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Colour your stocking this Christmas
With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve been looking for imaginative ideas for colourful gifts that are locally made using Resene paint. Here are a ... more
Krissy and Stefan find their extraordinary balance
Homeowners Krissy and Stefan faced a very familiar story when it came to renovating their 1920s bungalow in the character-filled suburb of Westmere, Auckland. The ... more
Colour your bathroom bigger
Small bathrooms can be a tricky design challenge – and probably one of the most common. The good news is colour choice can make a ... more
Rod and Heather’s captivating Cape Cod cottage
With its cape-cod style architecture and fresh blue Resene French Pass exterior, Heather and Rod Claycomb’s Sand Dollar Cottage in Matarangi is a real head-turner. more
Spring pastels
Resene Pale Rose Resene Pale Rose is a delicate old fashioned cherry blossom pink.
Resene Pale Rose
Resene FogResene Fog is a delicate tint of lilac, soft and ephemeral.
Resene Scandal Resene Scandal is a clean transparent blue.
Resene Scandal
HOMEmade recap: Karl and Ida’s mid-century makeover
Ida and Karl’s 1950s home had great bones but it ... more
Philippa charts her love of nature
It’s no surprise Philippa Bentley’s art is inspired by nature. ... more
Miss Lolo has released the first accent colour in her ... more
Upcycling guru Sarah Heeringa has been busy with yet more ... more
Make this easy vertical Christmas tree shelf. You can either ... more
On trend: Peach to pomegranate
Shades of pink and wine are always among current design trends, but there is a whole spectrum of shades within those two colours that allow ... more
Helen and Ian’s bold coastal garden
There was no staying neutral for Helen and Ian Ivess when they made over their home exterior and garden. Instead of the common restrained palette ... more
Harriet’s dreamy scheme for a rebuilt farm ...
Charged with decorating a Waikato country cottage, designer Harriet Di Maio opted for a palette of soft heritage colours, reminiscent of those found in English ... more
On trend: The return of red
Red, with all its associations of passion, power and personality, is a colour we come back to again and again in our preferred design trends. ... more
Rebecca and Sean swap 70s beige for ...
When Sean and Rebecca set about making over their solid 1970s brick home it was an all-beige blank canvas from top to toe, both inside ... more
Lara and Isaac’s artful and magical makeover
The day after Lara Bui and Isaac Weston bought their 1970s home in Matua, Bay of Plenty, in 2010 they launched into a renovation with ... more
On trend: go natural
While there are plenty of trends about at the moment that focus on bold saturated colours or edgy deep shades, there’s another contrasting trend toward ... more
Sustainable home lets the colours flow
Using a colour consultant helped the owners of this new build in Kapiti decorate their home in a way that reflects its wetland surroundings, which ... more
On trend: warm white 3 ways
It’s been a classic of the home decorating for as long as most of us remember – Resene Spanish White. Along with its close cousin, ... more
Marcelle and Simon’s colour-lover’s villa
When advertising executive Marcelle Baker came to designing the interior of her renovated, century-old villa in Onehunga, Auckland, colour was key in the form of ... more
Go beachy chic Hamptons-style
Mention the Hamptons as an interior decor style and most people will probably envisage the huge houses and glamorous parties as represented by any number ... more
Stylists’ colour loves
When the new Resene The Range fashion fandeck 20 was launched recently we asked some of our stylists to pick their favourite colours. These stylists ... more
David and Cheryl go from ordinary to ...
When David and Cheryl Aitken bought their Stanley Pt home on Auckland’s North Shore in 1988 it was a modest home but in a stunning ... more
On trend: Laundry love
The laundry is not the sexiest room in the house, often overlooked in favour of kitchens and bathrooms when it comes to spaces that are ... more
Sonia creates a live-in work of art
This 1960s architecturally designed house in Cronulla, New South Wales, has been given much more than a facelift with a new coat of paint. Sonia ... more
On trend: Shaping up
Do you have a large expanse of white wall? Or a square box room with few architectural features? Good news! They make the perfect blank ... more
