b'kitchenstop tipThe Resene Kitchen & Bathroom range is ideal for kitchens and wet areas as it has enamel-style toughness, anti-bacterial silver andAbove: The dining room table was constructed MoulDefender for addedfrom old beams discovered under the house and protection and is easypainted in watered-down Resene Sea Fog to to clean. create a whitewashed effect. Heike and her husband, Harald, painted the artworks, although Heike points out she did the champagneher favourite drink. The walls are Resene Half Sea Fog and the loom chairs are painted in Resene Resene Double Stack, Resene All Blackeachdoor,IusedawoodfillertoSea Nymph and Resene Rice Cake to matchand Resene Haystack. Even the kitchensmooth out the gaps in the Melaminethe kitchen.countergotasplashoftheconcreteand repair the damage to the edgesLeft: Heike painted the lower cupboards in treatment, as did her deck outside. (Theafter years of use. Then I spent agesResene Sea Nymph and the upper in Resene earthy colours are a far cry from Jeaninessanding, especially the edges, to get itMako, hand-painting on utensils in Resene Sea favourite colour, Resene Scrumptious.)all perfectly smooth. I applied ReseneNymph. The walls are in Resene Half Sea Fog and Resene Aquaclear protects the timber floor.I did have a lot of fun doing itatQuickDryprimerundercoattoboth least in the beginning. It was a big job,sides of the door and then painted aDIY concretebut I love it. I basically treated my houselayer of Resene Sea Nymph. Using veryJeanine began by rolling a basecoat of Resene as a huge work of artits certainly thefinesandpaper,IsandedthepaintSpaceCote Low Sheen Kitchen & Bathroom tinted biggest Ive ever done, says Jeanine.carefully to make it perfectly smoothto Resene Truffle over fibre cement boards, which beforeapplyingafinallayer.Itsalready had a concrete texture to create the look. Beside the seaside deliciously smoothlike soap.To other surfaces, such as her MDF doors, she Making up the other half of Bye ByeTocomplementtheReseneSeaapplied texture to create the feel of concrete before the base colour. Then, after various Love,HeikeRzehulek-SchmittsownNymph, Heike applied Resene Mako toexperiments, she used sponges, her fingers and a kitchen is cool yet cosy, awash in herthe upper cupboards. She then paintedmetal pot scrubber to flick, dot and dab Resene favourite colourResene Sea Nymph.inkitchenutensilsfreehandusingStack, Resene Double Stack, Resene All Black and Heike Rzehulek-Schmitts kitchen hasResene Sea Nymph. Its the first thingResene Haystack over the base colour. 25 cabinet doors. She knows becausevisitors notice. Its fun, and I love howUpcycling queensshessandedbackandpaintedeveryits turned out.single one of them. When she movedOnce dry, Heike refixed the cupboardGerman-born Jeanine Oxenius and Heike into her new home, the kitchen-livinghandles, as theyre comfortable to useRzehulek-Schmitt met in 2015 and the two quickly became friends and then business room area was the darkest room in theandverysimilartowhatshewouldpartners, combining their various artistic skills to house.Itsnotthesunnyside,soIhave picked. It also aligns with Bye Byerestore furniture thats seen better daysor knewitwouldbethefirstthingweLoves ethos of reusing items.sleeping beauties in Bye Bye Love-speakinto renovated, Heike says.After a coat of Resene Quick Drydifferent and beautiful pieces. Their kitchens Her main task was to add colourinprimer undercoat, the loom chairs inillustrate their very different aesthetics. Im all particular, Heikes favourite, Resene Seathe dining room were also painted about clean lines and bold, contrasting colours where design overrides function, says Jeanine. Nymph. I love colours that reflect nature,two in Resene Sea Nymph and two inWhereas I like colours that reflect nature and and I have always loved light blue, so IResene Rice Cakewith no sandingam generally more restrained, adds Heike. removed all the doors to paint them.necessary, thankfully. Thats not as easy as it sounds, as eachFind Bye Bye Love at www.byebyelovenz.co.nz.doorhadtobesandedtoaperfectlywords Lee-Anne Duncan smooth surface before painting. images Bye Bye Love ReseneReseneScrumptious Just DanceAt Bye Bye Love, we say 150 perReseneReseneResene Resenecent of what we do is preparation. For Sea Nymph Half Sea Fog Grey Friars Gunmetal35'