Resources

Below is a list of sites which may assist you with your painting and decorating project.

Architects and designers
Bathrooms
Building surfaces
Contractors
Decorative laminates
Floorcoverings
Home decorating resources
Housewashing
Lighting
Paint accessories
Reusing and recycling
Search engines
Shopfitting
Sustainable business practice
Tenders
Trade directories
Wallpaper
Window furnishings
Wood

Architects, designers and house plans
Architects.co.nz
Architect and building services directory
Architectural Designers New Zealand
ADNZ members are specialists in building design and construction, undertaking residential, commercial and industrial projects from conception to final certification
Jennian Homes : House Floor Plans
Jennian Homes are leading residential home builders in New Zealand, combining 25 years building expertise with custom new house designs & floor plans for you & your family.
New Zealand Institute of Architects
A professional association of Architects and associated architectural colleagues in New Zealand
Resene Find-A-Professional trade listing
Find hundreds of professionals from painters and architects to colour consultants and waterblasters using the Resene Find-A-Professional free listings

Bathrooms
Clearlite Bathrooms
Offer a comprehensive range of bathrooms plus help on design and finding a tradesperson

Building surfaces
Dimond
Home roofing and rainwater system
GIB
Online building design resource for gypsum plasterboard, drywall systems and compounds
Linea
TV Showhomes with James Hardie

Contractors
Resene Find-A-Professional trade listing
Find hundreds of professionals from painters and architects to colour consultants and waterblasters using the Resene Find-A-Professional free listings
Steam and Sand Ltd

Decorative laminates
Formica
Laminate available in a range of colour-coordinated products, decorative and functional textures
Melteca
Melteca is a tough melamine surface laminated to a range of substrates to provide a two sided pre-finished decorative panel.

Floorcoverings
Autex Industries
Manufacturing company specialising in carpet, insulation, wall coverings and bedware
Carpet Court
Stores all over New Zealand to help you make the right flooring choice for your project 
Carpet One
Mobile carpet consultants to assist you with your carpet selections
Cavalier Bremworth
Browse through their product range and find out what you should know before purchasing carpet
Feltex Classic Carpets
Feltex Classic Carpet offers a unique collection of premium, quality floorcoverings, rich in colour, design and detail.
Flooring First
Choose from a wide range of soft and hard flooring options
Norman Ellison Carpets
Norman Ellison has an incredible array of colours, fibres and styles to help you add a long-lasting touch of class to your home.
RugWorld
Importers of machine-made and hand knotted rugs with 4 stores in Auckland
Tile Warehouse
New Zealand's largest importer of tiles

Home decorating resources
Buildeazy
An online directory of services for homeowners
Home Ideas
New Zealand Home Shows
The latest in home appliances, furniture, furnishings, building products, bathroomware and kitchens
NZ Interior Designer
At a loss with your interiors? Check out www.nzinteriordesigner.co.nz, a site which aims to help you find the ideal interior designer.
Trendsideas.com
Interior design magazine and online resource

Housewashing
JT Propertywash has maintained the exteriors of residential properties, commercial buildings and schools since 1985. Full house or building wash service available. View brochure.

Lighting and lighting products
LightingPlus
Choose from an extensive range of lighting options, inside and out.

Paint accessories
Paint Aids
Supplier of painting and decorating accessories
Paint Quality
Information about the benefits of top quality paint and decoration

Reusing and recycling services
Reduce, reuse, recycle with the Reusable waste exchange service

Search engines
Connectus
A search engine for building product information
Eboss
New Zealand’s online technical library for the building and construction industries.
Interiors Online
A comprehensive online interiors directory featuring products and services for the home interior.
Productspec.net
New Zealand's comprehensive 'Online Architectural Library' of Products, Materials and related Building Industry Services for Architects, Designers, Specifiers, and Building Industry Professionals.'

Shopfitting
Hallshopfitting - Shop fitouts, business devlopment, Slatwall and shop design.

Sustainable Business Practice
EnviroSpec
EnviroSpec provides a verification based specification portal for architects and the green consumer. This helps promote truly sustainable products and ensures greenwash is virtually eliminated.
Sustainable Business Network
Enabling business to flourish through sustainable practice

Tenders
Builderscrack
Get quotes from customer-rated builders, plumbers, electricians, painters, landscapers, handymen and other tradesmen. Try our handy tradesman cost-estimating tool.

Trade directories
Auckland Painting Contractors Association
Provides a list of Auckland master painters
Master Painters New Zealand
Find your local Master Painter or apply for membership of this body
Painters Directory
Access a list of contractors who work as decorators in the construction industry
Resene Find-A-Professional trade listing
Find hundreds of professionals from painters and architects to colour consultants and waterblasters using the Resene Find-A-Professional free listings

Wallpaper
Aspiring Walls
Browse their wallpaper range and read through the preparation guide and problem solver

Window furnishings
Kresta
Browse their extensive range of blinds, curtains and soft furnishings
Lahood
A large choice of local and international fabrics in this Auckland based store

Wood
NZ Wood

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