Garage living

Having purchased their first home, which was built in the late 60s and not decorated since, Jessica and her husband were eagerly anticipating redecorating the interior to more closely reflect their tastes and lifestyle. They started creating the master bedroom first so that when redecorating the rest of the house they would have a heavenly retreat to escape to.

The main challenge was that the room was originally an internal garage. While the previous owners had converted it into a long rectangular room by extending the garage out the front of the house, unfortunately they had stopped there so the room was just an empty box and not particularly functional. Aiming to convert this room into a luxurious master bedroom, they first had to build a wardrobe, plaster over the imperfections in the walls, carpet the cupboard floor and replace the bamboo roller blinds with sumptuous curtains - all this before selecting the paint colours.

The overall colour scheme for the room was picked from colours in an existing couch. Resene Falcon was used on the walls and wardrobe doors. To complement this Resene White Linen was used on the ceiling, window frame and wardrobe interior.

The picture on the wall was painted by an artist friend who based the design on the Resene colours used in the room. The picture was gifted as a very unique and thoughtful wedding present.

Walls and wardrobe doors	Ceiling, window frames and wardrobe interior
Resene Falcon	Resene White Linen

The master bedroom, once an escape from the redecorating, is now the perfect excuse for an escape anytime.

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