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All about receiving full ( J l l t l S service · EomeL HOW people buy homes · WHY pe0pie buv homes The truth about real estate marketing · H HQ to save QW W jo sav time, monev and effort Mary-Anne Milovcin shows off the many choices available at the new concept store being opened by Color Your World on Wyecroft Road just east of Dorval Drive. The book is FR EE! CALL N O W ! (905)847-6554 T O * THE PLACE TO GO WHEN YOU NEED TO KNOW! A new Color Your World concept By Nancy Alexander SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER n the w ords o f C olor Your W orld's retail direc tor, "you can go anyw here and get a can o f paint, but we w ant you to be able to com plete the w hole decor project w ithout having to leave the store". That, in a nutshell, is the guiding philosophy behind the new concept stores being opened by Color Your W orld across Canada. In O akville, a bright, spacious one-stop decor centre has opened on W yecroft Road w here do-ityourself decorators can select paints and w all coverings, to fabrics and hardw are, all under one roof. "The sam e person w ho serves you in the paint departm ent can help you m ake selections throughout the store," explains national retail director H elen Mullett. "Our goal is to serve all the custom er's needs, no m atter w hat the decorating project." W hether that custom er is a do-it-yourselfer who ju st needs the raw m aterials to get started, or someone more inclined to use the store's new shop-at-hom e "H ouse Calls" service, the goal is to sim plify any hom e decorating job. "If you're the type who w ants to take hom e some paint and ready-m ade drapes, no problem ," says Mullett. "But if you're interested in a m ore custom ·look, we can com e to your hom e. We have 40 decorating consultants across C anada who will com e to your hom e free o f charge." Either way, C olor Your W orld has tried to take the guess w ork out o f decorating by introducing a new Language o f C olor system w hich helps cus tom ers coordinate all o f their decorating choices. It w orks like this. The entire paint and w all covering selection is divided into four groups '^TT'IVT A M A JVJlilAl IVJLfTULlA I based on hue, tone and m ood--"warm", "calm", "vibrant" and "fresh"-- each tagged with its own symbol. C ustom ers then sim ply have to m atch the sym bols on different products to easily pull together a coordinated room. O nce they have decided on the "feel" they w ant for a particular room , they can select a "portfolio" (one o f over 100 in stock) to take hom e for only $ 1.99. The portfolios are essentially m ini decorating kits w hich contain paint chips, w allpaper and bor der sam ples, as w ell as fabric sw atches-- all color coordinated according to the Language o f Color system. A nother clever, new elem ent introduced by C olor Your W orld' is its com puterized Color V isualization system w hich the com pany refers to as "a grow n-up version o f painting by num bers". U nlike other decorating softw are on the m ar ket w hich show s only paint, this system allows clients to com bine all products including paint, w allcovering, borders and fabrics. O nce decor decisions have been finalized, A C olor Your W orld salej rep can print out a com plete personalized shopping list, item izing all of the chosen products, patterns and color inform a tion. A n added bonus to C olor Your W orld's new one-stop decorating system is its selection o f area rugs created to coordinate w ith in-store goods. In addition to the retail, the new C olor Your W orld stores have paid special attention to the needs o f their residential/contractor custom ers w ho paint and decorate for a living. 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