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Cleverly concealed storage was the key to ensuring the existing garage footprint would be adequate to cope with the multipurpose realities of a practical pool house. “It’s just one room, but it needed to function as kitchen, bathroom, lounge room and equipment room,” says Riza. “We needed to design enough subtle storage for it, and planned the wall-length storage bench behind the sofa [see next page] for just that.”