b'multi-coloured matMake a duckboard mat for your front door or bathroom by painting timber slats in whatever colours suit your scheme, then roping them together. We used Resene Scaramanga, Resene Secrets, Resene Coriander and Resene Seaweed to go with our eco-zen bathroom setting and arranged the colours fairly randomly. You could use just one colour, two colours to create a striped effect, or arrange these four colours tonally from light to dark. Anything goes. Colour Courseslacy good looksGive a plain glass votive or vase aMake your next project new look with a simple lacy stencilstunning by using theeffect. We used a cake stencil,right colour combination.available at your local kitchen supply store, and sponged on a coat ofColour to its bestResene Redemption Blue to createa whimsical look. Add a white pillaradvantage. know why,candle for an atmospheric additionhow and where it works.to your exotic setting. natures artworksFor a unique and easy artwork, simply wander around the garden, and cut a few interesting shaped leaves. These fruit salad plant leaves make a perfect stencil; just lightly fix them with sticky putty to a canvas prepared with a neutral colour (we used Resene Half Tea), then use a Sean Waller Photographysmall roller fitted with a sponge sleeve to add the topcoat of paint (we used Resene Red Letter and Resene Madam M). Resene Half Tea Lounge lizard: Hug chair, $1599, from Danske Mobler (www.danske.co.nz). VeronaBook now for the colour courses!70 100% wool carpet in Tiffany Rose, from Sallee (www.sallee.co.nz). Miami zigzag cushion, POA, from Mulberi (www.mulberi.co.nz). St Albans Tangerine wood throw,One day workshop on colour $255, from Allium Interiors (www.alliuminteriors.co.nz). combinations, manipulation andGo global: Grey Baksana Miranda duvet cover, $465 (incl pillowcases), from Alliumcolour psychology Interiors (as above). Patterned cushions, POA, from Mulberi (as above). Velvet cushion covers, $32.90 and $44.90; Velvet Daisy quilt, $389, Sove Linen euro pillowcase,ChristchurchApril 29$34.90, St Joseph Indigo throw, all from Citta Design (www.cittadesign.com).WellingtonApril 30Moroccan-style pendant light, $295, from Indie Home Collective (09 524 6971). Teapot, tea glasses and bowl, stylists own. Auckland starts April 20thWhere eco meets zen: Cotswold wall tiles in Sage from Tile Warehouse (www. for 8 consecutive Mondaystilewarehouse.co.nz). Tondo Vessel basin, $429, and Eco High Rise tap, $950, both from Plumbline (www.plumbline.co.nz). African Binga baskets (on wall), $95 each, Bedouin Societe hand towel, $59.90, Bedouin Societe bath sheet, $125, Papaya bathPlease call Debbie Abercrombie: towel in colour String, $59.90, sea sponge, $27.90, all from Indie Home Collective (asM021914449 above). Rattan Gable basket, $79.90, Terra Liquid Marseille soaps, $22.90 and $29.90,Edebbie@abercrombieltd.co.nzCube de Marseille soap, $14.90, all from Citta Design (as above).Resene Corianderwww.debbieabercrombie.co.nz'