The ground floor bathroom was approached as the ‘beach’ bathroom with direct
connection from the outdoors and service areas such as the laundry. Robust and low
maintenance materials continue from the outside in to function as an easy clean ‘wet
room’ able to tolerate sand, salt and dirt. Also accessible from the interior, the challenge
lay in ensuring that the bathroom could still function aesthetically and practically as the
main bathroom of the house in all seasons, for their sons but also for their guests.
In contrast, the master bathroom was approached as a luxurious and private retreat.
The spacious layout with freestanding bath, separate shower, and double basin again
has the ability to open up to the outdoors achieved by corner full height sliders,
however privacy is retained by vertical louvres (also mechanically adjustable). Natural
Blue Stone/Basalt are used for the vanity tops and the black / timber theme used
elsewhere in the house is continued. Custom-made black aluminium shower trays and
folded slats were designed for the level entry shower base where the porous natural
stone was impractical.
Photographs: Patrick Reynolds Photography
Architects: Strachan Group Architects, Rachael Rush
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