vodaplumbingware.co.nz info@vodaplumbingware.co.nz I 0508 367 366 ECLIPSE Also available in Chrome, Black & Chrome, White & Chrome Offering a timeless look of softened edges with a contemporary edge walls and wood everywhere”, bordering on a look of student flat. The house had been replumbed, rewired and overhauled in the 1990s but the over-abundance of timber, nice though it was, dated the interior. Deciding to cover it in white paint involved much agonising. “We had these debates… Someone had done a great job and put in panelling but after several decades it was watermarked and tired – it had lost its gleam,” says the owner. Painting it all – the skirting boards, panelling and ceilings – was time-consuming and expensive, but worth it. “I wouldn’t have it any other way,” enthuses the owner. Character homes are a passion for her. The three- bedroom, 200 square metre house had good bones, lovely grounds and a certain ‘cuteness”, but needed freshening. Once the decision was made to swap natural wood for white, colour combinations for the interior fell into place. “I had to have classic but not boring,” says the owner. Says Mike: “We didn’t over-analyse it. We went around with a Resene colour chart and had fun choosing in about half an hour.” The walls of the kitchen and family room are painted Resene Quarter Duck Egg Blue, the existing timber joinery was painted over with Resene Albescent White and new stone benchtops added. An old fire surround remains. The effect is charming and crisp. As well as being used on the exterior, Resene Wireless covers the hallway walls and continues up the stairwell. It’s a sometimes grey, sometimes green-