A mirror that lies (a little)
The backlit arch mirror sits proud of the wall on a shadow-line frame, so it reads as a window, not a fitting.
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Unit 2/9-11 Baillieu Court
Mitchell ACT 2911
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ApartmentKingston · Inner South2023
Kingston Foreshore Apartment
A compact foreshore apartment, fitted out so nothing about it feels compact.
TypeApartment
LocationKingston, Inner South
Delivered2023
Build time5 months
The Brief
How this home came to be.
At 94 square metres, every square inch had to work harder than it would in a house. The ensuite became the proof of concept — a backlit arch mirror that visually doubles the depth of the room, and a floating vanity that keeps the floor tile reading as one continuous surface.
We fitted out the apartment during a live building's quiet hours, coordinating lift bookings and noise windows with the body corporate — the kind of logistics a house build never has to think about.
Internal
94 m²
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
2
Car space
1
Balcony
12 m²
Star rating
7.0
Photographs
On site.
Shot over three visits — dawn, midday and dusk — so the material palette reads the way the family will actually live in it.
What's inside
The specification, in plain English.
Every line here is something we insisted on — not something added to fatten a quote.
- 01Backlit arch mirror to visually extend the ensuite
- 02Floating vanity for an unbroken floor line
- 03Matte black tapware and hardware throughout
- 04Full noise and lift-access coordination with the body corporate
- 05Built-in study nook in place of a third bedroom
- 06Double-glazed acoustic glass to the foreshore-facing balcony
Signature moments
The things worth
pointing out.
Small decisions that only reveal themselves once you're living in the house. These are ours for this project.
Storage where you don't expect it
The vanity's toe-kick conceals a slide-out drawer for everyday toiletries — space that would otherwise do nothing.
Renovating above other people's homes
All plumbing and waterproofing work was scheduled around the building's quiet hours, with weekly updates to neighbouring residents.
Where it stands
Kingston,
Inner South.
- Client
- First-home buyers
- Build time
- 5 months
- Delivered
- 2023
