This ground floor apartment in one of Cairns premiere esplanade resorts had the added bonus of outdoor space, however, this 'garden' was left unused. Not only did it hold water, coming from the balconies above, but falling objects actually made this space a risk, not a relaxing entertaining area. We enclosed this space, creating a flow from the inside to an 'outside' deck, almost doubling the apartment's space. Now there is lots of safe entertaining room, shutters provide the flexibility of bringing the outside in, or creating privacy.