Restful Refuge

Step into this master bedroom--with its palomino beige walls and perhaps a fire in the gas fireplace beyond the foot of the bed--and right away you start to unwind.

French Connection

This grand master bedroom seems to float, with its full-length casement windows, billowing bed canopy, intricate millwork, and airy palette.

Perfect Complement

In the master suite, mosquito netting drapes a four-poster bed in classic island fashion. The designer chose traditional French West Indies-style furnishings for the bedrooms. "We bought pieces constructed of alder and other close-grain woods. They hold up better in this climate," he says. Walls painted sunset orange complement cobalt blue fabrics.