From the Resene News – issue 3/2006

Mixed style - 1936 Brick bungalow
This 1936 brick bungalow came complete with a difficult brief as it contained a mixture of styles, Art Nouveau, Edwardian and Art Deco, with a dominating element of Art Nouveau tiled fireplaces.

The complex colours of the lounge fireplace combined with orientation to the afternoon sun called for a simple wall treatment of Resene Quarter Canterbury Clay (elegant camel). A large window filled one whole wall and was dressed with side curtains in a pattern reminiscent of the style of Charles Rennie McIntosh complementing the main ochre curtains. Reproduction Art Nouveau style "Lily" centre light and lamps provide lighting.

The morning sun lit dining room needed some evening warmth, achieved through the use of Resene Bardot (warm yellow) on the walls, echoed in the curtains. The bright tomato red fireplace was softened with an orange and gold frieze on the walls and accessorising with orange cushions and a collection of 1920s Japanese porcelain in hues of orange, gold and yellow. Warm and inviting, this space has quickly become a favoured room of the owners.

Decorating authentically is being simplified by Design with Style, a company specialising in historic restorations and renovations relating to the Arts and Crafts era of architecture, who have brought together a host of products to provide a one-stop shop for period restoration. Resene complements this work, both through the Heritage Collection of colours and the ability to provide percentage tints throughout the colour range to match difficult samples.

To access the elements you need to treat your project to the period restoration it deserves, visit www.acstylenz.com.

Designer: Design with Style

 
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