Secret garden
A concealed door opens to the ensuite, where a raised blind
reveals a private garden for the eyes of bathroom occupants only
A modest footprint doesn’t mean a bathroom
has to lack impact, as this project demonstrates.
Architect Mark Frazerhurst designed the one-
bedroom home that includes this master suite
for his parents.
“The house is named ‘folding house’ due to
its overall external and internal shaped forms –
and for its underlying concept,” says Frazerhurst.
“And I continued this theme into the master
bathroom on the custom vanity, with its folded
cabinetry.”
The vanity has a laminate countertop and is
underlit, highlighting its sculptural quality and
providing a night light for the master suite.
Frazerhurst also designed and constructed
other hand-crafted elements, for the suite.
“The batten wall in the bedroom includes a
concealed door in the same finish leading into
the ensuite. From the front door, you can see
into the bedroom but the batten wall conceals
the ensuite,” he says.
Other hand-worked elements include the
angled, butt-jointed aluminium-framed bath-
room mirror and the wall-hung bedside tables.
“Continuing the glass shower stall right up
to the ceiling, avoids a clutter of horizontal lines
Facing page: Room with a view – a
private view that is. This master
ensuite, by whole-house architect
Mark Frazerhurst, opens to a private
garden via a triple-panel sliding door.
Above: Clean-lined and understated,
the modest-sized bathroom features
a hand-crafted vanity cabinet made
up of faceted triangular shapes. This
is underlit to highlight the form of
the cabinetry and to provide a night
light for the master suite.
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