Habitat plus - Vintage nostalgic

Collections of old china, preserving jars and lace doilies sit atop upcycled dressers and sideboards. Repurposed objects are a feature with old metal funnels upended as candleholders, tea towels made into cushion covers and old bottles used as vases. Some Vintage Nostalgic personalities like to brighten their scheme with pops of bold yet clean colours like custard yellows, red, mint green and sky blue while others go for a careworn shabby chic look using faded blues, misty pinks and muted grey greens.

Colours to try: Resene Cest La Vie, Resene Snowy Mint, Resene Pattens Blue, Resene Blue Chalk.

You may also feel at home as a Country Rustic, Free Spirit or Arty Retro.

Left: Resene Rascal walls with Resene Quarter Sandspit Brown floor, Resene Half Biscotti shelf, and Resene Spanish White and Resene Dusted Blue tables; Top right: Resene Mozart sidetable with pots in Resene Stetson and Resene Inside Back. Bottom right: Resene Vitra wall.

Resene Wax Flower study with clipboards in Resene Sunflower, Resene Japonica, Resene Warhol, Resene Cutty Sark and Resene Tradewind.

Left: Resene Pot Pourri bedroom. Right: Resene Nebula walls with table and chair in Resene Moonbeam, chairs in Resene Princess and cabinet in Resene Pink Terrace and Resene Pink Lace.

Resene Endeavour living room.

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