b'pick&mixA joyous interior with an assortment of lovely candy colours was created with family in mind. Ajumbleofsunnycolourwelcomes joyous visitors to the Nettle house on the outskirts of Havelock North. Pinks, blues, oranges, yellows and greenswalls painted in almost every hue of the lolly bag mix it up with an array of multi-coloured furnishings. Simply brimming with personality, the house is a far cry from the clinical white environments where Trudie and her husband Mike have worked for most of their lives as anaesthetic technicians. The couple fell in love withHawkesBaywhileonholidayfromEngland, found jobs at Hastings Hospital and moved here eight years ago. One of the first decisions they made after arriving wastohaveafamilyfostersonsMikey(8)and Bradley (10) plus their miracle daughter Phoebe (4). So when they had the opportunity to design and build their own home, Trudie was keen to create a happy place for her family; children love colour, she says. Trudie has certainly done that. It was also a chance toexpressherownpersonality,sowhenpeople walked in, it would immediately seem like our home, not just anybodys.50'