Color can be used most anywhere in your home, but in Grand Rapids Michigan, at the home of the Zohreh Daly, color is being used where most people wouldn't think. The threshold. Click through the jump for tips on doing this look yourself and a few more photos of her colorful interior.
Zohreh gave us a few pointers on the precision painting of the letters on her threshold. "It's really easy! Just print out your name in a large font on regular paper. Shade the back of the page with a soft pencil (like a 4B). Flip onto whatever you want to paint. Trace. Take small brush and paint in letters. Let dry. Clean pencil off. Easy!"
The choices of accessories, flowers and color of furniture play nicely off each other in this easy-on-the-eyes dining room.
Her living room has neutral walls which allow the furniture to be the focal points in the room.
The vibrant colors are continued outside on the sun porch, an area often forgot about. But not here, this porch would be a great place to hang out and enjoy the fall weather.
Thanks Zohreh for sharing your hard work with us!
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gorgeous blues and greens together
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That threshold is so sweet. Just really perfect and delightful.
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love that threshold! sucha good idea!
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Can anyone name that paint color in the dining room? It's exactly what I've been looking for to go on my ceilings!
view ephilides's profile
"Celadon Pottery" from Valspar. Now be forewarned, it's almost a Tiffany Box blue in the evening! That is why I am going to repaint it "Vintage Map" when I get off my butt. . .someday.
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everything is so pretty and i love the picture above the mantel!
view stitcher's profile
Lovely. What's the color in the living room? That;s the exact color I've been looking for now for ages for MY living room!
view ebj123's profile
What a cheerful looking place.
view hrhprincessfiona's profile
This tip for applying the name to the threshold is exactly how my older sister and I used to forge our parent's signatures on school papers!
:) We were so good at being so bad!
view RedEngine88's profile
The living room color is called "Linen" from Valspar (it's in one of the signature collections but I forgot which one!). :-D
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What beautiful colors to combat the dreary Michigan winters.
Can anyone tell me where I can get those great green chairs in the living room?
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I love that painted threshold! I am totally going to do that to mine.
view kuroneko's profile
that is such a fabulous idea (the threshold)...I am totally going to copy!
view hanako66's profile
Could you give the name of the white paint in the living room (on and above the fireplace)? It's a nice shade--doesn't look like a pure white.
view redmakesmehappy's profile
I really like this house. Excellent choices in color and decoration.
view Cynthia in SF's profile
love what you have done with those wonderful colors!
view sassydo's profile
The fireplace was already painted and I haven't touched it. I'm sorry, but I haven't a clue of the color! :-( I can try to match it if you want.
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The dining room color looks like what I have in my bedroom...I used Benjamin Moore's Aura paint in Thunderbird. It's awesome and I love it. Also love the Aura line as I had to paint over a dark burgundy wall and it handled it, no problem, in two coats.
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Zohreh, do you recall where you got the green occasional chairs in your living room? They look so familiar, I believe I've seen them in a beige/oatmeal color in the past.
Thanks
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Cubanbee, those green chairs are actually from Ikea's clearance section. I think I got them in 2005 and so they're probably out by now. Personally, I am sick of them and hopefully I will get something more comfy. :-) Thank you though!
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