Mural magic

Finalist 3 - Small Room Awards Competition

A white laundry wall is transformed with playful motifs from nature.

A white wall in Andrea Kurth’s laundry had always bugged her, calling the space “so plain”.

Andrea Kurth’s laundry mural

The Taupiri local wanted to do something that could be painted on top of the existing coat of Resene Black White, rather than repainting the wall entirely. A few murals on Pinterest aligned with her vision, so she bought a swag of Resene testpots.

“I spent about an hour looking backwards and forwards between the Pinterest murals, a photo of the rug in the laundry and the swatches,” Andrea admits, before finally settling on the colours of Resene Rock Spray, Resene Gondwana, Resene Paper Doll, Resene Fuel Yellow and Resene Half Escape.

Andrea drew a rough outline and painted her dream mural – a swirling colourscape of pattern and details from nature.

“The space now has some personality with the pop of colour amongst the mixture of white painted plasterboard and black stained ply,” says Andrea, noting that it perfectly matches her existing rug and laundry hamper cabinet. “If I’m going to be stuck cleaning and doing laundry, then I’m glad it’s here,” she says.

A colourful laundry wall mural

Drawn to it: Andrea Kurth’s Resene Black White wall is now adorned with painted designs using Resene testpots.

More Resene colours to try:

Resene Buttercup

Resene Havoc

Resene Blue Chill

Photography by Kate Battersby. September 2022.

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Small Room Awards Competition
from Resene and Your Home and Garden magazine

Have you done something bold or interesting with paint or wallpaper in a small room in your house? It could be an office, nursery, laundry or powder room – the only criteria is it's small in space but big in impact. › Entry info

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