Colour it up

The Carr family had talked about decorating the nursery and they really wanted to do something different, not just a few bright colours and wall decals. They had just finished a large extension on the front of their house, had gutted most of the inside and redecorated, so they had a clean slate to start with in the nursery. Michelle started drawing and pretty soon had a rough idea of what she was going to paint. She also discovered that old unused wallpaper with a bright coat of green paint in varying shades made excellent textured leaves for the canopy and gave the room more of a 3D look. The metallic paint was great for the flowers and just gave them that little bit extra oomph to help them stand out. Michelle used 3-4 different colours for each of the grasses around the bottom, which very effectively brightened things up. All in all, the project turned out even better than Michelle expected, a great result after her careful attention to detail.

Most of the colours Michelle chose came from the Resene KidzColour collection and include: Resene Snap (background), Resene Lickety Split, Resene Dizzy Lizzy, Resene Wham, Resene Top Secret, Resene Kermit and Resene Grass Stain (leaf canopy), Resene Lickety Split, Resene Wham, Resene Grass Stain and Resene Kermit (grass and plants), Resene Bedazzle, Resene Snap, Resene White and Resene Rubber Duck (flowers), Resene Milk Chocolate, Resene Jambalaya, Resene Cinnamon and Resene Brown Sugar (trees), Resene Jambalaya, Resene Cinnamon and Resene Brown Sugar (signs and doors), Resene Mission Brown (writing), Resene Toffee and Resene Mission Brown (dirt), Resene Gobstopper, Resene Snap and Resene Rubber Duck (honeypot), Resene Quarter Spanish White (ceilings), Resene Half Spanish White (doors and architraves).

Outside their home is finished in Resene Stonehenge, Resene Spanish White and Resene Grey Friars.

Background, flowers and honeypot	Leaf canopy	Leaf canopy	Leaf canopy, grass and plants	Leaf canopy, grass and plants
Resene Snap	Resene Top Secret	Resene Dizzy Lizzy	Resene Lickety Split	Resene Wham
Leaf canopy, grass and plants	Leaf canopy, grass and plants	Flowers	Flowers	Flowers and honeypot
Resene Kermit	Resene Grass Stain	Resene Bedazzle	Resene White	Resene Rubber Duck
Honeypot	Trees	Trees, signs and doors	Trees, signs and doors	Trees, signs and doors
Resene Gobstopper	Resene Milk Chocolate	Resene Jambalaya	Resene Cinnamon	Resene Brown Sugar
Writing and dirt	Dirt	Ceiling	Doors and architraves	Exterior
Resene Mission Brown	Resene Toffee	Resene Quarter Spanish White	Resene Half Spanish White	Resene Stonehenge
Exterior	Exterior
Resene Spanish White	Resene Grey Friars

Thanks to the Carr family of Otorohanga.