Life + Style - 18 February 2022

Wall and trims in Resene Black White, checkerboard floor in Resene Black White and Resene Triple Black White. Project by Annick Larkin, image by Bryce Carleton.

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While hopping on to the latest trend can be tempting, not having to redecorate every few years is a goal for many homeowners.

But how do you keep your spaces from going stale?

Beginning with a strong base built with timeless classic colours is important if you want your interior scheme to last. Luckily, Resene has the Classics Collection and the Resene The Range Whites and Neutrals collection which provide a wide breadth of classic paint colours that are perfect for any home.

Long enduring colours include blues, greens, greys, reds, blacks and whites and will serve you well as a starting point. Try these ideas for cultivating a classic scheme in these hues that’ll keep your home looking fresh for years to come.

Blues

Blue is a hue that will never go out of fashion, inside or out. Consistently considered to be the most popular colour in the world, it brings a calming and elegant feel to any room or exterior.

Plus, it comes in so many tones that it’s impossible not to find one that you like.

If you are looking to create a chic look that you could put a nautical spin on, try classic coastal blues like Resene Breathless, Resene Solitude, Resene Duck Egg Blue and Resene Breeze. If you are after a more regal environment, darker blues and navy can help make that magic happen. Reach for Resene Indian Ink, Resene Bunting, Resene Dark Knight and Resene Coast.

Denim blues – those with grey undertones – are the perfect pick for outdoors. If you have an older

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home, particularly if it’s a weatherboard cladded villa, you can’t go wrong with shades like Resene Inside Back, Resene Dusted Blue or Resene Hammerhead trimmed with Resene Half Sea Fog, Resene Half Merino or Resene Alabaster.

Greens

Greens can offer so much to a space. Although often looked over as an ‘in-your-face’ colour, greens can be soothing and bring a natural aspect to the game. From dark greens to pale, neutral greens there is something for every space and every person in the Classics Collection.

Bathrooms look amazing with deep-toned green feature walls that add warmth to a typically clinical area. Try Resene Palm Green, Resene Permanent Green or Resene Forest Green. Light greens are able to offer a tranquil feeling and are coupled with the idea of a spa or beauty salon. They work well in living rooms and bedrooms to ensure your environments made for relaxing, do just that. ‘Go to’ classic light greens include Resene Spanish Green, Resene Pewter, Resene Bud and Resene Coriander.

Greys

A colour that has had a significant resurgence in the last decade is grey. With so many options available, you can easily repaint your walls with a grey that suits your current furniture and home décor.

Deeper greys work well with contrasting furniture in whites, blacks and gold as they become a part of the setting. Deep greys to try are Resene Armadillo, Resene Quarter Gravel and Resene Half Baltic Sea. Lighter greys are perfect to give a clean look to a room without using white. These lighter greys allow you to be a bit more adventurous with your décor

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and furniture colours. If you have warmer toned pieces try a similar toned light grey like Resene Triple Ash, Resene Half Linen and Resene Half Tana. If your furniture is in cooler tones, reach for cool greys like Resene Iron, Resene Quarter Rakaia, and Resene Surrender.

Reds

The popularity of red is everlasting.

So many people enjoy having red in their homes because of the way it adds energetic warmth to a space, bringing liveliness and passion along with it.

For a timeless look, try traditional reds with light to mid toned taupe browns or grey browns such as Resene Dynamite with Resene Schooner or Resene Mondo. Or bring it into a living room with a feature wall in a deep and fearless red like Resene Hot Chile, Resene Pohutukawa and Resene Red Oxide for a dramatic look. Red browns also provide moody emotions that can work well in a home office or a living room. Think Resene Redwood, Resene Pioneer Red and Resene Desperado paired with Resene Settlement, Resene Brown Pod or Resene Half Secrets for three completely different looks.

Red is also a classic option for a front door.

Try a statement red like Resene Jalapeno or Resene Red Berry with weatherboards in Resene Bastille for contrast and extra drama.

Choose Resene Enamacryl waterborne enamel for a durable high gloss sheen or opt for Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss waterborne enamel to get the same durability in a lower sheen.

Blacks

Dramatic and timeless, black is about as classic as colours come. While true blacks can be difficult to work with in our lighting as they will often end up looking washed out, softer charcoal blacks, near-black greys and inky blue-blacks are great options for creating a sophisticated scheme such as Resene Jaguar, Resene Nocturnal, Resene Foundry and Resene Indian Ink.

Whites

Saving the most classic for last, whites have been around for centuries and will continue to be around for centuries more.

They lend a clean and simple look to any room and work wonderfully with literally any other colour you can imagine.

Whether you want all crisp white walls or a slightly warmer tone, look to the Resene The Range Whites and Neutrals collection for favourite whites that you’ll love for as long as they’re on your walls.

Cool whites are crisp and can make a space look modern, fresh and clean. To get the look, try timeless options like Resene Half Black White, Resene Quarter Sea Fog, Resene Quarter Merino and Resene Half Alabaster.

If you prefer a warmer space, go for Resene Rice Cake or Resene Eighth Spanish White which have soft and creamy undertones.

Walls in Resene Juniper, floor finished in Resene Colorwood Mid Greywash, headboard in Resene Dover White, bench in Resene Balderdash. Project by Annick Larkin, image by Bryce Carleton.

For more ideas and inspiration see your local Resene ColorShop or use the room and colour filter at: www.habitatbyresene.co.nz to search for the colour inspiration for your home.

Trust a Resene Eco.Decorator to do your job just right!

When it comes to your decorating projects it helps to know you’ve got the right painter for the job as well as the right paint.

So when you choose the services of an approved Resene Eco.Decorator you can be sure that the paintwork will be just as good as the paint.

Visit ecodecorator.co.nz to find out more.

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Painted fences and exterior walls

Fences and walls can be unsightly, but we all need that bit of privacy for outdoor living so how best to camouflage these structures - turning them into a plus rather than a minus? Black is the on-trend colour for fences and walls and is particularly effective with green foliage. Climbing plants are an easy option and we are lucky to have a large range of tropical, semitropical and hardy varieties to choose from.

Evergreens are a great choice for year-round appeal but beware, some climbers can be rather rampant so ask your garden centre for advice for your situation.

Planting in pots

Add versatility and ‘wow’ appeal to gardens large and small. Pots lend instant colour, provide a focal point in the garden and tie in the architecture of the house to the garden. You can use single large containers for outdoor decoration, but also consider arranging groups of pots, both small and large - on stairways, terraces, patios and outdoor sitting areas.

Bee-friendly gardens

If you thought red or yellow was a bee’s favourite flower colour, guess again. They actually see flowers in the blue and purple colour spectrum better than other hues and are naturally attracted to them.

Interestingly, flowers in the blue-purple range produce the most nectar. Bees like flowers that are single with open, simple flat shapes or clusters of tiny flowers, rather than ruffled frilly double flowers – they enable bees to enter them easily to feed.

Raised container vege gardening

Many people are looking for alternative vege growing options and the Vegepod is great if you’re renting or are wanting to set up a small productive,

low-care garden. Away from the ground and pests, veggie health is ensured with the self-watering technology. Perfect for beginners! Herbs, cherry tomatoes, capsicums, chillis and leafy greens are a sure-fire win.

Outdoor art

Outdoor art can transform your garden. Strategically placed pieces add texture and increase the ‘wow’ factor with very little effort. They are a long-term investment in your garden, undercover areas, patios and decks. You can choose from a myriad of different options. Specially-treated canvases and artwork are readily available along with pottery, metal, natural fibres etc all contributing to making your garden innovative and exciting.

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Building boom Price rises, supply shortages and labour constraints – the current news headlines are intimidating for anyone wanting to build or renovate their home right now.

Timber is in short supply, GIB and other vital products have to be ordered many months in advance, and fixed price building contracts are all but a thing of the past. So is the stress of building still worth it?

“House prices are through the roof at the moment,” points out Charlie Dow, director of Coast NZ Construction Limited.

“Personally, I think you’re better off to stay put and make the house where you’re at your home.

“If you want the extra bedroom, extra bathroom or a garage, then just do it where you are. It makes more sense because you’re adding value to your property.

“If you’re after a house that’s exactly what you want, you’re better off to build new. But if you’re happy with your current location, then certainly add what you need. If there’s one lesson everyone’s learned from lockdown it’s that you need to be really happy in your home. It needs

to be a space that you can use for all occasions – for work, for your family and for play.

So if you can create the space that you want, it’s definitely worth it.”

First steps

Charlie’s advice is to engage a builder as early as possible – preferably before your plans are drawn up. Fellow Coast NZ director Jimmy Dow works closely with clients from the outset to ensure building materials that are specified by engineers and architects are actually available.

“If something isn’t easy to get, we contact our suppliers to figure out the best solution. The plans can then be changed so you don’t have to pay to amend things later on.”

Jimmy can also advise the most cost-effective way to build something too. So if a room size needs adjusting slightly so it fits a full sheet of GIB or plywood, he will talk to the clients and architects so that it’s built the most cost-effective way possible.

Be flexible

Planning is key in the current building climate. Charlie recommends choosing fittings as early as possible (at least six months

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in advance) and have a back-up plan in place.

“If you can’t get the light coloured laminate you wanted for your floor, you might have to change to a different material or different colour which is a real spanner in the works for some people,” Charlie says.

“We built a new home for a client at the end of last year. They had locked everything in and chosen it months in advance. But then their flooring shipment kept getting delayed and there was a risk the house wouldn’t be finished before Christmas. So in the end they chose a different flooring.

“While it’s not ideal, we have found suppliers are really understanding.

“This particular client ended up getting high-end flooring for the same price they would have got their original choice for.

“Suppliers have been really good at ensuring people get a good deal.”

Plan ahead

At Coast NZ, clients are supported to choose their tiles, flooring, plumbing and kitchen fittings well in advance.

“We always quote a low, medium or high range option and then people can go and choose what they want. We try to make it as bespoke as possible rather than saying ‘here’s five taps, choose one’. With us, you can have any tap you want. And I’m always happy to help clients make those decisions.

“I love doing that sort of thing!”

The company employs a full-time project manager who works on-site to schedule the entire job from start to finish.

“Labour is another issue at the moment, so we are working months in advance with sub-contractors to let them know where and when we’ll need them. Planning well in advance means the only thing that might go wrong is the weather, which could hold things up. Other than that, we always know exactly where we’re at.”

Money talks

So do you need cash up front to pay deposits way in advance? Not necessarily, Charlie says.

“It’s really only the building materials that have become so variable in terms of prices. You can’t confirm the exact price of those until you’ve got it delivered. But with fittings it’s generally okay. We have accounts open with suppliers everywhere and we run an open book. We only invoice our clients every fortnight for exactly what labour and materials have been used.”

Charlie’s final piece of advice is to choose a builder that operates a transparent business.

“Our clients see every single quote that we get from our suppliers, as well as our markup and labour costs. It’s important to know exactly where your money is going.”

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