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Making an Entrance competition

From NZ House & Garden and Resene

Do you have a wonderful front door or entrance decorated in Resene paint or wallpaper? Show us and be in to win one of five great prizes – and star in an upcoming issue of NZ House & Garden!

Entry form - be in to win one of 5 great prizes
Thanks to everyone who took part in this year's competition!

Share your creative flair, be in to win one of five great prizes and get the chance to be featured in the magazine. Resene paint and/or wallpaper must have been used on the entrance project and these must be clearly identified on the entry form. Complete the entry form here and upload your photos.

Entries have closed. Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's competition. Check back to view the up and coming winners and look for next year's competition!

Get inspired by the winning front doors or entrances decorated in Resene paint or wallpaper...

Making an entrance winners

Beautiful red Resene Pohutukawa complements the leadlight windows
Photographs Sarah Rowlands

Resene Pohutukawa Winner No 2

2024/25

Renovating their quake-damaged Christchurch home was a daunting task for Elaine and David Baxter but luckily their neighbour, Jeanne Butler, is an interior designer so help was close at hand. The entranceway of the arts and crafts home, called Melrose and designed by Collins & Harman Architects, has beautiful leadlight windows so Jeanne and her colleague Lynne Cameron used these as inspiration for the colour of the front door, painted in Resene Pohutukawa. "We loved it from the get-go," says Elaine. "It is especially precious now that many of these beautiful houses have been lost." The exterior stucco walls are painted in Resene Half Tea

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Beautiful red Reseen Pohutukawa complements the leadlight windows
Photographs Ricky Wilson

Resene Beauty Bush Winner No 1

2024/25

Robyn George, the first winner of our Making an Entrance 2024 competition with Resene, says she's lost count of how many people have stopped during a stroll down her street in Auckland's Devonport to say how much they love her front door. Robyn, who has a Master of Fine Arts, says she has always been entranced by colour, and it took six tries before she settled on Resene Beauty Bush for the door of the late-1880s cottage she shares with her husband Dave. The colour pairs beautifully with weatherboards in Resene Half Robin Egg Blue. And if you look closely at the picture above, you'll see one picket paling in the fence painted the same colour, a quirky touch which often gets a chuckle from passersby.

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A modern entryway painted in Resene Sassy and Resene Double Foundry
Photograph Alan Squires

Resene Sassy Winner No 5

2023/24

Giving their Whangārei home a more modern look was the impetus for Ferne and Ben Reimanis to paint their front door in Resene Sassy, with exterior walls in dramatic Resene Double Foundry. Ferne, the fifth winner of our Making an Entrance competition in conjunction with Resene, says she trialled swatches of greens, mustards and pinks on the door before choosing Resene Sassy – not that it was too out of character: "My 21st was a pink party, my daughter's feature wall was in Barbie pink and 32 years [since the 21st], that love for all shades of pink is still there." The reaction from visitors has been fun. "Because our house is not on a street front everyone gets a shock when they come down the driveway... a most pleasant surprise," Ferne says. 

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A welcoming front door in Resene Sweet Corn, a golden yellow
Photograph Leigh Mitchell-Anyon

Resene Sweet Corne Winner No 4

2023/24

Andra Bayly, the fourth winner of our Making an Entrance competition in conjunction with Resene, says when she bought her Whanganui home she inherited "a tried and true Kiwi black front door" but "this never sat well with me," she says, opting to brighten her entranceway with Resene Sweet Corn: "We settled on yellow to bring out the gold hues in the stained glass windows at the front and the side of the house." Andra says she is a "big colour person" and has used it throughout her home to evoke feelings of joy. "It's very 'Pepsi', very 'up' and effervescent," she says of her colourful palette, which begins at that welcoming yellow door. "I love it. It lifts my spirits above the grey skies every time I come home," Andra says. "It's a burst of sunshine."

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A pink front door in Resene Pretty In Pink
Photograph Jane Ussher

Resene Pretty In Pink Winner No 3

2023/24

Nikki McColl, the third winner of our Making an Entrance competition in conjunction with Resene, says her choice of Resene Pretty In Pink for the front door was in keeping with the Palm Springs vibe of the rest of her home – and pink is her favourite colour. "My two daughters, Ruby and Mila, were especially excited, and helped me choose which pink to paint it," Nikki says. All her friends love the colour choice, and she says, to her surprise, even her husband Phil loves the shade. "To be honest, I didn't think he would agree so when he said yes I was quite surprised!" She had already painted the door when she happened across the palm tree door knocker while on a girls' weekend away in Byron Bay, Australia, and "knew it would match perfectly". And it does.

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A striking orange front door in Resene Clockwork Orange
Photograph Florence Charvin

Resene Clockwork Orange Winner No 2

2023/24

Maureen Allen, the second winner of our Making an Entrance competition in conjunction with Resene, says people thought she was mad choosing Resene Clockwork Orange for her striking front door in the Napier suburb of Taradale, but it was something she had always been keen to try.

"My inspiration for the door colour was in my head, something I always wanted," she explains. "It was many orange testpots later that Resene Clockwork Orange rang all the bells." Those initial doubters have been surprised to see how good the door looks, Maureen says. "As I am heading towards my 80s I thought, 'here goes nothing'.

"I love it and it makes me smile every day."

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A front door in Resene Black
Photograph Ricky Wilson

Resene Black Winner No 1

2023/24

A long-held enchantment with 10 Downing St, the home of Britain's Prime Minister, is the story behind the front door of Leanne Grinder's Thames house, which is painted in Resene Black. She vowed that one day she too would have a black door with gold hardware. The striking Resene colour "offsets the brass hardware and shows off the lovely floral details on the glass insets," Leanne explains, saying they get many compliments from passersby. It provides the perfect juxtaposition with the home's exterior in Resene Iron, a cool, understated grey, and its fence in Resene Half Sea Fog, a barely-there black- edged white. 

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