Trends New Zealand Trends Volume 32 No 1 New Zealand | Page 114

Touch of privacy This bathroom features a garden window with operable privacy glass, elegantly laid tiling and a sculptural, minimalist vanity search | save | share at trendsideas.com If you’ve flown on Boeing’s new Dreamliner, one of the first things you probably wanted to try out was the window shade system. A flick of the switch, and the glass turns magically from transparent to translucent. For the owners of this home, the high-tech glass was an ideal solution to the dilemma of wanting family and visitors to enjoy their rear garden from the new bathroom, without compromising on privacy. In fact, that was just one of the innovative features that Owen Barnes of Bubble Bathrooms incorporated into the room. “The window with switch glass affords