Thinking of building, renovating or redecorating? Sit back, relax and enjoy all the projects and inspiration from habitat magazine!
Want a hard copy? 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.
Specifiers:
If you have an idea, project or story that you think would suit habitat, we'd love to hear from you. Please drop us an email with your details and include photos if submitting a project.
Search habitat articles
Why stick to one paint colour when clever combinations will give you striking effects?... more
New products, places and ideas for the home... more
Today, their Cape Cod-style home is a treasure trove of vintage finds, cherished and inherited items and soothing colour... more
For every location, there is a Resene palette to reflect the complex blend of myriad elements that make every place unique... more
We live in a volatile world of earthquakes, floods and storms. Are you ready if disaster strikes?... more
Once upon a time, we couldn’t imagine why anyone would swap the quarter-acre paradise for an apartment. Now, many of us couldn’t imagine life without them... more
This award-winning rural home has a special twist – it can be picked up and moved should the owners desire... more
There’s shopping that you have to do. And then there’s the real shopping – the escapades that you come away from feeling inspired, creative and well looked after... more
Here’s how to plan and install your Resene Curtain Collection curtains... more
Two completely separate spaces would be more practical, so asked interior designer Liz Kerby... more
It’s all very well selecting eco-friendly products but they also need to be installed in the right way... more
Use a French wash effect and a simple pattern to beautify your floor... more
A very bold colour choice in an otherwise serene space makes a striking kitchen statement... more
A light and restful scheme for a traditional style kitchen is the winner of our Electrolux competition... more
For the pair of bathrooms in the renovation of her 1970s townhouse, she gave architect Lloyd Macomber three words: Chinese lacquer box... more
Two artists use Resene paint in quite unexpected ways for vibrant results... more
Including good insulation, passive solar principles and healthy products into a brand new home is easy. But a renovation?... more
The story of New Zealand’s own paint company which turns 65 this year... more
For 16 years, the ideas for a garden were forming in Sara Noble’s mind... more
Make a cool robot out of your old cardboard rolls and boxes... more
Habitat reader views and news... more
Happy, fun colours are stylist LeeAnn Yare’s current picks, set against a classic combo of black and white... more
habitat is printed on environmentally responsible paper using environmentally responsible ink.
From issue 8 onwards, copies flow wrapped and sent to Resene Cardholders are flow wrapped in environmentally responsible material from epi-global. This product when discarded in soil in the presence of microorganisms, moisture and oxygen will biodegrade decomposing into simple materials found in nature, as described in ASTM D6954-04.