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welcome
from the editor
It’s a hurly burly world we live in. One in which we
rush from home to work, to school pick-ups to social
events. One in which the world rushes to meet us with
its bigger crowds, brighter advertising messages, new
fi lms, new products and faster, better technologies.
Thank goodness we have a haven called home. It’s a
place where we can retreat for a while, and create a
cocoon for ourselves and our families.
With interior trends swinging away from minimalist
interiors, our homes can be made more welcoming
and comfortable. No more perching on the edge of the
hard-edged sofa for fear you’ll wrinkle the upholstery!
As chandeliers become the in thing, as beds are dressed
in squishy brocade quilts and appliquéd cushions grace
our sofas, there is more opportunity to feather our
nests with strong colour and rich detail. Let’s all breathe
a sigh of relief that white-on-white is no longer right.
In this issue of Habitat, we bring a little of the feel-good
factor to your lives – from the purely practical with
advice on which insulation might suit you, to the
decorative, like how to create a pretty fl ower
arrangement to dress your house. There’s an inviting
family home to visit, entertainer Jackie Clarke’s
collections to marvel at and four luscious looks to try
in your living room.
So switch off the TV, block out the world for a while
and relax with this season’s issue of Habitat magazine.
from Resene
What goes around comes around. It’s funny how often progress goes
full circle. Resene was founded many decades ago on making coatings
for concrete and now more than 60 years on, we are again involved
with concrete, but this time paint is going into it, rather than on it.
Resene has been working with Fletcher Building, Golden Bay
Cement, Firth Industries and 3R during the past few years to develop
novel ideas for turning waste paint once destined for landfi lls into a
useful ingredient in concrete. The outcome – PaintCrete, a PaintWise
solution – will divert thousands and thousands of litres of paint into
concrete manufacture, improving the properties of the concrete.
Other waterborne paint collected by the Resene PaintWise service
(www.resene.co.nz/paintwise.htm) is diverted into covering graffi ti with
tens of thousands of litres donated free of charge to tackle the tagging
throughout the country. Further allocations of paint go to a range of
community groups to help them with their arts activities, repaint their
premises and much more.
And you can help. By bringing back your unwanted paint and paint
packaging to the Resene PaintWise service, it can be redistributed to
community groups, reused and recycled.
So next time you are in the mood to decorate, clear the clutter fi rst. Start
with those unwanted paints in your garage that are gathering dust.
Round them up, bring them into the Resene PaintWise service available
at more than 40 Resene ColorShops nationwide and give them a new
lease of life.
And while you’re at the store, check out some of the sumptuous and
exciting colours from Resene’s The Range 2008. You’ll see many of
the colours represented within the pages of this magazine, and some
inspiring ways to use them. After years of our interiors being fairly
neutral, we’d like to encourage you to embrace the latest trend towards
stronger colour – to feel comfortable while you read our ‘feel-good’
issue. Happy reading!
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