Paint & Wallpaper

Use wallpaper and paint to add colour and texture and create a personal style for your home. Here’s all the inspiration you need to get started.

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Photo by Melanie Jenkins, styling by Gem Adams chair, coffee table, floor, flooring, furniture, home, interior design, living room, table, wall, gray

How to choose the right paint colour, room by room

Ever been struck by paint paralysis? Anyone who’s been overwhelmed by choosing paint colours can tell you it’s a real thing.

Geometric wallpaper interior design, living room, pattern, wall, wallpaper, red, white

Want to give your home a different look? Try geometric wallpaper

Whether it's living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens or even offices, geometric wallpaper can add another dimension to your house

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Steel columns and roof edges in this home building, cottage, elevation, estate, facade, home, house, mountain, mountain range, property, real estate, sky, villa, teal, brown

Large house on difficult steep slope is partly dug into the hillside to create a basement platform for the upper levels

Photo by Melanie Jenkins, styling by Gem Adams chair, coffee table, dining room, furniture, home, interior design, lamp, light fixture, lighting accessory, room, table, wall, gray

How gloss levels affect paint finish

When the Chicago Tribune moved from its home exhibition, interior design, chicago tribue, office, media, Eastlake Studio

Modern hi-tech workplace still maintains connection to the past

Open sesame a push of a pocket bathroom, bathtub, estate, floor, home, interior design, real estate, room, window, gray

This ensuite's finishes and fittings reflect the home's Cape Cod style

The starting point for the design of this architecture, cottage, home, house, property, real estate, gray

Platform for design

The owners were renovating their beach front property countertop, interior design, gray, black

Upon reflection

This new home in Whangaparaoa is nestled amongst architecture, cottage, estate, home, house, outdoor structure, plant, property, real estate, residential area, tree, villa, black

It’s a wrap

In this new holiday home designed by Darren apartment, architecture, condominium, countertop, estate, home, house, interior design, penthouse apartment, property, real estate, window, gray

Open cliffside kitchen is well connected

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Designer: Li Jianmei Photography by Jianghe Architectural Photography ceiling, floor, interior design, living room, room, gray

Lavish apartment includes traditional French elements

This apartment, located in Chengdu, China, looks part expensive hotel room and part French penthouse

Lighten up your living space with Resene

The large double height volume space includes the ceiling, interior design, living room, loft, gray, white

Workers cottage transformation

What started as a simple renovation of a workers cottage turned into a substantial, multi-year project. The results are impressive See more

This Landmark showhome, the Waiata, has exceptional indoor-outdoor architecture, ceiling, floor, home, house, interior design, living room, property, real estate, room, white

An inky black feature wall adds a dramatic touch to the light-filled living room in this Waiata showhome, by Landmark Homes

Part of the Resene Neutrals Collection, Resene Nero creates a near black contrast to Resene White Pointer in this showhome living room See more

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