The wall that opens: where a whole terrace hides its clutter

Black slatted wall under a red tile roof, closed, behind an outdoor kitchen with a sink, two pendant lamps and a black grill on a wet wooden deck

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From the deck, this terrace has one calm black wall behind an outdoor kitchen. Slide part of it aside, and the everyday things a terrace runs on — towels, linen, a folding chair — are stored right behind it.

Where it started

Before, this stretch of the house was white-painted boards, the same as the rest of the facade.

White painted vertical wood cladding with windows under a red tiled roof and wooden deck

Slide it open

Slide the slatted sections aside, and two openings appear: one with room for a folding chair, one with shelves of towels and linen. The kitchen next to them stays exactly where it is.

Black slatted terrace wall with two sections slid open, showing a folding chair and shelves of towels and linen beside an outdoor kitchen

What's behind it

Wire shelves with folded linen, stacked towels and a bathrobe, a step from the terrace. Slide the section back, and all of it disappears behind the slats.

Open section of a black slatted wall with wire shelves of folded linen, towels and a bathrobe, next to a small drinks fridge and a potted cactus

Clad in black Aluwood

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Closed, the whole stretch reads as one surface: narrow black slats from the eave down to the terrace, behind the kitchen and across the storage alike. That's the trick. The storage doesn't look like storage.

The wall is clad in Aluwood in black. Aluwood is WoodUpp's outdoor panel for facades and terrace walls, made in Scandinavia for Nordic weather. Black comes in two versions: Thermowood, which is thermally treated Nordic pine, and Alu, aluminum slats with a wood-like finish. The sliding sections are a custom build, made for this terrace.

White two-story house with a red tile roof and a closed black slatted wall at ground level behind an outdoor kitchen and a wet wooden deck

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