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New Mustique Villa is Perfect Hiding Place

Looking for something new under the Caribbean sun? The Sheherezade is a new five-acre villa – one acre for every star, I guess – on Mustique. This is one of only a handful of properties on the island that offers access to the Mustique Moon Walk and is adjacent to a 100-acre reserve, tennis court and private gym. Located on the south side of the island, Sheherezade features views of where the Atlantic and Caribbean meet from one of the highest points on Mustique, turning the home into a paradise within a paradise.

Designed by Mexican architect Manolo Mestre, this seven-bedroom compound includes a main family residence and three private guest villas, connected by an expansive palapa with infinity pools along a carefully landscaped ridge. Bathrooms are spa-inspired, and 280-degree vistas are offered from the verandas. The primary residence, with four bedrooms, integrates exotic woods, a pebble mosaic and hand-chiseled floors, with organic materials included in the construction. The three private cottages feature one bedroom each and tranquil gardens. A lap pool and sun terrace are accessible from all four buildings. All four buildings are supported by a staff of six. In total, the Sheherezade has a capacity of 14 guests.

While you can disappear to the Sheherezade to chill, the active will not be bored. Wireless internet is up and running for those (like me) desperate to stay connected, and there's a tennis court on the property to feed those with the green ball addiction. The most important amenity, however, is privacy. When you step into this corner of Mustique, you will be lost to the world ... until you decide to return. Of course, at $40,000 a week, you'd expect nothing less.

Gallery: Sheherezade, Mustique

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The Detail.MGX Pendant Light

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor

Now here's a lamp that truly can't be copied or created by any other artist -- it's literally got designer Dan Yeffet's fingerprints all over it. In an endeavor to create something that represented privacy (or a lack of) he took his own fingerprint and stretched it over a sphere shape, resulting in a truly unique pattern of light shining out from between the channels.

At first I wasn't that crazy about this design because it looked like zebra stripes and I'm not one for animal prints. But once I realized it's fingerprints I like it a lot more! Funny how that works. The Detail.MGX pendant light measures 24cm wide (the sphere) and is available from Within 4 Walls for £1948.

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Going Out of the Way for Privacy

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Services

In years past only the biggest celebrities received special accommodations at hotels and resorts when it came to maintaining privacy and anonymity, but in today's world of ever-increasing celebrity news popularity, fiercely competitive worldwide businesses, and even terrorism, many travel locations have made going to great lengths to protect privacy a part of their regular routine.

It's not unusual for certain travel destinations to provide rooms in separate wings with space enough for security personnel, private entries, and aliases for check in and billing. Some have even been known to specially request no-fly zones when particular guests are present.

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