This white plantation style cottage is built on a hill overlooking an expansive ocean view. Designed in the traditional Hawaiian plantation style, which is seen in the entry details, lava rock columns, the double hung windows, the shake roofing and board and batten wall finish. Surrounded by lush tropical landscaping the home is the quintessential tropical oasis.

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Willman Interiors is a full service Interior design firm on the Big Island of Hawaii. There is no cookie-cutter concepts in anything we do—each project is customized and imaginative. Combining artisan touches and stylish contemporary detail, we do what we do best: put elements together in ways that are fresh, gratifying, and reflective of our clients’ tastes.

Opening to a lush, tropical garden, the only bedroom room that doesn't face the ocean is often the first on claimed by guests.
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This tropical great room's design was inspired by the villas in Bali. The vaulted ceiling is designed with reed thatch and ebony stained natural beams and rafters. The kitchen has a waterfall edge kitchen island, ebony cabinets, natural basket pendants, and cream colored tiles. The glass sliding and pocketing doors opening to the courtyard gardens are teak. The floors are a cream porcelain tile. The white sofa has modern and timeless comfort, the woven chairs speak to the tropical style throughout the home. The dining table is monkey-pod wood.

Willman Interiors is a full service Interior design firm on the Big Island of Hawaii. There is no cookie-cutter concepts in anything we do—each project is customized and imaginative. Combining artisan touches and stylish contemporary detail, we do what we do best: put elements together in ways that are fresh, gratifying, and reflective of our clients’ tastes. Photo : Linny Morris

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A simple upholstered bed adorned with custom linen pillows sits on a contemporary tropical Tibetan rug.
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Stone was used liberally throughout the home; we chose a honed travertine. “In the different areas of the house, an array of finishes for the stone, from brushed or tumbled to polished or honed,” most of the countertops throughout the house are granite, and the exterior beams are covered in rough-hewn Hawaiian coral stone. For the dining area, the designers created a table from a slab of tamarind wood found in Bali, and custom-designed the steel-and-wood benches. They unified the open room with oversize, high-back dining chairs and woven-leather club chairs from Walters Wicker, and introduced a touch of color with fabrics from Donghia and Jim Thompson. Outside In | Pocket doors allow the home’s sunken great room to be completely open to the elements on the ocean side. “This room epitomizes the indoor-outdoor lifestyle,” Cabinetry : Mahogany scallop door from Manufacture Gallery Basin : Xylem from Ferguson Faucets : Axor Citterio by Hansgrohe from Ferguson Flooring : Crema Andino honed travertine tile from Andean Stone Wall tiles : Inti vein-cut brushed travertine tile; chisel coral stone (shower) from Andean Stone Photo-David Livingston Architect-Jim McPeak

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Stone was used liberally throughout the home; we chose a honed travertine. “In the different areas of the house, an array of finishes for the stone, from brushed or tumbled to polished or honed,” most of the countertops throughout the house are granite, and the exterior beams are covered in rough-hewn Hawaiian coral stone. For the dining area, the designers created a table from a slab of tamarind wood found in Bali, and custom-designed the steel-and-wood benches. They unified the open room with oversize, high-back dining chairs and woven-leather club chairs from Walters Wicker, and introduced a touch of color with fabrics from Donghia and Jim Thompson. Outside In | Pocket doors allow the home’s sunken great room to be completely open to the elements on the ocean side. “This room epitomizes the indoor-outdoor lifestyle,” Cabinetry : Mahogany scallop door from Manufacture Gallery Basin : Xylem from Ferguson Faucets : Axor Citterio by Hansgrohe from Ferguson Flooring : Crema Andino honed travertine tile from Andean Stone Wall tiles : Inti vein-cut brushed travertine tile; chisel coral stone (shower) from Andean Stone Photo-David Livingston Architect-Jim McPeak

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Stone was used liberally throughout the home; we chose a honed travertine. “In the different areas of the house, an array of finishes for the stone, from brushed or tumbled to polished or honed,” most of the countertops throughout the house are granite, and the exterior beams are covered in rough-hewn Hawaiian coral stone. Outside In | Pocket doors allow the home’s sunken great room to be completely open to the elements on the ocean side. “This room epitomizes the indoor-outdoor lifestyle,” Cabinetry : Mahogany scallop door from Manufacture Gallery Basin : Xylem from Ferguson Faucets : Axor Citterio by Hansgrohe from Ferguson Flooring : Crema Andino honed travertine tile from Andean Stone Wall tiles : Inti vein-cut brushed travertine tile; chisel coral stone (shower) from Andean Stone Photo-David Livingston Architect-Jim McPeak

Bright and airy master bedroom with modern Hawaiian touches. photo credit: Shannon Novak
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