Home & Garden

Man Caves, Part Deux

June - July 2011

Equip Your Space with These Over-the-Top Gems GUYS ALWAYS REMEMBER FONDLY THEIR FIRST “PLACE,” whether it was that fort or treehouse they built in the back yard, or their room plastered with rock posters, floor covered in dirty laundry. Later in life, it was the dorm room filled with empty pizza boxes, or a first…

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The Pert Locker

April - May 2011

Plastic Hangers Be Gone! No Skeletons to Hide with a Well-Designed Closet Photography by Olivier Koning CLOSET ENVY. Everyone’s got it these days, from celebrities with their own stylists to the fashionista moving into her first apartment. Gone are the days when closets were an afterthought. “They are very personal and serve as an emotional…

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Safe at Home

February - March 2011

The Key to an Ironclad Closet THERE SEEMS TO BE NO SHORTAGE OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THINGS ALL ABOUT YOU: There are signature drinks and fragrances; you can customize your car, your phone and even the pooch. Now, you can even customize the most utilitarian of items: your home safe. It makes perfect sense that…

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Party Plan

December - January 2011

Organize an Unforgettable Holiday Fete So you want to get into the Spirit of the Season by hosting a holiday Shindig. Should it be a high-end cocktail affair a la Gatsby, a festive seasonal dinner in the spirit of the Nutcracker Ballet, or a chic New Year’s Eve soiree with an endless supply of champagne?…

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For Those Who Have Everything…

December - January 2011

Shock Them With HIStyle PUCCI, VINTAGE ART EDITION This stunning tome contains hundreds of photographs, drawings and candid shots from the Emilio Pucci Foundation’s archive. Limited to only 500 signed and numbered copies; each is bound in vintage Pucci fabric and comes with four prints of original Pucci drawings. ($1,000) Available at www.taschen.com SIDI SPECIAL…

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The HILux Gift Guide – For the Home

December - January 2011

Accoutrements For Your Pied-a-terre SWAROVSKI Perfect for the fearless leader in your life. This numbered, limited edition piece is only produced on-demand and captures the power of a Chinese dragon mid-fl ight. Designed by Heinz Tabertshofer, the dragon is crafted with 63,110 handset crystals. A fully faceted Golden Shadow crystal ball sits in its taloned…

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The HILux Gift Guide – For the Children

December - January 2011

A “Little” Luxury Goes a Long Way PARROT AR.DRONE QUADRICOPTER For the aspiring pilot with an iPhone®, iPod touch®, or iPad® device, this flying video game uses a built-in Wi-Fi system and accelerometer to let users wirelessly control a four-roter quadricopter. Available at www.Brookstone.com ($299.99) RED BEARD’S REVENGE PIRATE SHIP PLAYHOUSE This custom-made vessel, complete…

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Autumnal Infusion

October - November 2010

Spruce up your Home for Fall WHILE THE SUN CONTINUES TO SHINE on our beautiful state and the leaves are, well, still green, there are some things you can do to transition the season within your home to usher in autumn. Color is the first indicator of fall, most notably the jewel and harvest tones…

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The Ultimate Outdoor Kitchen

August - September 2010

’Round the grill entertainment IT’S THE END OF AN ARDUOUS WEEK. Riding shotgun in your car is a brown paper bag filled with all the things that you’ll use to usher in the weekend: Decadently marbled rib-eye steaks, day-caught mahimahi, a beautiful medley of Hamakua mushrooms and tomatoes, and some local greens. Such gastronomic treasures…

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The Good Doctor’s Grape Cellar

August - September 2010

The Hawaiian Wine Cellar is far from a ubiquitous home accoutrement. Sure, we don’t benefit from the basements that root the majority of Mainland homes to terra firma. Yet after a short stroll to our closest sandy beach … you don’t hear a lot of complaining. When we came across a note from a devoted…

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