b'my favourite coloursin the pinkLeeAnn Yare is a powerhouse - an interior designer, international pilot, store-owner and mother.What do you love most about your busy, multi-faceted life?The variety.Im very lucky to be able to combine my love of travel and my love of design, and to share both with my family. Im continually inspired by what I see and experience in my travels, and this translates into how I decorate and style my home, and design or source products for my store Collected. Inspiration is all around us which, for example, from a recent family holiday to San Francisco was anything from a painted pattern in a street art mural, all four of us designing customised Converse high tops, to vintage hexagon tiles found on the floor of a washroom at Alcatraz. or as our two boys grow and their needs and lovesLeeAnn loves Tell us a bit about your current ventures. change. I chose paintable anaglypta wallpaper for ourtheseFollowing New Zealand Interior Style, my first interiorslounge wall, so its easy to change on a whim. It started book with photographer Larnie Nicolson, comes ourout white, then turned black, and currently its soft pink second book Rooms to Love, an interior style book(Resene Cavern Pink). The boys rooms are ready for a packed with loads of inspiration and how-to tips andfew updates. Tylers already chosen bright tangerine forResenetricks, which goes on sale at the end of October. As welltwo walls in his room.Sakuraas styling and writing features for some of my favouriteReseneinteriors magazines, Im also working on a series of in- What are your three favourite colours from theMemphis Bellestore style guides for Resene, and continuing to curatenew Resene The Range fashion colours 16? Reseneand design new homewares to add to our own CollectedI could have chosen a dozen colours from the newBright Lightsbrand of products for my store.fandeck. Choosing just three, Ill make up for the fact that I wasnt that into pink as a child and choose Resene How would you describe your personal style? Memphis Belle and Resene Sakura. Ive been a fan of Mixed not matched, collected and curated, not tooneon for a while and Resene Memphis Belle is a slightly serious, and continuously evolving. muddied hot pink that doesnt scream at you. Resene Sakura is a lovely soft pink and if you add my third What is your favourite decorating colour and why? choice, the acid yellow Resene Bright Lights, it gives an I dont have one, I have many! It depends on theedginess to the combination and stops the pinks from situation and what I am trying to create. The colourbecoming too sickly. I love these citrus yellows at the palettes I am drawn to are always changing, but whatmoment. Im loving right now is muted pastels with pops of bold colour and just a touch of metallic.Is there a colour you would never use in your own I do get asked a lot for my go-to shade of white,home?which is Resene Quarter Black White.Never is a strong word, as theres always a place for everything. Im not a huge fan of beige. I think its been What do you love most about your own home? so over-used simply because homeowners think its safe Ill be honest, its not my dream home. Its about creatingand dont spend time looking at the alternatives. When the best personality filled home that you and the peopleI get asked about using neutrals I always suggest you share it with enjoy. Our home changes constantly,considering shades of white or grey over beige. They as I try out new ideas with colour or pattern or layout,dont date as easily, and will work with everything. 80'