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PRIVATE VILLA, THAILAND - ORDERED 2024
A Thai villa - three bedroom suites in white slab and black glass.
Full-height wardrobes, a vanity run and a black-framed glass bay in a private Thai villa - flat slab fronts taken to an angled ceiling line, with tinted glass where the room needed depth rather than another wall.
Residential · Thailand · 2024 · Flat slab fronts
The brief
Storage that disappears into the room.
The brief was for cabinetry that does not announce itself. In a villa where the walls are already the feature - an angled ceiling, a stone bed plinth, a full-height glazed wall - the wardrobes had to be flat, handle-free and taken to the ceiling line so they read as part of the architecture rather than furniture standing in it.
What made it hard
The ceiling is not level, and the wardrobe has to be.
The upper rooms run an angled ceiling, so a wardrobe cannot be ordered at one height and trimmed on site. Each unit was drawn to its own ceiling profile, with the top panel cut to the rake and the doors set out from the finished floor rather than from the carcass. The glazed bay added the second problem: a black-framed glass front carries more weight than a board door, so the hinging and the carcass fixing were specified for it rather than assumed.
Flat fronts, tinted glass, stone where it is touched.
White slab fronts throughout, handle-free on the wardrobe runs so nothing projects into a narrow room. The glass bay is a black-framed tinted panel rather than clear, because in this room a clear front would show the hanging rail as a silhouette. Vanity tops are stone, and every cut edge on the carcass is sealed before the unit is crated.
- Doors white slab front, handle-free
- Glass bay black-framed, tinted panel
- Wardrobe tops cut to the raked ceiling line
- Vanity tops stone
- Set-out from finished floor, not from carcass
- Rooms three bedroom suites, two bathroom runs, living
The build
What the client sent back.
3BEDROOM SUITES
2BATHROOM RUNS
1GLAZED WARDROBE BAY
2024ORDERED, THAILAND
Spec
What was built.
| Location | Thailand |
| Year | 2024 |
| Footprint | Private villa - three bedroom suites, two bathrooms, living |
| Ceiling | Angled in the upper rooms - each unit cut to its own rake |
| Doors | White slab front, handle-free |
| Glass bay | Black-framed tinted panel |
| Vanity tops | Stone |
| Set-out | From finished floor level |
| Terms | EXW - 50% deposit by T/T, balance by T/T |
| Production | Scheduled against the deposit, per room set |
Ceiling profiles taken on site before drawing - the upper rooms are raked, so no unit could be ordered at a single height and trimmed later.
Factory to site
How the project ran.
Week 0 - Site measure
Ceiling rake and floor level recorded room by room, because the wardrobe tops could not be standardised.
Weeks 1-2 - Drawing set
Three bedroom suites and two bathroom runs drawn as separate sets on one specification.
Weeks 2-3 - Glass bay detailing
Frame profile, tint and hinge load agreed before the carcass was cut, since glass carries more than a board door.
Weeks 3-8 - Production
Panels cut to the rake, edges sealed, carcasses squared, glass fitted and checked before crating.
Weeks 8-10 - Packing and export
Numbered to the room, glass crated separately with edge protection.
Production & export
Glass travels separately, and numbered.
Any order with a glazed front is packed in two streams: carcasses and board doors in the standard crates, glass in its own crate with edge protection on all four sides and a face sheet between panels. Both are numbered to the same room list, so the installer opens one crate per room rather than sorting a mixed pallet. The damage-in-transit guide covers what to check on arrival.
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FAQ
This project, in plain answers.
Why were the wardrobes cut to the ceiling rather than trimmed on site?
The upper rooms in this villa have a raked ceiling, so a single order height would have left a tapering gap. Each unit was drawn to its own ceiling profile, with the top panel cut to the rake.
Why tinted glass instead of clear?
In a narrow room a clear front shows the hanging rail as a silhouette. The tinted panel keeps the depth without exposing the contents, and the black frame matches the door pulls on the rest of the run.
Is the glass front heavier to install than a board door?
Yes, and it has to be specified for. A black-framed glass panel carries more weight than a board door of the same size, so the hinge rating and the carcass fixing were chosen for it rather than assumed from the board-door schedule.
Which rooms were in the order?
Three bedroom suites, two bathroom runs and the living room cabinetry.
What are the wardrobe fronts made of?
White flat slab fronts, handle-free, so nothing projects into the room. Vanity tops are stone.
How was the order packed?
In two streams. Carcasses and board doors in standard crates, glass in its own crate with edge protection and a face sheet between panels, both numbered to the same room list.
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