Pure imagination

This year's Resene Colour Home Awards winner uses colour theory to knock a win out of the park

- Caroline Moratti

Our 2023 Resene Colour Home Awards winner lives and breathes colour, pushing the envelope on bold shades and a jaw-dropping mural used for a stunning effect. Kareen Durbin has transformed her former state house into a visual delight, a chocolate box of blues, browns and sorbets, taking out the grand title and a $5000 prize in the process.

From the "cosy cave" main bedroom painted in Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen in Resene Jambalaya, which layers warm brown tones to the garden granny flat decked out in Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen in Resene Glorious, a sorbet shade that's all about eye-candy - it's clear that Kareen has an expert eye for colour and design.

On opening the front door, guests are submerged into a vivid colour scape, with the hallway and ceilings drenched in Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen in Resene Deep Koamaru, which Kareen describes as an "immersive colour experience" as through the tunnel of violet, visitors are reborn into the Resene Low Sheen Resene Quarter Iron white living space.