From habitat magazine - issue 02, editorial
This issue of Habitat takes a look at our older homes and the challenges of creating modern living spaces in buildings designed for the – often very different – priorities of our forebears.
Some cultures have a formal architectural history that spans many hundreds of years. Ours, here Downunder, is pretty new in comparison, but is nevertheless varied and eclectic and, at points, very distinctive in character.
With this in mind, and in celebration of the return of Resene’s Heritage palette, this issue of Habitat takes a look at our older homes and the challenges of creating modern living spaces in buildings designed for the – often very different – priorities of our forebears.
We talk to a couple who recently finished refurbishing their 90-year-old villa and we investigate the challenges a renovation can place on landscaping a new garden. As with the last issue, both these stories are followed by three alternative suggestions detailing how you might go about creating a different feel for the same project. However, this time we’ve illustrated the new interior look too, to make it easier to visualise.
We also chat to leading conservation architect Ian Bowman, the brains behind the relaunched Resene Heritage palette. We ask him how he views our architecture and his work, and the elements he feels make our places special.
Then there’s colour. We look at colour in children’s rooms, we look at how to go about choosing someone to help you colour your own home – and how to make sure they do a good job of it – and we look at this season’s colour trends. Because the release of Habitat No. 2 has been timed to coincide with the launch of Resene’s The Range 2006, there’s a whole new story in colour about to happen, and we give you a sneak preview.
As well as all this, we’ve got the run-down on the implications of the new Building Code on home maintenance and how the new environmental standards are going to affect your choice of home heating. We offer tips on choosing window dressings and hints on buying art for your home. We also delve into the history of Resene and its journey from a Wellington garage to an international success story.
Rachel Macdonald and Jennifer Pownal editors
Welcome to the second issue of Habitat. Before we go any further, we’d like to thank the thousands of readers who took the time to write, email, call and complete the reader survey. We were absolutely overwhelmed by your positive comments and constructive feedback, and the ever-growing list of interesting story ideas you have requested will keep us going for many issues to come.
Many of you also sent in paint-based queries and requests for further information, some of which were very similar. So, instead of replying personally as we would usually do, we’ve found room for a new section in the magazine called Hey, Habitat. Here, you’ll find the answers to your questions and we hope they’ll help other readers with their decorating issues as well.
And, of course, congratulations to the two winners of our Sony computer and camera packages in the last issue. They were Karen Stevens-Hose and Alan Gorney – we hope they are enjoying their prizes! In this issue, be in to win $1000 of EziBuy home products and an expert to help you integrate them into your living environment. Simply fill in the form and send it back to us to go into the draw.
Read on and enjoy. And don’t forget to keep on sending us your story ideas and your need-to-knows. We’re also always interested to see your own decorating projects and to know what you’ve been doing with our paint in your home, so keep those photos coming!
The Resene team
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Printed copies of habitat highlights are available from late March 2024 at Resene ColorShops and resellers, while stocks last. You can view back issues of habitat magazine online.
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