nero hero Go for bold black and create your very own bat cave. These lower walls have been painted in Resene Nero, which has also been carried to the upper walls in a grid pattern over pale grey Resene Mystic. The grid is most easily achieved by painting the whole wall in Resene Nero, masking the grid, then painting over it with Resene Mystic. The lightshade has also been painted with Resene Nero over removable bat stickers. When the paint is nearly dry, you can peel the bats off so that when the light shines through the shade, the winged shapes will be projected around the room. You can easily create your own bat stickers by drawing your bat shapes onto self-adhesive paper then sticking them onto the shade ready for painting. The rest of the bat and comic book-themed furnishings and decorations are easily changeable so that when it’s time for a new theme, it is simple to remove them. And what teenager wouldn’t want a black bedroom? a succulent scheme Choosing an unexpected but simple motif – such as a cactus - can be the basis for a fun room theme, and another that could also be easily adapted to a different theme if succulents begin to feel less than enticing. These walls have been finished in Resene Fringy Flower with the blue triangle trim painted in Resene Sea World. The same two colours are repeated throughout the room including the striped floor, bedside table and shelf, so the colour scheme does most of the heavy lifting. The large cactus pot was first painted in Resene Alabaster then covered in triangle stickers. It was then painted in Resene Black and, when touch dry, the stickers were removed to let the white show through. You can create your own triangle stickers using self- adhesive paper and drawing and cutting out your shapes to suit. Resene Alabaster Resene Sea World Resene Fringy Flower Resene Black Resene Nero Resene Mystic top tip Let your children create their own themed artwork for their room using some Resene testpots and paper or canvas. Resene Wet N Wild Resene Softly Softly 4 | | 5