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Cabanarama
Making room reservations at the Four Seasons Hotel in Maui is fairly easy, reserving a pool side cabana however, is another story.
Unable to score a coveted poolside cabana during high summer season, my husband convinced us that we were better off lounging under a sunbrella stuck on the Wailea sand and call it a day. I may have been deprived of a cabana that humid day in July but that didn’t stop me from wanting one. Cabana, which means a hut in Spanish, has always been associated with Hollywood glam. Despite its lightweight structure surrounded with cloth panels, having a cabana or a pool house or a guest house at your residential property is really about having the luxury of an extra outdoor room…
Favorite Finds
Favorite Finds In The World of Design 6»Clay Furniture: dining chair (red)
designer: Maarten Baas
Walking into Moss, a gallery of bespoke table top, furniture, lighting and jewelry, with locations in New York City and Los Angeles, you are instantly confronted with some of the most original pieces of art on view anywhere. Yes, I said art, since even a simple vase, which at [...]
Big Bang Little Buck
Fiddle Under The Roof»By: Vivian Fuentebella-Sanchez
13 summers ago, as my then fiancée and I were closing escrow on our first home, my mother gave us our very first house plant. Not a fern, mind you but an almost 6 feet tall Raphis Palm Tree. I loved that plant, it complemented my then shabby chic furniture style with its [...]
Do It Yourself Projects
Never Let It Be Said That I Suffer From A One Track Mind»Aisle After Aisle at Home Depot
Not a great omen for an unfinished project when I realize I don’t have enough of something and have to head over to the local Home Depot. I can honestly say I spend way too much time in those stores gawking and drooling.