The transportation process can often be the trickiest part of a build. This cottage was loaded onto a barge and carried into the Marlborough Sounds, where a truck and two diggers carried it up a hill to its final resting spot. Often it’s easier to move an entire house than to cart building equipment to a remote location.

Once the cottage is transported to its destination, it is fitted with a veranda and decking area to complete the look. The facings and trim are in Resene Chalk Dust and the weatherboards are in a calming Resene Half Dusted Blue.

Kirsty’s ‘Brandy Rose Room’ pairs the smooth sandalwood pink Resene Brandy Rose on the walls with tongue and groove panelling and the ceiling in crisp Resene Quarter Rice Cake.  

’The Gelato Room’ is playful yet elegant, coloured in Resene Gelato. To retain the freshness of Resene Gelato, pair your walls with Resene Quarter Rice Cake or fresh Resene White. Kirsty and David use different interior linings that make the cottages very easy to heat and cool, which is great for the environment as they minimise power usage.  

David Gee’s favourite room uses Resene Bianca on the ceiling, trim and walls below the dado moulding and a smoky Resene Quarter Periglacial Blue on the walls. The shelving unit in the kitchen is highlighted in Resene Zeus and the interior kitchen doors are painted in Resene Quarter Delta.  

Sales Consultant Whi loves this cottage kitchen, painted in calm and misty Resene Pale Leaf with the window seat area providing a pop of colour. The two-toned wall panelling pairs Resene Elderflower and Resene Eighth Sisal. Resene Elderflower brightens the ceiling.

David Wraight enjoyed creating the layout and colour scheme of one of the company’s most recent builds. The kitchen combines Resene Quarter Rice Cake on the ceiling, trim, and dado moulding with Resene Bubble White on the walls and kitchen units. The kitchen island provides a refined pop of colour in Resene Casper.    

One of Kirsty’s favourite kitchen designs, the Colour Cottage uses a vibrant Resene Sea Nymph on the kitchen cabinetry and a soft orchard Resene Apple Green on the walls. The ceiling and trim are in hazy Resene Elderflower.   

The clawfoot bath adds elegance to this cottage bathroom and the feature wall in Resene Bianca lightens the room. The surrounding bathroom walls are awash in Resene Quarter Periglacial Blue.

After a cottage is built in the yard, it is transported, fully painted, to its destination. This home was heading to Waitarere Beach and is painted in Resene Quill Grey with Resene Snow Drift soffits and facings and Resene Forecast on the window sills.