ISLAND INSPIRATION

Encompassing more than 10,000 square feet of living space, the home features an adapted South Pacific-style design of seven octagonal pods--each a specific and well-proportioned room.  Connecting balconies, generous overhangs, and a wood roof further enhance the South Sea Island ambience.  Green riverbed stones from Bali accent the walkways and sheath the stilt columns that support the house; the exacting process of applying the stones required four Indonesian craftsmen and nine months to complete.   The residence is custom-finished with exotic woods, including Honduran mahogany for the windows and exterior doors, southern pine for the roof frame, Indonesian Kampor for the hand-carved exterior decking, and Brazilian mahogany for the bedroom floors.