b'hey, Habitatfrom youFrom John: I thought Id just drop you a line and tell youThe second project was the kitchen oor. When we moved a story youll like. into the house, there was a patch under and around the Last week, I spent around $500 and three days paintingoven, where the coal range had obviously once stood. The our front fence at the front of our house. My neighboursurface was an uneven mixture of plaster and rough stone. said: Mate, its looking pretty good. I reckon youll be in forThe rest of the kitchen oor was wooden oorboards. some grafti. With that, I went back to Resene in WairauOur initial plan was to tile the oor, but the expense and Park and bought some of your magic Resene Uracryl. the time involved for the oor to cure was off-putting. As To cut a long story short, I woke up this morning to ndwe have a gas oven, its out of action when we move it, grafti all over my fence in bright green paint. Theyd alsoand the prospect of being without an oven for a week or got my neighbours down the road. I had great pleasuremore was not a good one! in simply cleaning mine off using Resene Graftti CleanerWe then got a quote to have the oorboards matched and I have to tell you it looks brand new. with demolition timber. Im sure the nice man who cameCongratulations! Cheers and thank you to see us would have done a fabulous job, but I baulkThis letter has atspendingmorethan$5000onwhatisbasicallyawon its writerFrom Tracy: My husband and I have recently worked onthis issues Hey very small patch of oor. And again, the time and theHabitat besttwo projects in our home, which have been very successfulinconvenience, not to mention the dust, ensured that weletter prize.and have cost very little.kept putting the job off. and off. Well be in touch.The rst, the replace, was achieved using Resene Sandtex.In the end, we employed a lovely student to chip the oor When we moved into our home, the replace was cutearea in question to a level surface, and then my husband enough, but the blue and cream tiles looked out of place. I decided that it would be easy to paint over the tiles. MyWe look forward to receivinghusband made the mistake of telling me it was impossible,your letterswhich for me always creates a great challenge! and queries,and would The local Resene staff assured me that I could give ourparticularly liketo see any weird replaceamakeoverwiththehelpofsomeReseneand wonderful Waterborne Smooth Surface Sealer. Once the tiles hadways you have used Resene been sealed, I lled in the gaps between them as best Ipaints. The best could, then I bought a testpot of Resene Sandtex in Reseneletter will win a Armadillo. I blobbed the paint on using a medium-sizedgot a piece of hardboard cut to t. As it happened, theGet Decorating Kit from Resene.paintbrush, and am so thrilled with the effect. Everyonehardboard tted so well, we decided to take a punt on who visits thinks weve had it plastered. painting it to match the surrounding wooden oorboards. MyhusbandandIbothhaveartisticstreaks,soheynothing ventured, nothing gained. We colour-matchedMail us at: Hey, Habitat the wood, again using Resene testpots: Chelsea Gem,Resene Habitat Hairy Heath, Fahrenheit and Wood Bark. Add a bit of VividMagazine marker for nail holes, and varnish, and the rest is history. PO Box 38242 WellingtonAllinall,thesetwoprojectsprobablycostusunderMail Centre New Zealand $200. We could easily have spent way more than $5000Or email: advice@achieving similar results, but we wouldnt have had soresene.co.nz, with Hey, Habitat in the much fun! subject line. 130 |'