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The fourth Resene Small Room Awards finalist creates a cosy hallway

A blank canvas hallway is given the cosy makeover treatment

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When Jen Boyce and her family moved into their Hobsonville new build in Auckland, they loved how much of a blank canvas the space was, allowing them the opportunity to decorate the space with colour and style. Their first port of call was finding a solution to the daily pile-up of shoes in their high-traffic entryway, with all the comings and goings of the household.

“It’s the first place people can get a sense of us as a family – our personality and style. We wanted to make this space both practical and beautiful,” Jen says. She found an inexpensive MDF cubby bench seat on Trade Me that could be given a new lease on life with a paint job and a seat squab. “I wanted to take the opportunity to make a statement against the crisp Resene Rice Cake white of the walls, so I chose Resene Deep Teal from my local Resene ColorShop as it perfectly matched some fabric I’d chosen for the seat cushion cover,” Jen says. The finishing touches included a round mirror, some woven baskets and a wall vase to tie patterns and colours all together with a pretty flourish.

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Her children Elle, seven, Liv, five, and Zion, two, enjoy using the space every morning – it’s a small and delightful area where they can put their shoes on before heading out into the world.

More Resene colours to try (left to right): Resene Blue Lagoon, Resene Snow Drift

Photography by: Kate Battersby.

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If you would like to enter your home in the 2022 Resene Small Room Awards:

Email photos and a 200-word or more description of your space to [email protected] with your last name and ‘Resene Small Room’ in the subject line. Please include your name, home address, email address, daytime phone number, the names of the Resene colours used, and details of when your space was painted and/or wallpapered. Please credit anyone who assisted you in choosing your colours.
The five finalists will each appear in Your Home and Garden. Every finalist will receive a $250 Resene voucher and a feature in the magazine, with the winner taking out the Resene Small Room Awards and $1000 cash, plus a story on the winning home will feature in the January 2023 issue.

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