Pick your favourites for a coloured feature wall Can’t decide on one colour? Then colour blocking may by for you. Combine some of your favourite Resene colours and use geometric shapes or patterns to add them to your wall, ceiling, floor or furniture. This room is finished in Resene Grenadier (orange), Resene Rice Cake and Resene Aquaclear onto pine plywood and tacked to the wall. Headboard walls are quick and cheap to repaint, so you can easily change the colour or style as your tastes or needs change. If you choose a bold or busy design like this 3D geometric one, restrict the colour palette in the rest of the room. In this case, the bedlinen is in orange, peach, white and pale grey to complement the wall, not fight with it. If you use excitable colours like orange and red, put them behind the bed so they don’t keep you awake but you still see them when you walk in the room. For a modern look, hang a lightshade low over the bedside table. This also means you won’t have a lamp taking up space on the table. Styling by LeeAnn Yare, photo by Melanie Jenkins.