10 Mar 2025
The latest Resene Total Colour Awards winners have been announced at a colourful evening as part of Auckland Design Week. With a wide range of creative and colourful projects from…
08 Jul 2024
As the experts in colour forecasting, the Color Marketing Group (CMG) use their passion for colour to bring us the latest trends and influences from different hues. Along with your…
11 Mar 2024
Colour plays a pivotal role in creating atmosphere, defining spaces and evoking emotions within our built environments. While many popular light, understated and nature-inspired Resene paint colours are easy to…
11 Sep 2023
The beginning of spring is hugely energising, and it’s the time of year that many clients are inspired to embark upon new projects. The start of spring is also a…
26 Apr 2023
Whether recommending them or painting with them, your Resene team know a thing or two about Resene paint colours. It can be hard to choose a favourite when you’re around…
17 Apr 2023
While not every colour that becomes a hit in the fashion world trickles down into the architecture and interior design spheres, fashion is undoubtedly the primary influencer of decorating colour…
14 Feb 2023
A new series has launched this week on TVNZ+ on HEIHEI featuring young artists rising to the challenge of creating public art for their communities. Combining art, design, animation, teamwork,…
18 Jan 2023
Once the summer holidays have passed, it’s common for clients to approach designers looking for a change – especially if they spent their days off at home or at the…
08 Dec 2022
Artist and environmental advocate Vanessa Barclay has used a range of Resene colours to make her worldly mural stand out amongst the otherwise concrete surroundings.
As one of the winners in…
08 Nov 2022
There are some circumstances where it makes sense to pick classic colours that will stand the test of time, but there are just as many other situations where your design…
29 Sep 2022
Looking to introduce colour into your home this summer? Go boldly down the rabbit hole with Resene’s The Range fashion colours, showcased in NZ House & Garden magazine’s surrealist feature.…
30 Sep 2021
Here in New Zealand and Australia we love our pets – in fact we have some of the highest pet ownership statistics in the world. There’s no better time to…
06 Aug 2021
As much as we’d like to believe that white is a ‘one size fits all’ colour choice, it can actually be one of the hardest hues to specify. While Resene…
16 Feb 2021
If you’ve been in the design game awhile now, you might find yourself lucky enough to have one of those clients that trusts your recommendations completely. It can be a…
03 Dec 2020
If there's one room in the house where imagination rules, it's in a child's bedroom. Leave rules and restraint at the door - Resene has a wide range of fun…
15 Jun 2020
For several years, the Sandringham community group SPiCE (Sandringham Project in Community Empowerment) had been lobbying for an upgrade of Sandringham reserve, which was a seldom used, bland park in…
25 Jun 2015
Faced with a house that looks like something from Hobbiton, it soon became obvious that we would have to forego its fading retro charms and opt for a more contemporary…
08 Nov 2016
There are certain factors that can inspire a person’s creativity. Like living in the middle of nowhere with no shops, no cell phone coverage and, until recently, no WiFi access.
When…
18 Jan 2017
Do you have a favourite summery art print at home or the bach? Maybe you picked up a quirky print or piece of retro beachy art while you were on…
16 Feb 2017
For those always on the lookout for creative projects to share with their kids, parenting site Kiwi Families has a whole lot of fun DIY ideas that are perfect for the whole…
12 Jul 2018
Blissful bedrooms
Often the first rooms we try experimenting with colour are the bedrooms – maybe because they are safely tucked out of sight in case we make a mistake. Creative homeowner and…
02 Aug 2018
This easy-to-make cat tree will be your cat’s new favourite hide out – and by using contemporary Resene colours to paint it, the tree will look good in your home…
18 Oct 2018
Take an old children’s table and turn it into a fun and tactile sensory board. Then team it with some stools painted to look like donuts!
Sarah Herring shows us how.
For…
26 Nov 2019
Now that summery weather is finally upon us, it’s the perfect time to roll up your sleeves and get stuck into some of those projects that have been gnawing away…
11 Dec 2019
Add a your own creative twist to a shop-bought art print using a few Resene testpots to bring fun colour and personalisation to any room of your home.
You will need:
Framed…
11 Mar 2020
It was only after spending years as a journalist with TVNZ and the Seven and Ten Networks in Australia that Wilson Owen picked up a paint brush at 68 years…