b'editorialwelcomeLife never stands still at habitat and Resene. Too many walls to paint, not enough daysits a nice problem to have when you love colour as much as we do. Resene And we love sharing these pages with other people who embrace Hot Toddy strong colour, something that appears to be happening more and more as we turn away from all-white interiors and start having some fun with colour. As one homeowner said to me recently the perfect colour is only a paint brush away which nicely encapsulates the ease with which you can change the look or mood of a room so easily with one tin of paint. And it seems that it doesnt matter what your style, colour can help. Our two feature homes both use bold tones but one is a study in mid-century cool (see page 20), while the other is a feast of quirky collectibles (see page 52). Weve also used paint and wallpaper to create some striking settings for our Testpots feature on page 7a sumptuous purple bedroom, a moody man cave and the patchwork wall from our cover. But if vibrant colours not your thing, we can help solve that age-old decorators dilemmahow to pick just the right white. See page 38 for our handy tips. Weve been working on many other projects to help you in your quest for the perfect colour. We recently published a habitat plus booklet showing how various exteriors look with different colour schemes. Well also be launching our new-look Habitat of the Week website in autumn. Hope to see you there. In the meantime, happy colour hunting. Check out thisdelicious designers own bathroom on p62Sharon Newey editorResene Resene ReseneParchment Eighth AshCocoSmartStrand combines the ultimate in luxury and fashion withthe incredible durability, stain protection, UV protection and crushA little goes a long way, and when it comes to colour, you Once youve finished the painting, take any unwanted resistance of the only authentic, original rhino carpet. often only need a splash of it to completely change yourpaint to the Resene PaintWise paint and paint packaging Now you can have your cake and drop it, too! room or home.recovery service. In 10 years, decorators all over New ZealandThe nice thing about painting is that unlike the endlesshave returned more than two million paint packs to Resene Available at Carpet Court showrooms across New Zealand.merry-go-round of housework, you can paint a room andPaintWise. Over 500,000 litres have been sent to solvent then sit back and enjoy it for years. So rather than treatrecovery, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of metal and SmartStrand, unbelievably durable, yet soft and beautiful. yourself to a dinner out, treat yourself to a colour in. Whileplastic packaging has been recycled and over 190,000 litres youll enjoy the dinner for a few hours, for the same cost youhas been donated to community groups. And we couldnt SmartStrand Silk TMsoft, just got softer. could transform your dining or living area with a coat ofhave done it without you. See www.resene.com/paintwise paint and enjoy the results for many meals to come. Howfor details on how you can get recycling (NZ only). Happy many other household jobs can you think of that can givedecorating!The Resene teamyou that much reward for so little effort? Painting can be surprisinglytherapeuticandbestofallitcanbeeasily repainted when youre ready for a new look. Scan for more details 3'