Resene Half Periglacial Blue Above: One daughter’s bedroom is painted in Resene Half Periglacial Blue, a perfect colour to team with soft red and pink accents. Resene Coast Get the look with Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen tinted to Resene Wireless. Resene Wireless is from an older paint collection – try Resene Half Baltic Sea as a current alternative. Resene Half Baltic Sea Resene Quarter Periglacial Blue Resene Black recovered antique chairs Get the front door look with Resene Enamacryl tinted to Resene Black. Get the look with Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen tinted to Resene Quarter Periglacial Blue. Get the look with Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen tinted to Resene Coast. designer Michael Mansvelt, www.michaelmansvelt.com get the look with Resene Inside Back turn the page for alternative looks for this home’s living room... words Sarah Foy pictures Pip Guthrie feature house rooms are painted Resene Inside Back and Resene Coast respectively. Resene Coast is Mike’s favourite. “I think it’s an amazing colour. It’s sort of inky – the colour of the sea on a really moody day with a touch of navy. It’s perfect.” Looking from the lounge, through the hall, and back to the formal dining room, he muses on the colour combinations. “I think they all blend with each other and talk to each other – it’s beautiful. It’s light, medium and dark but also green, grey, blue.” Achieving colour cohesion in a home without it looking ‘matchy-matchy’ requires skill. In this house that expertise is clear. The master bedroom next door is the sole neutral space, in Resene Albescent White. Sea views are visible through french doors that lead out onto a relined veranda. Across the hallway the girls’ bedrooms are finished in different variants of Resene Periglacial Blue – one in half strength, the other in quarter strength – creating harmony as well as individuality. One works well with pink, while the other has red accents. Now the home is finished there is talk of another project, possibly one that blends the owner’s love of heritage homes with Mike’s design prowess. He talks about introducing her to a more contemporary look. “Homes like this are her passion, and her mind is constantly ticking over with ideas – with what she can do next,” he says. Resene Albescent White 46