustainable design. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Women Speak Out About Their Role in the Industry ]]>
"If you're smart about business, it doesn't matter if you're male or female." Chicago retailer Michelle Quaranta, owner of Colori Chicago, might agree. Quaranta opened her boutique paint store in May 2006 without any preconceived notions about gender bias. It was her first job in the painting industry, and she hit the ground running. Like other survey respondents, Quaranta said she has had to work hard- "but not because of gender," she said. "When I entered the market in 2006, I was building two brands:My store's Colori and (a high-end brand), which I am still building. It's been a challenge to introduce a premium paint product that designers and painters are not at all familiar with." Quaranta believes it's important for young women entering the business to offer customers something other retailers aren't providing, whether that is a product or service. "You need to stand out and create a niche," she said. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Om at Home ]]>
Colori was listed as a local home improvement resource in Conscious Choice Magazine. In an article about "Soulful solutions to breathe new life into the way you live" they mention embracing color and brightening up your world. The article explains what a VOC is and why you should consider them with your next paint job. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Eco-Friendly Paint Boutique & Color Lab ]]>
Colori is an eco-friendly paint boutique and color lab that is the only of its kind in Chicago, carrying low-VOC paint such as C2 LoVo, Yolo Colorhouse, Faux Like A Pro and Modern Masters. Colori specializes in in-store and in-home color consultations, custom paint colors, color matching and the most healthy, gorgeous paint you can buy. Colori is a member of 1% for the Planet. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ True LoVo ]]>
Oh, you never thought it would happen to you. So perfect. So real. So right. (Your new paint color, that is.) Now you can get all starry-eyed over Colori paint boutique, the only Chicago store that sells C2 Paint’s new LoVo line, a collection of nontoxic, low-VOC paints that are virtually odor-free. (VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, ruin our ozone and contribute to indoor pollutants.) Smaller-than-norm, 16-oz sampler cans and oversize 18-by-24-in poster-size paint chips (that avoid sampling altogether) mean less waste on the hunt for a perfect hue. Plus C2 Paints come in 496 colors - more than any other low-VOC paint brand - as well as custom options to help you find, you know…The One. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Go Green During Earth Month ]]>
This is an Earth Day event to launch new unlimited eco-friendly paint line, LoVo & to celebrate all things sustainable and eco-friendly! We are anticipating having the following other businesses supporting the event: Goose Island's 312, CRUST, the first certified organic restaurant in Chicago, raw foods, bio-dynamic wines, chair massage offerings, green grocers, etc. in addition to launching a low-VOC line of healthy paint, called "LoVo"!

What: Earth Day Launch Party
When: Tuesday, April 22 (Earth Day) 6:00-9:00pm
Where: Colori--2243 w. North Ave. Chicago, IL
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Colori's Tangerine (C2-104) was featured in an article about Grow, a modern kid's boutique in East Village. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Swatch Theory ]]>
Looking for a new hue? Experts say color can affect your mood. "Color really does affect you," said Michelle Quaranta, owner of Bucktown paint store Colori. "Especially in the dead of winter, you need color to make you happier." Quaranta, who playfully calls herself a "color therapist," can find joy in something as simple as a vibrant mango salad—whipped up in her red kitchen. RedEye asked Quaranta to clear up some of the fears and misconceptions that often stump her customers. Check out her color analysis of dark colors, yellows, reds, and ceiling colors. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Best of Chicago Design ]]>
This issue features The best of Chicago Design in which design obsessed people love to talk about their favorite places to get stuff and their favorite sources for expert services. Whether it concerns a cornice, a coffee table, a light fixture, or a sound system, there's just something satisfying about giving a friend a good tip. Jessica LaGrange lists Colori Chicago as the place in Chicago to get eco-friendly paint.

Also check out Colori's listing in the Chicago Design Resources:
Natural light spills into this Wicker Park shop, which invites customers to relax at the "paint bar" while their colors churn together. Its the only place in town to find C2 paint, a line that includes such hues as the rich brown Death by Chocolate and the gray-blue Slinky. Owner Michelle Quaranta also carries zero-VOC paint by Yolo Colorhouse, metallic paints by Modern Masters, and brushes by Corona. Quaranta offers in-store and in-home color consultations. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ YOLO Paints Exclusively in Chicago ]]>
YOLO Colorhouse® stands for premium, environmentally responsible paint products with a user-friendly color palette. Colori, the only paint boutique in Chicago to carry the environmentally-friendly paint, invites you to stop by and shop this newly added product. Colori was featured at Greenbuild 2007 in the new McCormick Place West Building, where they announced the addition at the YOLO Colorhouse Booth.The YOLO palette of 40 hues, all of which are zero-voc paint, are specifically designed for interiors and inspired by the natural world. Shop colors grouped by earthly elements, such as stone and air. Plus, YOLO says that each color is designed to be a rich backdrop for comfortable living, adding a sense of depth to interior spaces. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Paint the Town FLOR ]]>
Colori was featured as a case study in FLOR Catalogue, which sells inspired modular floor coverings. "FLOR's gorgeous selection, high quality and durability aligns perfectly with my store's main product- luxurious, hand- crafted C2 paint. And it's so much fun- we customize colors for our clients all the time and have even customized paint to perfectly match our clients' FLOR tiles!" FLOR in a paint store like this is a perfect marriage in many ways. We like to imagine people milling about on these HousePet rugs, matching paint swatches with FLOR samples, planning perfect new spaces. And FLOR's also up to the messier side of paint planning: the occasional paint spill. Individual FLOR tiles pick up for cleaning or for affordable replacement. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Color Trends for 2008 ]]>
Want your next dinner guests to swoon over your Quahog dining room? Your Chipotle kitchen? Your Cocoon foyer? What do all these words mean? They’re the hot new colors for the home in 2008! Creating a more personalized home starts with the colors we splash on the walls. According to Michelle Quaranta-Herzog, local color expert and owner of Colori Paint & Color Boutique, Chicagoans are better embracing vibrant colors, such as reds, oranges and yellows.
The newest and perhaps most en vogue trend is one that, for the most part, avoids color all together, yet can be of the highest sophistication. You guessed correctly if you said --white, the most oft-avoided color for homes. Pairing white hues with a high-contrast color, like black, will give a room a mature and refined look. Paints like C2, the brand Colori carries, are not afraid to push the new white obsession. While expanding the white palette, some have even pushed the color to the top of the fan decks, highlighting them first to customers, according to Quaranta-Herzog. White creates a simple, yet sophisticated environment and gives a crisp and clean feeling to any room that houses the color. Expert pick is one of many popular colors requested at Colori from Michelle Quaranta-Herzog, owner and local color expert. Shown is Cocoon. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Calming Color Combos ]]>
Most spas choose colors such as warm neutrals around which they'll base their decor. Why? "These colors are very restful," explains Michelle Quaranta-Herzog, Chicago's color expert and owner of Colori paint boutique in Bucktown. "Browns are very earthy and make us feel safe while whites are clean, fresh and pure."If earthy isn't your thing, stick with soothing pastels in your spa bathroom. Using primary colors - which can be beautifully vibrant - is much more energizing. Though exciting, this isn't the effect you want in a calming retreat.
Tips & Ideas
-In bathrooms, especially where you apply your makeup, Quaranta-Herzog recommends using colors that complement your skin - flattering yellow-pink-blue undertones. Hold a paint chip next to your face to choose a color that best suits you.

-When painting with different colors, choose similar tones. This will enhance the harmony in the space, whereas too-different colors can have an incoherent - and hence unsettling - effect.

-If you'd like to break away from traditional blue, Quaranta-Herzog likes using wonderfully calm and relaxing green. Not only is it emotionally balancing, but its elements also connect us to nature.

-While red is certainly a hot color, there's a reason you won't see it in spas. Red is the color with the longest wavelength and shortest frequency, so it is very intense and stimulating rather than relaxing. Don't do it. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Our Favorites ]]>
Designed as a boutique color laboratory, Bucktown's upscale Colori takes the pain out of painting by providing a luxurious yet fun environment for its customers. Colori is the only boutique of its kind in the world because it is the first showcase store for the internationally acclaimed C2 paint. With 496 paint colors to choose from, Colori offers a beautifully complex and subtle palette, created by a team of expert designers, colorists and paint professionals, one color at a time.
In addition to providing top-quality, high-end paint, Color also offers several other stand-out services:
-View paint swatches under various light boxes that simulate natural & artificial light, helping guarantee a perfect color match when you get home.
-Take advantage of the paint bar where you can enjoy a glass of wine or a cup of coffee while your paint is mixed.
-Take home a massive 18-by-24-inch Ultimate Paint Chip and don't worry about messy testing & repainting sections of your wall to select a paint color.
-Utilize Colori's custom color matching service, thanks to their database for several other major paint companies.
-Ask on-site colorists and artists for their expert opinions when you're truly stumped by the seemingly endless selection.
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The cash register bell rings twice for Michelle Herzog every time she sells a can of C2 brand paint at her new boutique, Colori, in Bucktown. As a shareholder in the company that produces the paint and the owner of the first business to deal exclusively in C2, Herzog aims to build a brick-and-mortar business while increasing her company's stock. The title of shareholder also gives her a shot every year at serving on the committee that names the company's paint varieties. Hot Tamale, James Brown, and Al Green are just a few of the nontraditional monikers the group has assigned its colors. Some of the food and drink aficionados in the company have provided labels such as curry, tiramisu, margarita and blue moon, she said. "They just sit around and drink wine and come up with different color names," she said. Opened in May at 2243 W. North, Colori sports a modern design that combines chemistry lab with artist's studio. Herzog said the boutique is illuminated with special bulbs that simulate daylight common to most people's homes. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Colori Me Red: American Heart Association Soiree ]]>
Guests were dripping in red- from red Converse sneakers to sexy dresses to scarves and red-striped socks as they celebrated at Michelle Herzog’s Colori paint and design boutique benefiting the American Heart Association’s, Go Red for Women fundraiser. The atmosphere was enhanced by red lighting, art installations with light boxes and red paint and included bouquets of exotic deep red flowers by Jayson Home & Garden, FLOR’s deep red carpet tiles embraced the red theme from the ground up and a Red beta fish named Fez, after a C2 paint color, brought the color red to life. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Open for Business: Paint it Red ]]>
"My appetite has picked up like crazy lately, and now I know why," says Michelle Herzog, owner of Colori. The paint and design boutique will host a party in honor of the color red on February 1, and for the occasion, Herzog has gussied up the store's walls in Diva, Bang!, Lip Service and Vixen--all variants of the shade of honor. "Red stimulates appetite," Herzog explains, "so it's a great color to use in the dining room." Such colorful insights have earned Herzog nicknames like "Color Therapist" and the "Oracle of Color." But before she was crowned with a rainbow of tiaras, Michelle was on a decidedly less eye-catching career path. After accompanying her father to his road-construction sites as a child, Herzog founded her own construction company in 1999. Michelle noticed a gap in the market when she started seeking a color for her bathroom walls: "I must've tried ten different greens," she remembers. "It was so hard to see what the paint would look like based on a sample of printer's lacquer." When a friend introduced her to C2 Collections of Color, a company that offers samples made of real paint, Michelle's color woes were over and the idea for a new business was born. With the aim to "make buying paint fashionable and fun, like shopping for shoes," Michelle opened Colori last May. The store features a light box with halogen, incandescent and fluorescent lights (so customers can see paint in different intensities of light), a paint bar where customers can sip coffee while their order is prepared, and a children's area for the wee patrons. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Painting the town red with purpose ]]>
Yes, indeed, there are all kinds of reasons to throw a party. Colori, an upscale paint boutique in Bucktown, is “celebrating the color red” at a special pre-Valentine’s Day, in-store event from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday Colori Me Red, as the event is named, is free and open to the public. The event includes color readings for guests by Nourhy Chiriboga (owner of NOW Studio in Bucktown and the resident holistic healer); models wearing giant paint chips with accessories by Akira (another Bucktown business); gift bags; and food mainly by ZKF (a casual dining restaurant, also in the neighborhood). All through this week, 10 percent of purchases made at Colori will be donated to Go Red For Women, the American Heart Association’s movement to fight heart disease in women. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ WGN News Feature Video ]]>
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Colori Chicago is a sleek premium paint “bar,” where you can plop your color-weary self down near one of four light boxes that simulate natural and artificial light and pick your color from a spectrum created by designers for designers. The high-end paint is from C2, the brushes are Corona, and the 18-by-24-inch paint chips represent colors in actual paint, not ink. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ 9 home/design stores to watch in 2007 ]]>
#6 Michelle Herzog, owner of Bucktown paint and design boutique Colori, 2243 W. North Ave., 773- 252-4923. She’s been called Chicago’s Color Expert and the Queen of Color, but Michelle Herzog, owner of Bucktown paint boutique Colori says she’s really more like a color therapist. “Everyone has their colors and what they like, I just try to help them figure out what they want,” she says. “I don’t force my color tastes on anybody.” Herzog’s goal, she says, is to make the process of painting and choosing colors less scary for people. Hence the beverage bar and welcoming atmosphere at Colori, which opened in May. To take the “color ambassador” role one step further, Herzog will host a string of events at Colori in 2007 focusing on colors and their histories and including painting how-tos. "I just want to get people really interested in color," she says. The first event, 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 1, looks at red. ]]> CST <![CDATA[ Paint boutique serves up color, coffee too ]]>
Maybe it’s the gleaming white beverage bar or the finger paints in the children’s area or the superchic vertical string shades covering a display wall of paint cans. But all visual cues indicate this is no ordinary paint store. Recently opened in Bucktown, Colori is a paint boutique. It’s the brainchild of Michelle Herzog, a former road construction contractor who had a heck of a time finding/picking paint colors for her home and ended up finding her way into the upscale paint business. “I wanted to make it a more comfortable envionment” and experience, Herzog says of the paint choosing/buying process. And thus, the paint bar where customers can sip coffee or lemonade while their orders are being mixed. And the light box with halogen, incandescent and fluorescent bulbs so customers can really see what a paint color looks like under different lights. And the children’s area complete with DVDs, coloring books and juice boxes to keep the little ones entertained during all this. Colori carries only one brand of paint , C2 Collections of Color, a premium line collection was developed by The Coatings Alliance, a group of independent paint retailers whose members are located in the U.S. and Canada.C2 offers 496 colors in four finishes (a washable flat, eggshell, satin and semigloss) plus custom colors. Gallons run $27.99 to $57.99 a can. Quarts start at $17.99. Sample cans ($8 a can, including custom colors) are generously sized at 16 ounces. But perhaps the biggest boon for customers caught in the choosing-stage is the store’s Ultimate Paint Chips. They’re poster-board size — 18-by-24 inch swatches of color ($6 each) made with real paint (not printer’s inks). ]]> CST <![CDATA[ True Colors ]]>
Painting interiors can be such a drag until you go to Michelle Herzog's Colori-Chicago. Carrying only one line of paint, the premium C2 line from The Coatings Alliance, this flagship store redefines the way people approach painting. "We want to have fun while designing our living spaces," says Herzog. After you've picked your perfect color, have a seat at the paint bar and sip on some lemonade or glass of wine while your mix gets made. On site tools include a light box to help yo
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