Designing aged care spaces isn’t about creating a neutral room, it’s about shaping an environment that feels personal and connected to its surroundings.
In this display suite at Roden Cutler Lodge for Anglicare Gordon, natural colours, textures and familiar objects were used to create a calm, masculine space — helping potential residents see how a room can feel both individual and grounded in place.
The Brief: A Nature-Inspired Display Suite
I worked with Anglicare’s marketing team to decorate three display suites at Roden Cutler Lodge in Gordon, on Sydney’s Upper North Shore.
For this third suite, we imagined a male resident and developed a room with a relaxed, masculine character, drawing inspiration from the lodge’s leafy surroundings.
Bringing the Surroundings Inside
Blues, greens and natural textures shaped the decorative palette, while artwork featuring Australian birds connected the room to local wildlife.
These choices gave the suite a distinct identity within the collection, showing another way residents could personalise their surroundings.
Familiar Objects and Everyday Rituals
An old-school bedside clock, a tan leather notebook, playing cards and a canister of Anzac biscuits suggested the interests and routines of the imagined resident.
These small details helped tell a personal story, inviting prospective residents and their families to picture familiar belongings within a new space.
Signature Scent
Bondi 2 by The Raconteur; with elements of Australian Lemon, giant fern, black pepper, wild herbs, labdanum.
Project Credits
Client: Anglicare
Site: Roden Cutler Lodge, Gordon
Architect: Allen Jack + Cottier
Photographer: Murray Fredericks
To view the other display suites, go here: Anglicare Gordon | Suite 1 and here: Anglicare Gordon | Suite 2.
