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Reimagining a vintage oceanfront cottage

A Home That Embraces Hawaiian Culture Chaotic Closet Gets a Makeover Garden Plants That Thrive Where You Live

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The stairway in artist Ed Lane’s Wailea home serves as an impromptu showplace for his art. (Story on page 56.)

About our cover: A Pā‘ia home celebrates its seaside setting—indoors and out.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 8 » At Home 30 » Real Estate Trends A HOME BY THE SEA

Her whole life, Deanna Ferguson longed for a secluded cottage beside the ocean.

In 2013 she found it.

Story by Sarah Ruppenthal

If you want to know the latest about high-end homes, ask an exert.

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56 » At Home

UNDER THE SOUTHERN SUN

OBACHAN’S PICKLE

All you need is a rock. Story by Becky Speere

For one Maui artist, home is a study in light.

Story by Rita Goldman

Styling your home? Make your statement with accessories that shine.

Compiled by Marluy Andrade

38 » At Home

61 » Artist on Location

23 » Closet Rescue

Renovations give an Upcountry home an island sense of place. Story by Heidi Pool

Picking the perfect picture is only the start. Story by Rita Goldman

46 » Hawaiian Soul

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SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER Turning a disaster area into a room for all reasons.

Story by Rita Goldman

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Family friends Cameron, Sarah and Leah Burns enjoy the home’s sweeping ocean view. Early in the renovation, the Fergusons removed the screens that had closed in the wide, inviting lÄ nai.

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Her whole life, Deanna Ferguson longed for a secluded cottage by the sea.

In 2013 she found it.

Story by Sarah Ruppenthal Photography by Chris J. Evans

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Above: Jessica McLellan and Wendy Takemoto of HUE Interior Design selected beach-inspired furniture and accessories for the living room, including a sectional sofa in a linen-blend herringbone weave, custom pillows, a handwoven rattan-and-iron slipper chair, driftwood table lamp, handwoven jute-and-cotton area rug, and an eye-catching indigo pouf. Left: A vintage relief wooden horse stands guard over the Fergusons’ guest-ready bar cart.

Six years ago, Deanna and Gavin Ferguson were on the hunt for a house on Maui. When they found the one-acre oceanfront property for sale in Pā‘ia, it felt like coming home. Deanna, who grew up in Central Florida, harbors fond memories of being salty haired and barefoot at her grandparents’ seaside property in Cape Canaveral. Gavin spent his formative years on the beach at his family’s vacation home in Hermanus, South Africa. An avid surfer, standup paddler and kiteboarder, he was instantly smitten with the house and its proximity to the ocean. Little did the Fergusons know, when they purchased the home in 2013, that theirs was the latest chapter in its intriguing history.

Built in 1937, it was once owned by actor Lyle Bettger, whose roles in film, stage and television (often as the villain) included Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the Oscar-winning Greatest Show on Earth. Bettger’s father had been a third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals; was it mere coincidence that a later owner of the home, Don Nelson, would also hail from major-league sports? Nelson is a former NBA player and head coach who used to host star-studded poker games on the lānai.

In 2017, the Fergusons decided to give the eighty-year-old dwelling a facelift. And it was right up Deanna’s alley; she has masterminded several remodeling projects over the years. Her

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A rustic dining table anchors linencovered side chairs and a pair of tortoise-bamboo director’s chairs with cotton seats and backs. Below: The property sits on a bluff with wraparound views: ‘Īao Valley to the west, Haleakalā to the south, an ocean horizon to the north, and around the corner, a stretch of sand where sea turtles bask.

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Above: Custom throw pillows, mercury-glass lamps, and crochet tab top curtains in lieu of closet doors give the master bedroom a relaxed and breezy look. So does the sliding barn door—once the home’s front entrance.

Above: Location gives the home the privacy of a seaside retreat, even though it’s only a stroll away from the bustle of Pā‘ia town. Right: The master bathroom’s antique window is original to the house, which was built in 1937.

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fascination with home design began at the age of six, when she watched The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. A romantic ghost story, the 1947 film starred Gene Tierney as a young widow who moves into a secluded cottage inhabited by the ghost of its former owner, a sea captain played by Rex Harrison. Deanna recalls being captivated not only by the storyline, but also by the architectural elements of Mrs. Muir’s idyllic seaside home.

“I told myself I’d have a house like that someday,” she says. So when she set out to update the Pā‘ia residence, Deanna had a clear mental picture of what it would look like when the renovation was finished—and what it would look like in the next century.

“I envisioned a simple interior, so 100 years from now you could strip out all of the furniture and the house would stand alone.”

And, she says, “I wanted it to be a bohemian seaside getaway—a place where you could come in from a day at the beach, toss your wet, sandy towel in the laundry, shower off, put your feet up, and watch the sunset . . . and do it all over again the next day.”

The first order of business was tackling the exteriors of the 1,400-square-foot house, the detached laundry room, the 600-square-foot guest cottage and the

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Clockwise from top: Black fixtures accent white cabinets and walls, giving the kitchen a crisp and airy attitude. Uncluttered counters bracket the range; all the kitchen appliances are new. Grey-washed to look weatherworn, this hutch displays beach-inspired accessories behind glass doors with corrosion-resistant gunmetal trim.

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two-car garage. Gavin and Deanna stripped off the existing mango-colored wood paneling and replaced it with cedar-shake shingles that will weather to a soft grey over time. Deanna says she and Gavin were sold on the enduring nature of cedar siding after their construction manager told them about his family’s home on Moloka‘i; its shake shingles had lasted for generations.

The Fergusons painted the exterior trim a cheerful turquoise to add a pop of color (and personality). To create a breezy ambiance and take advantage of the wraparound views, the couple tore out the screens that had enclosed the spacious, covered lānai.

Then they outfitted the space with oil-rubbed bronze fixtures that could better withstand the salty trade winds. The original front door was replaced with a matching set of sliders, but it didn’t get tossed out; instead, it was repurposed as a sliding barn door for the master bathroom.

Inside, Deanna made sure every room would be bright, airy and awash in white; the newly painted walls offer a clean canvas. That

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Liberated from screens, the large, oceanfacing lānai is an inviting outdoor living space, perfect for lounging, entertaining, or dining alfresco.

theme extends to the sunlit kitchen, where black hardware and appliances set off crisp white cabinets and light granite countertops. The Fergusons opted for easy-to-clean surfaces in the kitchen and bathrooms, and water-resistant vinyl flooring to accommodate sandy feet and wet swimsuits. To furnish the main house and one-bedroom cottage, the couple turned to interior designers Jessica McLellan and Wendy Takamoto of HUE, a “beach luxe” furniture and home-accessories store in Kahului. “I told them to keep it simple and relaxed,” Deanna says. Mission accomplished: After paying a visit to the property, Jessica and Wendy chose bohemian-inspired décor in natural textures and neutral colors that evoke sand, sea and sky. Deanna says she and Gavin were delighted with the result.

“It feels comfortable and lived-in, not overdone.”

One thing you won’t find in the home is a television. Instead, there are stacks of board games and plenty of cozy seating inside and out. “It’s the perfect place for entertaining,” Deanna says. “It reminds me of being at my grandparents’ house, where everything was about family.”

Outside, Adirondack chairs now encircle the portable fire pit, where the Fergusons and their guests like to take in sunsets and roast marshmallows for s’mores. Towering palm trees punctuate the lawn; you could hang a hammock just about anywhere. And along the bluff, Gavin and Deanna planted a thick swath of tall vetiver grass as a barrier (and as a backstop for their three

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A cerulean wool area rug and a corner cabinet of recycled pine dial up the vintage personality of the larger of two guest rooms. Below: Deanna chose the furnishings for the cottage, taking her cues from its coastal surroundings.

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Middle photo: An oak-and-concrete planter reprises the lānai’s muted color scheme.

Above: Oil-rubbed bronze wall fixtures add a touch of understated elegance.

The decorative pillows on these teak plantation lounge chairs also add welcome lumbar support.

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Then there was the matter of naming the property. Initially, Deanna suggested the apropos moniker “Turtle Lair,” but after noticing Gavin continuously gazing out to the horizon, she changed her mind. “I decided to call it ‘Sea Vigil,’ because he’s always watching the water,” she explains.

Today, sitting on Sea Vigil’s lānai, it’s possible to imagine that—if you stretch your legs just far enough—you could feel the waves lapping at your toes. “It really is a magical place,” Deanna says. “Sometimes it feels like it’s just you and the sea.”

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THIS TABLE’S TOPS Rustic meets contemporary in this oversized Watson coffee table (67"x32"x15") made of reclaimed wood with a steel base. $1,950 at HUE Interior Design & Home Boutique, 210 Alamaha St., Kahului, 873-6910, MauiHue.com.

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PLAYING WITH SCALE Ocean-inspired, this Colombina Collection salt pot is a catch for any meal. Stainless steel, with salt cellar and spoon, it’s also perfect for fish roe and other small servings. $78 at Luna & Tide, 62 Baldwin Ave., Pā‘ia, 579-3300, LunaAndTide.com.

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PILLOW TALK Rest assured you’ll love this natural cotton canvas pillow with linen panel and wool/cashmere accents, handwoven by The Maui Mercer. $150 at Pearl Butik, 71 Baldwin Ave., Pā‘ia, 579-8899; or online at TheMauiMercer.com.

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SAY WATT? Not to be taken lightly, this Santana lamp will add spark to any interior. Shades of green and yellow ascend the glass base like candle flames rising into smoke. 23”x17”. $375 at Pacific Home, 221 Lalo St., Kahului, 727-8300, Pacific-Home.com.

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SOFA, SO GOOD Make Benchcraft’s Dahara sofa your front-row seating.

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Space: The Final Frontier STORY BY RITA GOLDMAN

Debbie Finklewicz surveys the disaster that is my storage closet. Her eyes take in the file cabinets that support a board I use as a table for art and sewing projects—or will, as soon as I clear away heaps of unfiled papers, a broken ceramic sculpture I keep meaning to superglue, empty cat-food containers and Kleenex boxes awaiting recycling, and the foam I bought years ago to make a cushion for my cedar chest. Her gaze sweeps right, to the exercycle buried under a pile of workout clothes; left, to the vacuum cleaner propped below a wall hook from which a T-square hangs, past an oversized drawing pad to the corner where walking sticks and a beach umbrella lean dejectedly, knowing they will not see daylight any time soon.

You can learn a lot about a person from her closet. From mine, Debbie has surely figured out that I’m a lapsed exerciser, a wannabe artist, and an aspiring—if not actual—tidy person. Yet when she finishes

her inspection and turns to me, her first question is not what I expect: “How tall are you?”

Uh, what?

“Four-eleven,” I stutter, “but I used to be five feet!” I do not add that my favorite sci-fi movie is The Incredible Shrinking Man. “Right- or left-handed?”

“Right,” I answer, suspiciously.

“Why?” Her amused expression convinces me that she’s seen bewilderment on a lot of first-time clients’ faces. Debbie is president of Maui Closet Company, a one-stop shop of designers, fabricators, installers . . . and, judging by her enthusiasm and encouragement, at least one closet psychologist.

“We design according to the space, the client’s needs and budget,” she explains.

“We raise low drawers for people with back issues, or add pull-down rods for people in

Back at Maui Closet Company’s office, Debbie Finklewicz takes pencil, paper, experience and ingenuity to an enterprise that is completely alien to this writer: turning chaos into an attractive, efficient, multitasking closet. After trekking to Ha‘ikū to view said closet in person, Debbie will work with her in-house team of fabricators to create a space uniquely suited to my needs.

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Debbie’s first sketch offers a wealth of storage options: bookshelves, cabinets, cubbies . . . even sorting bins for recyclables.

Alas, much of it is too high for easy access.

I like the worktable’s inset lighting, but not the prospect of having to face the closet’s back wall while working.

Option two is a better fit, with more storage at a reachable height—including a retractable valet tucked behind a cabinet door. The pulldown worktable allows seating on three sides; no need to swivel one-eighty to look out. It also hides several bookshelves that become accessible when it’s pulled down. Only problem: no space for a guest bed.

wheelchairs. If we’re designing for children, we can create a space that’s adjustable as they grow. We try to accommodate how a client will access the space.”

In my case, that means no high shelves until jetpacks come down in price.

each with head-on and bird’s-eye views. My feedback, she says, will help her hone the final design.

Option one has a small worktable with inset lighting; it’s surrounded by bookshelves, bins for recyclables, and lots of storage cabinets. There are even three tall, skinny slots for my drawing pad, T-square and walking sticks. I’m delighted by the amount and variety of storage, but the worktable is too small, and I’m still hoping for a bed for the occasional guest.

Option two also has lots of storage, including a retractable valet for hanging clothes. The central panel pulls down to reveal a table big enough to handle any project short of large-animal taxidermy.

There’s room for seating on three sides, yet it’s short enough to allow the louver doors to close, even when the table’s in use.

“I like this better,” I tell Debbie, “especially having a valet that gives a guest a place to hang clothes. But there’s nowhere for that guest to sleep.”

Debbie grins as she turns to option three,

Maui Closet Company is in Kahului, but Debbie spends a lot of time on the road, visiting potential customers to see their spaces—not just closets, but the home itself, which can give her clues to their style and preferences. (Mine, she says, are for solid wood, which I knew, and symmetry, which I hadn’t realized until she pointed it out.)

And then there’s what the client wants to use the space for. When I tell Debbie I’d like my four-by-eight closet to serve as a workshop, attractive and efficient storage, and guest room, she laughs. “You can have one, maybe two of those,” she says.

Yet when I visit Maui Closet Company the following week, Debbie has figured out a way for me to have it all.

She starts by showing me three designs,

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and as soon as I see the sketch, I do, too. Cabinets and cubbies occupy the top half of the design. A panel stretches across the bottom. Pull the panel down and a Murphy bed appears, positioned sideways so guests can close the louvers for privacy. Fold the Murphy bed up, and a smaller panel folds down to create a good-sized table.

It’s everything I asked for, so you’d think I’d be satisfied, but I’m not. I’ve fallen in love with the valet, which is absent in option three.

Worse, the cabinets start four feet from the floor and stretch to the ceiling. Cue the jetpack.

So far, Debbie has schlepped to my house in the Ha‘ikū boonies, surveyed my closet’s chaos without flinching, created three designs and estimates for fabrication, delivery and installation. (Estimates for my requests range from $2,000 to $4,600.) I apologize for being finicky, but she assures me it’s fine; we’re still in the figuring-it-out stage.

She thinks for a moment, then picks up her straight edge and sketches a fourth design. The Murphy bed and worktable are still there, but the cabinets start lower, and she’s put the valet back in, along with space for a lamp next to some low shelves.

It’s perfect. And Debbie thought of it on the spot.

“Designing is the fun part,” she says. “I’ve done this for twentyeight years, and every design is different, because every client is different. We’re not trying to change your habits, just give your habits a better home.”

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The winner: Debbie’s fourth design accomplishes everything I’ve asked for—except that it couldn’t be custom fabricated and installed before the magazine went to press. This rendering offers a sneak peek. (Note the table lamp on the shelf at left, a late addition to my list of requests. The cord slips through a hidden grommet to reach the nearest electrical outlet.)

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Pulling down the smaller panel reveals an even more generous workspace than the table in option two, and it still allows side seating, so I don’t have to face the wall. (Turning my head left lets me see the floor-to-ceiling windows on the living room’s opposite wall . . . and the Ha‘ikū jungle beyond.)

Debbie’s stellar solution for morphing my closet into a guest room: Fold the table up, pull the larger panel down, and voila! a twin bed set lengthwise, so visitors can close the louver doors for privacy. A retractable valet, hidden behind the tall cabinet at right, becomes a mini closet for guests. As for reaching the highest cabinets? All I have to do is stand on the bed.

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DESIGNS BY SHIRLEY

Maile grows on the slopes of Hawai‘i’s volcanoes. Because it represents love, honor and respect, maile is often woven into lei and used in weddings, anniversaries, graduations, blessings and other celebrations.

It also inspired this 14kt yellow-gold and diamond Hawaiian maile-leaf pendant and earrings. Find them at Sargent’s Fine Jewelry, 802 Front Street, Lahaina | SargentsFineJewelry. com | 808-667-4030; or call Shirley Lecomte, 808-276-3811.

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For 25 years, Maui Hands has happily shared the expansive universe of whimsy of Steven Lee Smeltzer.

Come see his vast assortment of artful creatures and characters.

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Sassabella showcases locally based designers and features high-quality, extremely soft garments. We offer a unique and sassy shopping experience. Choose from one-of-akind jewels and handbags, plus cozy and versatile clothing not found elsewhere. 36 Baldwin Avenue, Pā‘ia | Facebook.com/SassabellaBoutique | 808-572-3552

BEACH HOUSE

Whether you live Upcountry or at the beach, Beach House offers the Maui style you’ve been looking for—the perfect blend of contemporary and island décor. Get a slice of island life with wall art that features an embossed zinc pineapple on wood, 9¾” x 23½”, $59. 330 Ohukai Road, Suite 110, Kīhei | BeachHouseDesignMaui.com | 808-891-2010

MAUI WOODYS

We handcraft the frames for our sunglasses here on Maui, using island woods, and incorporate high-quality, high-definition polarized lenses with 100% ultraviolet protection.

We offer more than twenty styles—and they come with an extended warranty. Custom and prescription options available.

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MAUI MANJOOKIES

Stop by our store and sample our delectable, buttery and flaky pastry, filled with a blend of local tropical fruit fillings. We hand-roll our manjookies in small batches and bake them fresh daily. You may also order them online—we ship throughout Hawai‘i and the U.S. Mainland. 343 Hanamau Street, Unit A, Kahului | MauiManjookies.net | 808-893-2000

TUTU’S PANTRY

Take a taste of Hawai‘i home! At Tutu’s Pantry you’ll find a large selection of homemade jams, butters, syrups, sauces, hot sauces, seasonings and more, all made in Hawai‘i using locally sourced ingredients.

Make sure to ask for samples! Open 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Kihei Kalama Village, 1941 S. Kīhei Road, Unit D5 | TutusPantry.com | 808-874-6400

Established in 2007, this globally responsible company works directly with family artisans from five different countries, providing fair-trade employment to hundreds of economically disadvantaged superstars. Visit Hawai‘i’s largest hammock in Ha‘ikū, or the biggest little hammock shop in Lahaina. 810 Ha‘ikū Road, Ha‘ikū | 658 Front Street, Lahaina | Facebook/ Instagram @HangLooseHammocksHawaii.com | 808-224-5764

MAUI MARBLE & GRANITE

Walker Zanger teamed up with European tile studio Kaza to create Lantern, a tile whose ribbed yet soft texture draws inspiration from George Nelson’s iconic 1947 lantern lamps.

In Scenic Canyon Gloss on concrete, each segment measures 12”x 3 9/16.” Call for prices or to inquire about the collection. 874 Alua Street, Wailuku | MauiMarbleAndGranite.net | 808-242-8400

COLLECTIONS

Across thirty-five years, Collections has gathered a loyal following of residents and visitors who turn to us for casual and chic Maui-style clothing, artistic and whimsical gifts, jewelry, accessories, and items for the home. Visit, and you’ll see how hard it is to leave empty-handed! 3677 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao | CollectionsMauiInc.com | 808-572-0781

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REAL ESTATE TRENDS

In the Market for Luxury?

BY DIANE HAYNES WOODBURN

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S

happening in Maui’s luxury realestate market, there’s no better person to ask than Mary Anne Fitch, director of Hawaii Life One and Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers, an exclusive affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate. A certified international property specialist, Mary Anne is one of Maui’s most respected realtors, specializing in the West Maui luxury market. So ask her we did.

Do you think it’s a stable market?

I think the market is starting to bubble, but I’m not seeing big spikes in residential or land markets. For example, in 2016 the volume of home sales was just over $1 billion. In 2017 it was $1.125 billion—an 8 percent increase. What is very interesting is the level of condominium sales. In 2017, they rose by 22 percent over the previous year. When you combine residential, condominium and land sales, 2017’s total volume was $2.2 billion, compared to just under $2 billion in 2016. That’s a healthy increase of 14 percent.

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Top: Olowalu Makai Estates. Above: Maui’s Grand Oceanfront Estate in Kahana

What is the big attraction of luxury condominiums?

Amenities. They offer a truly luxurious lifestyle with access to restaurants, services, activities, concierge, anything you desire.

And they are located on gorgeous beaches.

Sales at The Montage Kapalua Bay have been very strong, and should continue to be so in 2018. Spacious three- and fourbedroom residences sell for between $3.5 million and $8 million. Sales have also been strong at Coconut Grove and Ironwoods at Kapalua, and Honua Kai on Kā‘anapali Beach; as well as Andaz, Wailea Point and Wailea Beach Villas in South Maui.

What is the inventory like in the luxury home market?

If we focus on $3 million and up as the luxury market, forty-eight Maui residences sold in 2017, up from forty-four in 2016.

Twenty-eighteen has gotten off to a great start. Some sellers made the decision to close this year to take advantage of the new tax law. Early sales include a Launiupoko Estate that closed at $11.35 million, the highest sale ever in the Launiupoko market—by twofold. A Mākena Beach house closed at $9.25 million, and another closed on Baby Beach in Lahaina for $3.7 million.

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What do you see for 2018?

A very robust market. I expect a dramatic increase in sales this year. Prospective buyers are seriously considering investing in second homes.

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What do you think makes Maui more attractive than other highend destinations for second-home investments?

Value, and the ability to use the property year-round. I know that, with prices like $10 million for a luxury home, that may sound crazy—but it’s not. Most high-end areas such as the Hamptons, Nantucket, and Florida offer only four months or so of great weather. And they command very high prices. Maui offers gorgeous weather all year. If you aren’t going to be using your second home here, you can make it available to family and friends, or perhaps even rent it out. And we have good private schools. That has opened the door to some families relocating permanently. Maui is an incredible value.

Ten million? Is that average in the luxury market?

Ten million and up represents the high end of the luxury market. In 2016, only five Maui residences sold for over $10 million, including an $18 million sale in Spreckelsville. The highest priced sale in 2017 was also in Spreckelsville, adjacent to the home that sold in 2016. It sold at $16 million. Both Spreckelsville sales were legacy properties with considerable acreage. We also had a sale in Mākena for $15.5 million.

Do you see a trend toward buying legacy properties?

Not at this time, since there are very few on the market. Those types of properties rarely change hands. One trend I do see is that the very high-end sellers are choosing not to list their properties on the open market. Instead, they prefer a quiet offering.

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expert agent, one who works primarily with referrals among their existing clientele and prospectives. I know of three current quiet offerings on Maui, each an oceanfront residence, with prices ranging from $18 million to $59.5 million.

None of those properties will be listed openly. They will sell within a network of seasoned realtors who specialize in that realm.

Are there any “bargains” left on Maui’s luxury market?

Yes, oddly enough. We have some gems that have been reduced in price over time; they represent true value. When I look at the numbers that properties in other parts of the world command—in places such as Monte Carlo, the South of France, even Malibu—it’s astonishing what a bargain Maui is. There are several oceanfront properties in Olowalu that I consider a terrific value. Oceanfront will always be in demand.

What do you see for the next five years?

I feel strongly that Maui will become even more of a global market. We are attracting a brand of buyer who does not question the price, but rather values a lifestyle. Maui offers that.

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Where is the money coming from?

Predominantly Americans. Some international buyers, mainly Canadian and Japanese.

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DINING Becky’s Backyard

OBACHAN’S PICKLE

Fired with slivers of Hawaiian chili pepper, fermented cabbage is a versatile condiment that delivers a healthy dose of fiber, probiotics, and a gustatory kick.

STORY BY BECKY SPEERE | PHOTOGRAPHY BY TORI SPEERE “Do you know how to pickle?” my editor asked me. “Of course!” I replied. “All you need is a rock.”

As a third-generation, half-Japanese child growing up in Hawai‘i, I ate pickles at least once a day. No dills or gherkins; I’m talking about the savory fermented cabbage that locals call koko. Similar to German sauerkraut, it appeared on every Japanese plantation family’s dinner table.

And, like the Germans, each household had a vessel dedicated to aging cabbage. My Sendai grandparents used a white enameled pot or a ceramic crock containing a heavy black river rock and a dark-brown wooden disk. The rock’s purpose: to press the water from the salted cabbage. Aunty Jane in Hakalau used a man-made press the diam-

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eter of a small dinner plate. About three inches thick and approximately five pounds, it was made of concrete imbedded with a steel handle.

Aunt Elsie’s job was to keep the koko in stock for the daily meal. After prepping the cabbage and weighing it down with the rock, she would age it for two days in the sun, then rinse it under cold tap water, gently squeezing it by hand to remove the excess salt and moisture. I remember her giving me a tiny piece to taste and asking, “Do you think it’s ready?” As it crunched in my mouth, it tasted of salt and sweet earth.

In its early stages of fermentation, we ate the cabbage with a flurry of freshly shaved katsuo boshi—dried tuna/bonito from Japan, generally used to make miso soup dashi

(stock)—drizzled with a little Aloha brand shoyu. As the days passed, the cabbage became more acidic, acquiring a welcome sour zing. At this point, we’d grind a nub of ginger to a pulp on the oroshiki (a Japanese grater that purées ginger root) and sprinkle it on the cabbage with finely sliced green onion and shoyu. The umami flavor spiked our appetites. We ate it with fried eggs in the morning, or at dinner with savory dishes such as chicken hekka, fried fish and vegetables, accompanied by sticky white rice. With the recent popularity of fermented foods, I thought I’d share this recipe from my obachan (grandmother). Happy eating and probiotic health to you!

This story first appeared in the Mar-Apr 2016 issue of Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Magazine.

Obachan’s Backyard Koko Yield: Approximately 2 quarts Prep Time: 10 minutes, plus 2–4 days’ fermentation Ingredients • 1 large or 2 small head cabbages (4–5 lb.), washed and quartered stem to top • ½ c. Hawaii Kai (Moloka‘i) sea salt, or your favorite sea salt • 4 Tbsp. cooked rice, optional (Rice speeds the fermentation process.)

• salted water (See Method for amounts.)

• 1–2 seeded Hawaiian chili peppers, whole or sliced, optional Optional Garnishes • shoyu/soy sauce, to taste • freshly grated ginger, to taste • thinly sliced green onions • katsuo boshi, to taste Method Layer cabbage wedges in a clean, nonmetallic bowl (enameled or ceramic), sprinkling evenly with salt (and rice, if using).

Place a ceramic or plastic plate on top of the cabbage and gently weigh it down with a heavy object, such as canned goods, or a gallon plastic bag filled with water and sealed well.

Cover container with a dish towel or cheesecloth and place it on your kitchen counter. The cabbage will express water as it sits. After two hours, turn the cabbage over and redistribute the weight evenly, keeping the water in the container. Replace towel. After two days, taste a small piece of cabbage, first rinsing excess salt (and rice, if using). Enjoy now, or continue fermenting for a tarter flavor.* Rinse under cool tap water to remove excess salt. Squeeze cabbage firmly by hand, then chop into bite-size pieces. Pack into glass jars and cover with a saltwater solution of ¼ tsp.–1 tsp. salt per 1 c. water, to taste. (If cabbage is salty, no added salt is needed.) If using the chili pepper, add now, either whole or sliced. Store jar in the refrigerator. Garnish with ginger, green onions, shoyu and katsuo boshi at plating. Best eaten within one week after placing in refrigerator, but will keep for a month.

Top photo: Cabbage wedges, cooked rice, and Hawaii Kai green-bamboo sea salt are ready for the crock. Above: Koko toppers include katsuo boshi (left), shoyu (soy sauce), green onion and ginger. The implement at right is an oroshiki.

Below: Traditional pickle presses from the plantation era, late 1800s. At right, the heavy river rock I use to press excess water from the salted cabbage. This rock has a divot that doubles as a kukui-nut holder, useful for cracking hard-shelled nuts . . . but that’s another story.

*Reserve about ¼ c. of liquid from the fermented vegetables for your next batch of pickled cabbage.

Natural yeasts captured from the air will inoculate your next batch.

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AT HOME

STORY BY HEIDI POOL PHOTOGRAPHY

BY RYAN SIPHERS

The owners added a wealth of tropical foliage to this Kula residence, creating a garden ambiance that envelops you the moment you arrive.

Expanding on an existing rock theme, they also replaced the original front steps with a concrete and lava-rock bridge.

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Renovations give an Upcountry dwelling an island sense of place.

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Fireplace as gallery: Rebuilt in lava rock, the living room’s fireplace provides a backdrop for a painting by Maui artist Lisa Kasprzycki, and for koa canoes by Miles Fry and Francis Pimmel. Above a wall of glass doors leading out to the lānai, photos by Ron Dahlquist hint at the views beyond.

When Allen and Ann first saw the Kula property they now call home,

Allen loved it immediately. They were living near the ocean in Spreckelsville, but were ready to downsize. “Allen was completely taken by the bicoastal view,” Ann recalls. “He’d always wanted to live Upcountry. The idea of being cooled by fresh breezes rather than air conditioning really appealed to him. He also liked that the property was surrounded by lush pasture, complete with cattle, horses, chickens . . . a country oasis.”

An interior designer, Ann had a different view of the house. “It was relatively new, built in 2000 with good construction and good bones. But a major drawback for me was that it reflected neither the island nor the native culture. It was a house you might find anywhere in the United States.”

Outside, it was an Arts & Crafts home, a design characterized by the use of lots of natural materials and glass. Inside, it was, well, eclectic. “The interior contained Greek-style columns, dentil molding, and whitewashed cabinets with colonial molding and corner rosettes,” Ann says. A large marble fireplace monopolized what was then the master bedroom; and the living room was painted brown—which, coupled with the exposed-beam ceiling, gave it a cavelike quality.

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Opposite page, clockwise from left: The entry serves as a gallery, too, with a stone carving by Hoaka Delos Reyes, a whale sculpture (recessed in rear wall) by Randy Puckett, a painting by Lynne Smith, kapa by Denby Freeland-Cole, and planters from Duck Soup. A lantern from Hue Interiors sits beside plantings by Kate Duhamel. Steps lead from the entry into the living room, past a silversword painting by Lisa Kasprzycki and a sculpture by Steve Turnbull. A red wall segment separates kitchen and dining room. This page, left to right: “Lei in a Bottle” fragrance holders; Hawaiian drum from Native Intelligence; ipu (decorated gourd) by Stella Newman.

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So the plucky designer, who says she’s never met a house she couldn’t fix, set out to transform it into a home that would function well for the couple and properly showcase their extensive collection of Hawaiian artwork, artifacts, and memorabilia.

The first thing to go was that marble fireplace. “It took up the largest wall in the bedroom, which meant the bed had to go on a very small wall, leaving no room for end tables,” Ann says.

They also replaced the kitchen cabinets’ doors with custom African teak, and changed nearly all light fixtures, except for three Tiffany-style pendant lamps in the entry. “I never would have chosen them for this house, but it turns out I love the quality of light they emit.”

The couple also had the living room’s fireplace overhauled to give it more presence in the high-ceilinged room. It’s now a striking focal point: floor-to-ceiling lava rock seven feet wide, with a raised hearth and monkeypod mantel. Mounted front and center is a large painting by Maui artist Lisa Kasprzycki, depicting lava, taro plants, the ocean, and the symbolic arrival of man. “I think of it as depicting the birth of the Hawaiian Islands,” says Ann. “That painting is one of my favorites, and I didn’t have a wall for it. I redesigned the fireplace especially for it.”

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Above: Another large painting by Lisa Kasprzycki dominates the dining-room wall. Table and chairs are

by Stickley. At right, from top: Protea blossoms bask in the glow of candles on the dining-room table. A New Guinean shield from Duck Soup commands the corner window in the guest bathroom. Steve Mazingo crafted the bathroom’s new cabinet fronts; lights are by Read Lighting.

Woodblock prints by Avi Kiriaty hang above the guest bedroom’s headboard. Draperies are from Restoration Hardware. The antique Chinese temple table is from BrownKobayashi; Ann had a wall built to accommodate it.

Above: Pamela Hayes’s banana painting is right at home in the kitchen, adding a splash of color to custom teak cabinet doors that replaced the kitchen’s original whitewashed fronts. Appliances are by Dacor and Sub-Zero.

Left: A cushioned bay-window seat, Hawaiian-themed quilt, and a festive acrylic by Maui Hands artist Alfred Furtado create a welcoming second guest bedroom. The Norfolk-pine lamp is by woodturner Jim Meekhof.

Between the kitchen and living room, in what had been an open space lined with columns, Ann added a divider wall that creates a more intimate dining area. “I had the wall built to accommodate a Chinese temple table. It also balances the fireplace,” and the deep red of the wall is meant to suggest the colors of the feather capes worn by ali‘i (Hawaiian royalty).

The glass-and-teak front doors are another islandinspired touch. They’re inset with palm leaves hand-carved in Indonesia in a pattern Ann designed “to let in just the right amount of light, and bring the outdoors inside.”

The connection between indoors and out is essential to the home’s sense of place. “My friend and fellow gardener Kate Duhamel worked with me to turn what had been a bare landscape into a tropical garden, using native plants wherever possible, so that from every window, the gardens or the land surrounding the house became a visual part of the home’s interior.”

The house had ample space, but with only two bedrooms, there was nowhere for visiting family to stay. So the second phase of the remodel added a new master suite. Placing it at the opposite end of the house established separate wings, one for Ann and Allen, the other for guests. The new wing Island Living Apr–Sep 2018

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AT HOME transform a walk-in shower and a soaking tub into a single nine-by-nine space that is also accessible from the outdoor spa.

Allen and Ann have developed a deep affinity for country living. In fact, to ensure that their panoramic view remains unobstructed, they purchased the land just below their property when it became available. “We plan to keep it as raw land,” Ann says. “We have picnic tables, a grill, and a fire pit down there for outside get-togethers.

“This house is not only perfect for the two of us, it has become a delightful gathering place for our family and friends. And we couldn’t imagine a better setting in which to display our treasured Hawaiian art collection.”

This story first appeared in the Sep–Oct 2015 issue of Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Magazine.

RESOURCES Opposite, clockwise from top: An heirloom kapa hangs in the master suite above the headboard Mark Minney carved from found monkeypod. An antique Chinese cabinet from Brown-Kobayashi, daybed and side chair from Hue Interiors, armchair and ottoman from Moore Interiors create the suite’s cozy seating area. Painting is by Phil Sabado, owl sculpture by Dennis Williams, drum from Duck Soup. Vintage wicker furniture invites you to linger on the lānai and enjoy the view. From the vestibule, Ann’s legacy Hawaiian quilt peeks out; the mango-wood table is from Duck Soup.

Above: The master bath sports pendant lamps from Read Lighting.

also contains a laundry room and a vestibule that accommodates Ann’s office. “We interviewed many contractors, but most were hesitant to take on the project because of difficulties with the building site [deep gulches on either side of the property]. We finally found Mark Minney, the one person who was able to envision a solution. It took a lot of earth moving and hauling to accomplish that wing.”

The original laundry room became a butler’s pantry, outfitted with a second dishwasher, wine cellar, and cold-storage drawers.

The vestibule boasts a mango-wood desk that Ann designed and Mark constructed with cabinets that “can be completely closed up to hide my mess,” she says.

A sliding barn door leads into the new master suite. Made of bamboo and teak, it’s an arresting design element that signals a distinctively personal space. Enter, and you come face to face with Ann’s prized possession: a legacy quilt handmade in Hāna in 1960.

The suite’s pièce de résistance is an earlytwentieth-century kapa (barkcloth) mounted behind the bed like textured wallpaper. Ann had purchased the thirteen-by-sixteen-foot

piece from a woman who sells Hawai‘i-made items at the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Shopping Center in Kahului. “She’d told me she had a large piece of cloth, but at the time I didn’t have anywhere to put it. When we added the master bedroom, I went back to her and asked if she still had it. The next week, we laid it out right in the middle of the mall so I could examine it. It was perfect.”

Ann calls the master bath her “water room.” It’s easy to see why: She had Mark

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Seen from the pasture below, Ann and Allen’s home is luminous at twilight. Its most unusual feature is the two-story tower at right. Allen’s home office occupies the top floor— which also serves as a fun and unconventional place for visiting grandchildren to sleep.

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grounded in

STORY BY JUDY EDWARDS PHOTOGRAPHY BY RYAN SIPHERS

I remember reading a sailor’s account of a walk he took on a Hawaiian island after long weeks at sea. This would have been the early 1800s, post-Western contact, but prethe epidemics that would roar through the Hawaiian world like a wildfire, emptying out its communities. He walked all day, and not once was he out of sight of orderly villages and farms that not only lay along the shore, but high up on the slopes of the island. Hawaiians, though celebrated fishermen, were also deeply rooted in the uses and importance of plants.

As inhabitants of the most isolated islands on Earth, they had to be. Some of those plants were carefully carried to Hawai‘i from elsewhere in Polynesia—“canoe plants” whose uses and stories were essential. Others were endemics—plants that evolved to fit this island ecosystem precisely, and hence are found only here; their uses and stories would unfold as the need to learn them arose. Why would stories be essential? For a culture that had no writing, no history books to refer to,

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Kou blossoms and seeds

stories were a way to personify and anchor in time the meanings and importance of events, people, and in this case, plants that fed and housed and healed.

Pre-contact Hawai‘i’s intense isolation made it a laboratory where evolution ran wild, experimenting with function and form. Many plants that arrived here on the wind or waves, or on the wings and feet (and in the digestive system) of birds changed over time, becoming unique to this place. Without animals to chew or trample them, some plants lost their mintyness (which in plants is a repellent), their hardiness or thorns. Imagine those vulnerable plants when foreign invaders (people included) arrived. At Maui Nui Botanical Gardens, those precious endemics are sheltered, nurtured, cultivated and shared. The Gardens is also a haven for indigenous plants (found naturally here but also naturally elsewhere), as well as a locally famous repository of canoe plants and all of the history entwined with them. Here are just a few.

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The culture of ancient Hawai‘i was deeply rooted in nature.

It still is—thanks to places like Maui Nui Botanical Gardens.

MA‘O Gossypium tomentosum, Hawai‘i’s native cotton Cotton is not a plant you expect to find in Hawai‘i. That is no fault of cotton’s; its continental history is vast and brings to mind images of industry and empire, slavery and war. Hawai‘i’s native cotton has been here all along, dotting the coast and sunning itself, sometimes spreading up and out to bushes eight feet high or more, and covered in fluffy white bundles.

Hawaiians did not use it in cloth in the way that the western world did (although they did stuff pillows with it). But they did make it into a green or yellow kapa dye (leaves and flowers, with a little egg white thrown in), while dried ma‘o flowers were part of a medicine for severe stomach cramps. The name ma‘o is a contraction of the Hawaiian ‘ōma‘o (green), and that is also the name of the native Hawaiian thrush with the greenish sheen on its feathers. Despite the impressive historical résumé of continental cottons, it is the country cousin, the Hawaiian cotton, that actually saved that industry when it was hybridized (bred into) commercial cottons. Why? Insects are not attracted to it in the same way. Like hula and surfing, ma‘o is a seemingly small Hawaiian contribution that has helped to shape the modern world.

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KOU Cordia subcordata, a borage Botanists have recently decided that kou is a native plant, based on fossil pollen evidence.

It is a tree that the modern world has overlooked, but that the Hawaiian world treasured. It was in a celebrated kou grove in Lahaina that the ali‘i Ka‘ahumanu gave permission for the first Christian sermon in Hawai‘i, but today very few kou trees remain. I find them standing lonely and proud around former village sites on Maui, generally along the coast. There is something about the orange-red visual tone of the flowers that first talked to my heart, flowers that were prized in lei. One ‘ōlelo no‘eau (Hawaiian proverb) tells of a rude young chiefess who repeatedly demanded a lei kou of an old woman whom she misjudged to be a nobody. The crone was in fact a sorceress who called sharks down upon the imperious young woman as she reclined in a tide pool.

Kou is best known for the beauty of its cream-and-caramel-toned wood, with fine grain that swirls and pools. Beautiful and useful: kou wood does not impart the taste of itself into the food held by the great bowls and calabashes of yesterday’s Hawai‘i. Carvers loved how easily it was worked. Parents would thoughtfully and hopefully plant kou when children were born so those children and then grandchildren would have the wood, someday, for carving.

Kou seems to own the tones of the warm brown and red spectrum, and a dye extracted from the carefully aged leaves stained kapa. Fishing lines, like all cordage in that time, were made of organic fibers. Salt water was tough on fibers, but kou dye applied to fishing lines strengthened and protected them. And as long as one didn’t go around demanding that old women hand over laboriously crafted personal items, you might assume that the sharks would leave the fishermen alone.

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‘AWAPUHI Zingiber zerumbet, “shampoo ginger” Hike Maui’s deep valleys in the late summer and you can’t help but see them, the plump ovoid bracts of this introduced ginger’s flowering stems. They peep at you from beneath long, dark-green glossy leaves, decorated all over with tiny white or yellow flowers. Snap off the stem and give the bract a squeeze.

Clear, fragrant juice the consistency of warm honey will flood out.

As a shampoo and body soap, ‘awapuhi was adored, important enough to be brought along in the settlement canoes. (The plant originates in India, and gradually seduced its way to Polynesia.) Like all gingers, ‘awapuhi’s roots, or rhizomes, are fragrant. Hawaiians didn’t employ it in cooking (though they did use juice from the rhizome to ease stomachaches).

Instead, they dried and powdered the rhizome to scent kapa (barkcloth). Mmmm.

Gingery bedding and clothes. And scent is powerful; how often have you been yanked sideways by a memory triggered by a smell? Hawaiians also used ‘awapuhi and other scented plants ceremonially as a potent way to connect with the gods—as one cultural advisor put it, to “make the space appropriate for the akua [gods] to come.”

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HALA PEPE Chrysodracon auwahiensis Does the hala pepe remind you of Dr. Seuss? Me, too.

Those tousled heads seem animate. Ted Geisel never came to Hawai‘i, but had he, I think he would have smiled to see hala pepe.

Plant families are wacky, so let me just tell you that hala pepe is technically an endemic asparagus.

And it’s a sun-lover, found standing glossy and proud between 2,000 and 4,000 feet upslope of the restless sea. Its name means “baby hala” for reasons obvious to those who are familiar with the famous weaving plant of Polynesia, also long-leaved but much hardier and found closer to the sea. Chills, headaches and fever were treated in steamy baths with hala pepe leaves; the bark, root and leaves helped to treat asthma. Leaves and the startling pendant flowers, yellow-green to yellow-orange, found their way into lei, while the soft white-to-pink wood was worked into ki‘i (carved deities).

Hala pepe is rare in the wild, but hula practitioners grow it. It’s one of the five essential plants that decorate the altars dedicated to Laka, the goddess of hula, that sacred dance that depicts the power and mystery of life. And hala pepe is a kinolau (earthly form) of Kapo‘ulakina‘u, sometimes referred to as “the first goddess of sorcery,” an unpredictable goddess, although in the form of hala pepe, she is tamed somewhat. I have stumbled across hala pepe on sunny hillsides, tossing that wild and shiny green hair in the late gold light of day, performing a solitary hula for any gods who might be paying attention . . . or maybe just for me.

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HAWAIIAN SOUL ‘ILIMA Sida fallax, a hibiscus By and large, the story of native Hawaiian plants is a story of losing ground to aggressive alien plants, to the trampling and teeth of introduced animals, and the gradual loss of cultural meaning. Bright, dusky-orange ‘ilima is an exception; it’s actually listed as “a common plant found on all of the Hawaiian Islands.” I know it as the little glowing flowerheads that nod to me in the driest of the drylands around the southwestern sides of Maui. Miraculously, Indian Axis deer—an introduced plague—won’t eat it, even in the parched areas where they have munched the life out of every other last plant.

Sometimes it grows low to the ground (‘ilima papa) and sometimes it is a spindly but hardy bush. In pre-contact times, ‘ilima was also the name for the flat land near a village, and the plants there of the same name were carefully tended as a source of flowers for lei, something that sounds breezy and easy until you realize that it takes 500 to 1,000 ‘ilima flowers to make one strand. The ali‘i (chiefs) favored the red and pure-yellow flowers in their lei ‘ilima, so much like the bright tones of their treasured feather lei. All the shades of the flower had names: kuakea for the light-yellow flower, ‘ilima lei for the deep-golden flower, ‘ilima ‘ula‘ula for the bronze flower, and ‘ilima kolī kukui for the rusty red flower—a distinction that tips you off to the value of, or affection for, the plant.

Hawaiians also kept it near the family compound for its purgative and medicinal qualities. ‘Ilima blossoms were given to new babies to stimulate their first, well, poops. For adults, ‘ilima sap and warm seawater went up to induce, ahem, things to come down. Women in labor drank the pounded flowers, a slimy concoction that helped to ease childbirth. And ‘ilima leaves, sturdy but velvety, were the toilet paper of Old Hawai‘i.

While one source says that ‘ilima treated “general weakness,” I myself have to admit to a general weakness for the plant, growing there in the kīpuka (oases) of the lava fields—little gold and orange sparks, fortunately still common.

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KŌ Saccharum officinarum, sugar cane For over a century, “King Sugar” was Hawai‘i’s major export crop, but those waving fields of sugar cane are history now.

Many people assume that Maui’s vast green acres of kō began with the cane brought to Hawai‘i by Polynesians, but this commercial cane is a western hybrid, homogenous and hardy.

The many varieties of sugar cane grown by Hawaiians were softer, the insides easier to chew, and usually found planted around gardens as an edible, beautiful windbreak. Stems were striped or smudged with green, yellow and white, purple and pink. Hawaiians chewed the stalks on hot afternoons, or used the juice in cooking.

Kō softened the tastes of bitter medicines and harnessed the body’s rapid metabolic absorption of sugar to catalyze those medicines and get them quickly into the bloodstream.

The outsides of cane stalks are sharp, and so could be carved into arrows for the popular sport of pana‘iole— shooting rats. The long leaves were used as thatching, and the charcoal from burnt kō made a black kapa (tapa) dye. As with all canoe plants, this list is just the beginning, since a valuable place in the voyaging canoes was earned by a plant’s multifaceted uses.

Kō means “fulfilled,” and as a kinolau (body form) of the god Kāne, is used in the ‘awa ceremony. Kō sweetens the bitter drink, and is used again in the closing, so that the last prayer will be, well, fulfilled.

Sugar cane was also used in hana aloha (love magic). In one example, a lovesick person consulted the kahuna (priest or healer), who advised the eating of pilimai and manulele sugar cane varieties. The yearning lover then blew in the direction of the beloved, trusting the god manifested as the wind to carry the love mana (spirit or power) along. Caressed by this sweet wind, the beloved would fall helplessly in love in return.

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PUA KALA Argemone glauca, Hawaiian poppy The harsh, coastal lava fields of Hawai‘i bake in the sun.

The edges of the lava can be sharp enough to cut. In the summer, heat ripples over the rocks. Yet here and there the vivid white flower face of the pua kala bobs from the top of a spiky blue-green stalk, cheerful and defiant in an unforgiving and desolate environment. Pua kala means “prickly flower,” and it is one of the few native plants with defenses. Nick the plant (without sticking yourself with the prickles) and you’ll find the bright yellow sap that Hawaiians used to treat toothaches, ulcers and nerve pain, thanks to the opiates found in poppies worldwide. In the Hawaiian creation chant, the Kumulipo, every life form on the land had a twin in the ocean, and for pua kala, that twin was the spiky seaweed limu kala. Both plants were woven into ho‘oponopono (forgiveness and release) ceremonies, which, when you think about it, is another way of easing pain.

Maui Nui Botanical Gardens is a green and soothing treasure in the windy heart of Kahului. Its mission is to preserve native and Polynesian-introduced plants and their cultural heritage. The grounds hold a genetic repository unlike any other, and it’s a good place to learn about landscaping and xeriscaping. In some cases, the Gardens provides access to plants for cultural practitioners, when essential hula-related species are hard to find in the wild or to grow at home. Visit to enjoy the plants; learn their history, stories and uses; and connect with Maui’s botanical bloodline.

Located at 150 Kanaloa Avenue, opposite War Memorial Stadium, the Gardens is open Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 249-2798 or visit mnbg.org for information on tours, workshops and volunteering opportunities.

Our thanks to kumu hula Pueo Pata for his cultural insights on the plants in this essay.

This story first ran in Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Magazine’s Sep-Oct 2016 issue.

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Excellent except in winter.

Excellent all year.

Excellent all year.

Excellent all year.

Excellent. Plant in spring; too cold in winter.

Good, especially in winter.

Very good all year.

Excellent all year.

Excellent all year except winter.

Beans, bush and pole

Beets

Bok choy, Tatsoi

Broccoli

Cabbage

Carrot

Cauliflower

Celery

Collards

Corn, sweet

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UPCOUNTRY 2000-4000 FEET

When you live on an island with as many microclimates as Maui’s, the secret to growing vegetables has everything to do with location. We asked Dr. Angela Kay Kepler, a consummate Maui gardener, to help us plot the perfect plants for a Maui vegetable garden—no matter where on the island you’ve set down your roots.

Very good except winter.

Wonderful. Provide some shade.

Good all year. Give some shade.

Not recommended; too hot and wet.

Grows all year; needs new plot each time. Try Nantes Half-long, Pot ’o Gold Hybrid, and Scarlet Nantes.

A winter crop—plant seeds or seedlings in October.

Can last up to 3 years. Winter rain and cloud retard growth.

Very good, especially in winter.

Does well if given new soil each replanting. Grows all year; slower in winter.

Excellent all year, less productive in winter.

Does well; needs lots of weeding.

DOWNCOUNTRY WINDWARD 0-1000 FEET

Eggplant Listada de Gandia

Very good, better in winter here than in windward areas.

Worth a try; give some shade.

May be good in shade. Can be bitter.

Not recommended.

Not recommended.

Not recommended, but if you want to try, plant in winter.

Generally too hot, but worth trying in winter.

Try in winter.

Grows all year. Give new soil each replanting.

Good all year.

Spears will be thinner, more water required. Can grow close to ocean in salty soil.

DOWNCOUNTRY LEEWARD 0-400 FEET

Packman Hybrid broccoli

Assorted squash

Corn caterpillars may infest plants; remove old stalks from property. Fertilize heavily when corn is kneehigh, mulch around stalks.

Replant every year. Stalks curl around; give them space.

Keep moist. Cut central, youngest stalks.

Keep moist—mulch with a fine layer of grass clippings. Slow growing; prefers light, rich and sandy soils. Dig deeply, aerate well before planting seeds.

Recommend Copenhagen Market & Premium Late Flat Dutch.

Don’t let heads flower or go to seed; results in fewer edible heads. Fertilize well.

Detroit Dark Red is best. Needs ample water. Rootknot nematodes a problem below 1,000 feet.

White- and purple-flowering varieties best. Don’t plant scarlet below 3,500 feet.

Grows year-round; needs sandy soil. Cut back once or twice a year and add ample fertilizer. Weed and water frequently.

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Pot o’ Gold carrots

How does your garden grow?

More luck here than elsewhere, except in winter.

Excellent all year

Excellent except in winter.

Excellent all year.

Excellent except in summer.

All types excellent, less in winter. Only Maui area producing good bulbs.

All types excellent all year.

All types excellent all year.

Winter squashes like butternut good except in winter. Zucchini, summer squashes better here than downcountry.

All year. Keep dry and in fairly poor soil.

Very good all year, less so in summer.

Very good all year except winter.

Cucumber

Daikon

Eggplant

Kale

Lettuce

Onions

Soybeans

Spinach

Squashes

Sweet potatoes

Swiss chard

Tomatoes

Very good all year except winter.

Very good all year, excellent in cooler months.

Not worth the bother.

Kabocha’s delicious, productive all year. Vines may last 3 years. Other types less productive; forget zucchini and summer squash.

Not worth the effort.

All types excellent all year.

Green onions excellent all year.

Plant every couple of months.

Excellent all year except summer.

Pick heat-tolerant varieties.

Excellent all year. May last 2 to 3 years with care.

Excellent all year.

Taste and texture inferior to upcountry.

Worth trying for a few fruit.

Very good all year. Fewer fruit flies here; try medium-sized varieties like Early Girl.

Summer’s too hot. Good in winter.

Excellent all year.

Fruit flies less abundant here, so more luck with squashes.

Not worth the effort.

Try all year; summers may be too hot.

Green onions excellent all year.

Plant every couple of months.

Plant leaf variety, only cool months.

When it’s hot, plant in light shade.

Climate’s a bit hot, but worth a try.

Excellent all year.

Not recommended.

Fewer fruit flies and powdery mildew here. Worth a try.

Fruit flies ruin large varieties like Big Boy or Beefsteak.

Most reliable: cherry or patio tomatoes, e.g. Large Red Cherry. Supersweet 100, Tommy Toe, Roma usually OK.

Keep moist. Don’t overfertilize; roots burn easily.

Purple-fleshed Okinawan/Moloka‘i sweet potato is delicious. Only plant from cuttings, never from tubers, because a larval insect burrows in the flesh. Replant in new location each time because of this insect.

All members of the squash/cucumber family do poorly because of fruit flies. If you grow zucchini, try Embassy Hybrid from Park Seed.

For bulb onions (upcountry), let top leaves die back and fold over before harvesting.

Recommend Mānoa, Black-seeded Simpson, Red Sails, Buttercrunch.

Suggest Lacinato, an Italian kale with dark bluegreen, tasty leaves. Dwarf Blue Scotch and Red Russian also good.

Somewhat drought resistant. Recommend Black Beauty and heirloom Listada de Gandia.

Needs cold climate for best taste.

Problems with fruit flies and leaf fungi (powdery mildew). Choose thick-skinned varieties like Japanese Climbing.

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A naturalist, organic farmer and awardwinning author, Dr. Angela Kay Kepler also is the world’s leading authority on Hawaiian and Eastern Pacific bananas. She and husband Frank Rust coauthored the definitive book on the subject: The World of Bananas in Hawai‘i: Then and Now, published in 2011 by the University of Hawai‘i Press. Its 612 pages and 1,900 color illustrations catalog virtually every edible and inedible banana in Hawai‘i, including spectacular ornamentals—and the little-known “pregnant” banana, ma‘i hāpai, whose fruit grows inside the plant’s trunk.

In tracing the evolution of bananas and plantains in the Pacific, the book also lends insight into Hawaiian culture, examining traditional foods, chants, legends, crafts . . . even the use of parts of the banana plant to weave everyday clothing. A recipe chapter features dishes from banana mayonnaise to meat-plantain casserole.

The World of Bananas in Hawai‘i is available for $80 through the University of Hawai‘i Press website, UHPress.Hawaii.edu.

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AT HOME

Mediterranean design meets South Maui’s sunlit coast.

Upstairs, the master suite and lÄ nai open to expansive views.

Downstairs is a pool deck made for entertaining.

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For one Maui artist, home is a study in light.

Story by RITA GOLDMAN

Photography by MIEKO HORIKOSHI

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Top left: “The kitchen isn’t huge, but it works well for me,” says Diane.

“I have nooks and crannies for everything, and good counter space.”

High counters, too—the five-footeleven lady of the house had them raised to suit her. The Lanes added the backsplash and a kitchen island topped with eucalyptus and wenge wood. Above the Viking gas range hang hand-forged brass utensils from Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts, replicas of those used in Colonial America. Top right: A staircase does double duty as art gallery for Ed’s exuberant paintings. A renovation replaced the home’s original slate flooring with ceramic tile. Left: A dining table sheltered by a secondfloor lānai comfortably serves ten.

The lānai itself provides additional space for parties.

The house sits on a Wailea hillside above Maui’s sunny southern coast, its architecture firmly rooted in Mediterranean design. The night the previous owner gave them a tour, Ed and Diane Lane made an offer on the home.

Mind you, it wasn’t on the market.

At the time, the Lanes were living in the Polo Beach Club condominium they’d purchased as a vacation property in 1986, and moved into full time in 1994 so that Ed could indulge his lifelong dream of becoming a fine artist. A second Polo Beach condo became his studio.

By 2004, the Lanes wanted a home that would function as a place both to live and work in, a house that was open and filled with light, with ample wall space for hanging art.

“I wanted lots of pocket doors for indoor-outdoor living,” Diane recalls. “That was not easy to find in our price range.”

After a long and fruitless search, the hard-to-find house practically fell into their laps. “My hairdresser knew the owners,” says Diane.

“They had taken the house off the market. She arranged for us to see it that evening. It was love at first sight. The house had almost

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everything on our checklist, and the charm of Mediterranean style.

We had owned a historic Mediterranean home in Phoenix.”

The Lanes made an offer that night, and the next morning the owners accepted. Three months later, Diane and Ed had sold their condominiums and moved in.

“I say thank you every day to the architect, Owen Tan,” says Diane. “He built the house for himself, but it feels like he designed it for us. Its clean lines also make it a perfect backdrop for Ed’s art. It has amazing wall space for such an airy home. From the moment we walked through the entrance arbor, we were hooked.”

It wasn’t the first time the Lanes had made a major life decision in mere minutes. In 1960, Ed was working for a Phoenix advertising agency when a new hire arrived. “When I saw Diane walk in the door,” he says, “I thought, ‘Look what God has sent me.’” Six weeks later, they were engaged.

In 1962, the Lanes decided to open their own agency. “I had a 1958 MGA,” says Ed. “It was all I owned. I sold it for $2,500, and bought two typewriters and a mimeograph machine. We started the

From the master suite’s lānai, you can see clear to the horizon, or take a gander at two lavish faux swans that migrate to the swimming pool for parties.

agency with that. I had enough left over to buy a $75 Fiat. That car looked so disreputable, when I’d go to see a client, I had to park two or three blocks away.”

During Ed’s tenure as head of E.B. Lane, the agency won numerous national awards; in 1995, the Phoenix Ad Club named him Ad Man of the Year.

But Ed still yearned to paint. They turned the agency over to their son, Beau, and move to Maui.

“I hit the island running,” says Ed. “I would pile everything in my Jeep and go out and paint.” He developed a style he dubbed “the art of exuberance”: vibrant, colorful canvases that he layers first with red, then adds people and scenes of Maui, Tahiti and other enchanting places the Lanes have traveled.

Ed’s studio occupies one of the home’s three bedrooms. Half the size of his former studio, it’s filled with canvases and cabinets, easels and supplies. Paintings in various stages of completion cover the walls clear up to the ceiling. “It’s a contortionist’s dream to set up a big painting here,” he quips. What the room lacks in space, it more

Middle left: Paintings inspired by Diane and Ed’s travels throughout Polynesia add a lively splash of color to the formal living room.

Middle right: In the master bathroom, the Lanes replaced matching pedestal sinks with a single counter topped with leather granite. They also switched from marble floors to less slippery ceramic tile that is accented, like the mirror, with aquamarine glass. Above: The upstairs lānai clinched the Lanes’ decision to purchase the house; it’s become a favorite spot for cocktail hour and sunset dinners.

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Top: A happy clutter of paintings and art supplies fills Ed’s studio. Middle: The master bedroom is a study in internationalism, reflecting the Lanes’ travels: Lotus-patterned pillows echo the hand-crafted quilt purchased on a monthlong trip to Egypt. Above the bed hangs a sunflower field Ed painted in France. To the right of the bed is another Ed Lane painting, this one of women in Tahiti. Above: Thunbergia drapes the entry arbor that leads to a spacious lānai, where lion-headed water features pour liquid sound into pond and pool, and a life-sized Kuan Yin welcomes guests.

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than makes up for in ambiance. The north and east walls have sliding glass doors that open onto gardens and admit diffused sunlight.

In 1994, Diane began delving into art, taking classes in silk painting that blended with her interests in fashion and fabric design. From 1995 through 2009, she created custom, hand-painted clothing under her Leilani Silks label, and had her work accepted into exhibitions. Now that she’s retired, the bedroom that once served as her studio is a guest room, and Diane indulges her passions for gardening, cooking and entertaining.

Gardens wrap around the home; a life-sized statue of Kuan Yin, goddess of compassion, stands contemplative watch over herbs, aloe, Meyer lemon, yuzu, orchid peppers with hot, hot seeds, finger limes, chocolate mint that imparts a seductive smell when you rub the leaves. . . .

Though the property is a modest 9,600 square feet, those wraparound gardens add to the sense of privacy the architecture creates. “Each room has a patio that makes for lots of private little nooks,” says Diane.

Upstairs, those nooks give way to expansive views that extend from ‘Ulupalakua, on Haleakalā’s southern slope, across the sweep of ocean and neighboring islands, all the way to Mauna Kahalawai, West Maui’s mountain.

“The master suite has such a beautiful view of the ocean,” says Diane. “It’s hard to walk downstairs in the morning; I just want to

watch the sky change colors. I often delay the start of my day with a cup of coffee on the upstairs lānai and watch the world awaken.”

This story first appeared in the Sep–Oct 2015 issue of Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Magazine.

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INTERIOR DESIGN

Picking the perfect picture is only the start. STORY BY RITA GOLDMAN

If you’ve ever been disappointed with the way a work of art looks when you get it home, the fault may lie not in the painting, but in how it’s framed, or where it’s placed.

We asked Joëlle Perz, a Maui artist and art director for Viewpoints Gallery in Makawao, for some tips on making the most of every work of art.

TOP: JOHN GIORDANI; BOTTOM: COURTESY OF VIEWPOINTS GALLERY

SPACE EXPLORATION “If you want a painting or photo to have relevance,” says Perz, “give it room.” Surrounding a work with a wide mat creates an uncluttered space that draws the eye to the image. “If you stick a photo in a little frame, that’s okay, but people won’t pay attention.

The quality, intensity and direction of light can affect a work’s appearance, as Joëlle Perz’s painting Healing Traditions, seen from two directions, dramatically illustrates.

As soon as you give it space, it says, ‘This is precious to me.’”

TIME FRAME “The frame participates in the art,” Perz says, “so anything you do with a frame has to be a conscious choice.” A frame that reflects the period of the painting typically works best: a traditional frame for a traditional painting; something simple for a contemporary work where an ornate frame would clash.

When artists sell through a gallery, they usually don’t know where the work will end up, so they may choose a frame that’s as unimposing as possible.

It’s okay to request a different frame, Perz says; just know that the cost of reframing can be considerable and not in the artist’s control.

Space gives artwork greater importance and encourages the attention you think it deserves.

LIGHT STUDY It takes a fair amount of light for our eyes to see color. (That’s why a nighttime rainbow looks white.)

If where you intend to hang a work of art isn’t well lit, consider a different location for the piece,

a different piece for the location—a blackand-white print, for example—or additional lighting.

At the other end of the spectrum is sunlight, which can fade photos and damage art. “Nowadays, artists are more conscious of using light-fast inks and oils,” Perz says, “but there are inks and oils that are tempting and beautiful, and not light fast. I advise not to put any artwork in direct bright sunlight.”

GETTING THE HANG OF IT “Where to place a work of art is hugely important,” Perz says. Before you pound that first nail, think about how the work will be viewed.

Do you just want it to decorate a wall where people pass by, or have it truly appreciated?

“The idea is to have the work at eye level,” she says. “If it’s in a room where you mostly sit, place it lower than you would if it’s in a room where you mostly stand. If the work can best be viewed from afar, put it where that’s the way people will see it. For a small piece that would get lost on a large wall, pick an intimate corner, where you can have closer eye contact.

“Be a detective,” Perz adds. “Live with the art for a while in different locations, in different lighting, before you commit.”

This story first appeared in the Jan-Feb 2014 issue of Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Magazine.

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Resource Guide 2018

ARCHITECTS Architects Maui 572-4644 | MauiBoy.com/ArchMaui

The Home Depot 100 Pakaula St., Kahului 893-7800 | HomeDepot.com

CARPETS & FLOORING

Abbey Carpet & Floor 25 Kahului Beach Rd., Kahului | 427-0830 MauiFlooringAndWindowCoverings.com

Artel, Inc. Kīhei | 250-1527 | ArtelMaui.com

Lowe’s Home Improvement 214 Ho‘okele St., Kahului 872-1920 | Lowes.com

Hunton Conrad & Associates, Inc. 1102 Mailuna Pl., Makawao 281-9706 | HuntonConrad.com

Pacific Source 515 E. Uahi Way, Wailuku 986-0380 | PacSource.com

Hawaiian Carpet One Floor & Home 162 Alamaha St., Kahului | 873-2113 HawaiianCarpetOneKahului.com

Kasprzycki Designs, Inc. 40 Kupuohi St., Ste. 203, Lahaina 667-6116 | KasprzyckiDesigns.com

CABINETRY & WOODWORKING

Lahaina Carpet & Interiors, Inc. 1036 Limahana Pl., Ste. 3L, Lahaina 661-4268 | LahainaCarpets.com

Jeffrey A. Lundahl 871-4110 | JeffreyALundahl@msn.com Maui Architectural Group 2331 Main St., Wailuku 244-9011 | MauiArch.com Rick Ryniak Architects 50 Pu‘u Anoano, #2104, Lahaina 661-9448 | Ryniak.com Territorial Architects, Ltd. Wailuku | 575-2188 Nick Wagner 226 S. Church St., Wailuku | 242-5720

APPLIANCES, BUILDING SUPPLIES & INSTALLATION ABC Supply Co., Inc. 446 Ala Makani St., Kahului 877-6507 | ABCSupply.com Habitat for Humanity ReStore 970 L. Main St., Wailuku 986-8050 | Habitat-Maui.org Hamai Appliance 332 E. Wākea Ave., Kahului 877-6305 | HamaiAppliance.com

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Bamboo Maui 1878 Wili Pa Loop, Wailuku 244-2299 | BambooMaui.net

Brothers Custom Woodworks & Cabinetry 811 Kolu St., #105A, Wailuku 280-3920 | BrothersCWC.com Cutting Edge Manufacturing, Inc. 1866 Wili Pa Loop, #B, Wailuku 870-1236

Bamboo Maui See “Cabinetry & Woodworking.”

GLASS

Arrow Glass & Mirrors 792 Alua St., #106, Wailuku 244-3944 California Frameless Shower Door P.O. Box 6186, Kahului 868-6868 CaliforniaFramelessShowerDoor.com

DoubleTree Cabinetry 260 Papa Pl., Kahului 893-2578| DTCabinetsMaui.com

LIGHTING

Jay Peterson Woodworking 808-553-8381 MolokaiWoodGuy@RocketMail.com

Read Lighting, Inc. 335 E. Wakea Ave., Kahului 871-8995 | ReadLightingHi.com

Maui Custom Woodworks 251 Lalo St., L-1, Kahului 877-0239 | MauiCustomWoodworks.com

Strini Art Glass 572-6283 StriniArtGlass.com

Out of the Woods Fine Cabinetry & Woodworking 280-1421 | MauiCustomCabinetry.com

Valley Isle Lighting, Inc. 255 Alamaha St., Kahului 871-1119 | ValleyIsleLighting.net

Pacific Millworks 375 W. Kuiaha Rd., Unit 21, Ha‘ikū 575-7555 MauiCabinetsFurnitureWoodworking.com

PAINT

WaiWood Designs P.O. Box 156, Makawao 281-0086 | WaiWoodDesigns.com

Da Kine Paints, LLC 250 Alamaha St., Ste. N3, Kahului 871-9381 | BenjaminMooreMaui.com

Maui Specialty Lighting 446-0921 | MauiSpecialtyLighting.com

Ameritone Maui •140 Alamaha St., Kahului | 871-7734 •1058 Limahana Pl., Lahaina | 667-2614

Performance Painting 71A Miner Pl., Makawao 870-4500 | PerformancePaintingHi.com

Maui Marble & Granite 874 Alua St., Wailuku 242-8400 | MauiMarbleAndGranite.net

Kahe Construction P.O. Box 10277, Lahaina 870-4981 | KaheConstruction.com

Sherwin-Williams Paint Store •173 Alamaha St., Kahului | 877-2468 •910 Honoapi‘ilani Hwy., Ste. R8, Lahaina | 662-0123 | Sherwin-Williams.com

Miyake Concrete Accessories •250 N. Waiehu Beach Rd., Wailuku | 244-7988 •1035 Makawao Ave., Makawao | 572-7988 •369 Huku Li‘i Pl., Kīhei | 879-7900 •24 Ulupono St., Lahaina | 661-9020 MiyakeConcrete.com

Mark Minney Construction, LLC 4730 Kula Hwy., Kula | 876-1765

PLUMBING

Akamai Plumbing Maui 61 Keleawe St., Makawao 268-2051 | AkamaiPlumbingMaui.com Ferguson Plumbing Supply 335 Hukilike St., Kahului 877-4460 | Ferguson.com

ROOFING

Finishing Touch Roofing, Inc. 2000 Mokulele Hwy., #209, Kahului | 877-5533 RSI Roofing & Building Supply 221 S. Wakea Ave., Unit 101, Kahului 242-5535

STONE & TILE

Best Stoneworks, LLC 2000 Mokulele Hwy., #81, Pu‘unēnē 264-6474 | BestStoneworksLLC.com Coastline Stone & Tile, Inc. 907 Malulani St., Kīhei 879-0635 | CoastlineStoneAndTileInc.com Exclusively Yours/Ceramic Tile Plus (cabinets, countertops, floors, glass) 25 S. Kahului Beach Rd., Kahului Exclusively Yours: 871-7595 Ceramic Tile Plus: 871-8674 CeramicTilePlus.com James Tile & Stone 874-9137 Jurassic Stone Works 2000 Mokulele Hwy., Kahului 873-7742 | JurassicMaui.com

Pohaku Masonry 311 Awalau Rd., Ha‘ikū | 283-4156 Precision Tile & Stone 843 Waine‘e St., Lahaina | 870-6994 Worldwide Design Studio (stonework) 360 Papa Pl., Kahului | 871-1440

CONTRACTORS Aloha Remodeling & Construction 870-9682 | AlohaRemodeling.com Carter Platt Construction 870-0459 | CustomHomesInKulaHi.com CC&D Builders Hawai‘i 2530 Keka‘a Drive, #A, Kā‘anapali | 667-1807 Cohen Development Group 375 Huku Li‘i Pl., Ste. 204, Kīhei 280-1101 | CohenDevelopmentGroup.com Cremer Construction (concrete) 440 Ainakula Rd., Kula | 878-6495 CremerConstructionMaui.com Elite Construction 549 Kuanana St., Pā‘ia 268-0563 | EliteIslandConstruction.com Island Tiny Homes 866-4911 | IslandTinyHomes.com

Maui Joinery, Inc. P.O. Box 209, Kīhei 757-2319 | MauiJoinery.WordPress.com Pono Building Co., Inc. 4230 L. Kula Rd., Kula 870-7979 | PonoBuildingCompany.com T&S Building Consultants 2733 Pu‘u Ho‘olai St., Kīhei | 879-5453 3D Builders & Design (construction, solar) 353 Hanamau St., Ste. 1, Kahului | 871-5575 | 3DBuilders.com Wildco Construction 283-2371 | WildcoMaui.com

ENERGY SYSTEMS

Cano Electric, Inc. 167 Manea Pl., #5, Wailuku | 298-0677 Haleakala Solar 70 E. Ka‘ahumanu Ave., #C-3, Kahului 871-4059 | HaleakalaSolar.com Maui Pacific Solar P.O. Box 351, Pu‘unēnē 280-6627 | MauiSolar.com Rising Sun Solar 355 Hukilike St., Ste. 201, Kahului 575-2022 | RisingSunSolar.com The Sonshine Solar Corporation 575-7444 | SonshineSolarMaui.com Trident Electric P.O. Box 691, Makawao | 572-4163 West Maui Electric 48 Aholo Rd., Lahaina 463-0063 | WestMauiElectric.com Island Living Apr–Sep 2018

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Pacific Audio & Communications 330 Ohukai Rd., #116, Kīhei 870-1619 | PacHawaii.com

Marshall Design Studio P.O. Box 2547, Wailuku 463-9118 | MarshallDesignStudio.com

Beach House 330 Ohukai Rd., #110, Kīhei 891-2010 | BeachHouseDesignMaui.com

Pearl Butik 71 Baldwin Ave. & 83 Hāna Hwy., Pā‘ia 579-8899 | PearlButik.com

Tim Tattersall Design P.O. Box 1573, Kīhei 280-7452 | TimTattersallDesign.com

Duck Soup Maui 2000 Mokulele Hwy., Pu‘unēnē 871-7875 | DuckSoupMaui.com

Pier 1 Imports 270 Dairy Rd., Kahului 873-7878 | Pier1.com/Maui

HomeWorld Furniture 374 Hanakai St., Kahului 877-5503 | HomeWorld.com

Swan Interiors 2103 W. Vineyard St., Wailuku 243-3316 | SwanInteriorsMaui.com

HOME FURNISHINGS & ACCESSORIES

HUE 210 Alamaha St., Kahului 873-6910 | MauiHue.com Indolotus Imports 145 Halekuai St., Kīhei 879-9997 | IndolotusImports.com Island Attitudes 411 Huku Li‘i Pl., #101, Kīhei 879-4147 | IslandAttitudesMaui.com Lifestyle Maui Furniture 703 L. Main St., Wailuku 242-1863 | LifestyleMaui.com The Man Cave Island Surf Building 1993 S. Kīhei Rd., Ste.18, Kīhei 793-2526 |ManCaveMaui.com Marmac Home & Kitchen 334 Alamaha St., Kahului | 877-3931 Martin & MacArthur • The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua 1 Ritz-Carlton Dr. | 214-9874 • The Shops at Wailea 3750 Wailea Alanui Dr. | 891-8844 • The Westin Maui Resort & Spa 2365 Kā‘anapali Pkwy. | 270-0888 • Whalers Village 2435 Kā‘anapali Pkwy. | 667-7422 MartinAndMacArthur.com The Maui Closet Company 310 Hukilike St., Unit M, Kahului 871-7996 | MauiCloset.com The Mind’s Eye Interiors, Inc. 1068 Limahana Pl., Lahaina 667-7748 | MindsEyeInterior.com

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OUTDOOR FURNISHINGS K-Deck Canvas Corp.

1942 E. Vineyard St., Wailuku 242-2889 | KDeckCanvas.com

Outdoor Living 261 Lalo St., Kahului 873-8325 | Out-Door-Living.com

LANDSCAPING & POOLS Chris Curtis Landscape P.O. Box 1278, Ha‘ikū 575-2367 | ChrisCurtisLandscapes.com Chris Hart & Partners, Inc. 115 N. Market St., Wailuku 242-1955 | CHPMaui.com Cohen Landscaping & Design 375 Huku Li‘i Pl., Ste. 204, Kīhei 280-1101 | CohenLandscaping.com Fusion Irrigation Hawai‘i 264-8261 | FusionHawaii@gmail.com

Padilla Designs (gates, railings, torches, metal design) 1087 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei 879-0938 | PadillaDesigns.com

Huber Pools 1367 S. Kīhei Rd., #3-110, Kīhei 879-0822 | HuberPools.com

WINDOW TREATMENTS & UPHOLSTERY

I Dig Maui 245 Kane Rd., Ha‘ikū | 357-1450

Island Window Coverings 300 Ohukai Rd., B308, Kīhei 874-8602 | IslandWindowCovering.com Ohana Drapery & Upholstery 325 Hukilike St., Kahului |873-8077 Suda Shades & Design P.O. Box 1116, Kīhei 205-7926 | SudaShades.com Whitey’s Upholstery 268-9710

INTERIOR DESIGN Brown-Kobayashi 38 N. Market St., Wailuku | 242-0804 Gail Simmons Interior Design 11 Ululani St., Kula 281-2882 | GailSimmonsDesign.com Home Remedies Interior Design 1993 S. Kīhei Rd., Ste. 7, Kīhei |214-6559 CreativeHomeRemedies.com

Island Plant Company P.O. Box 880360, Pukalani 572-5094 | IslandPlant.com Maui Waterscapes 312 Alamaha St., Ste. M, Kahului 877-0413 | MauiWaterscapes.com Rockman 47 Kahoea Pl., Kula 878-2903 | MauiWaterscapes.com

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Destination Maui, Inc. 380 Huku Li‘i Pl., Ste. 206, Kīhei 879-0080 | DestinationMaui.net MF Management, LLC 281-1341 | RecordHunter@hawaii.rr.com Maui Paradise Properties, LLC 727 Waine‘e St., Ste. 206, Lahaina 661-1535 | MauiParadiseProperties.com

Private, Parochial, & Charter Schools WEST MAUI MAUI PREPARATORY ACADEMY Type of School: College Preparatory 4910 Honoapi‘ilani Hwy., Nāpili 665-9966 | MauiPrep.org Grades Served: Pre-K–12 Enrollment: 230 Tuition: $345–$745/month (Pre-K part/full time) | $11,325 (K) | $15,964 (1–5) | $17,954 (6–8) | $18,958 (9–12) Boarding: $49,750 (includes tuition, room and board) Info at MauiPrepBoarding.org.

SACRED HEARTS SCHOOL Type of School: Parochial 239 Dickenson St., Lahaina 661-4720 | SHSMaui.org Grades Served: Pre-K–8 Enrollment: 218 Tuition: $5,850–$7,150 (Pre-K part/full-time) | $7,850 (K–5) | $8,250 (6–8)

SOUTH MAUI HORIZONS ACADEMY OF MAUI Type of School: Special Education 2679 Wai Wai Pl., Kīhei 575-2954 Grades Served: Call for information.

Enrollment: 15 Tuition: Call for information.

KĪHEI PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL Type of School: Public Charter Locations TBA. Call for information.

875-0700 | KiheiCharter.org Grades Served: K–12 Enrollment: 525 Tuition: Free Information was provided by the schools as of February 2018.

MONTESSORI HALE O KEIKI Type of School: Montessori 100 Kulanihakoi St., Kīhei 874-7441 | MHOK.org Grades Served: Pre-K–8 Enrollment: 75 Tuition: $7,910–$11,300 (Pre-K & K, part/full time) | $11,875 (1–6)|$12,700 (7–8)

CENTRAL VALLEY EMMANUEL LUTHERAN SCHOOL Type of School: Parochial 520 West One St., Kahului 873-6334 | ELS-Maui.org Grades Served: K–8 Enrollment: 136 Tuition: TBA MAUI HUI MALAMA LEARNING CENTER Type of School: Alternative* 375 Mahalani Street, Wailuku 244-5911 | HuiMalama.org Grades Served: 7–12 Enrollment: 10 Tuition: Free *Tutoring and GED preparation only.

KA‘AHUMANU HOU CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Type of School: Parochial 777 Maui Veterans Hwy. (formerly Mokulele), Kahului 871-2477 | KHCSMaui.com Grades Served: Pre-K–12 Enrollment: 42 Tuition: $600–$650/month (ages 2–5)* |$4,200 (K–12) *Call for information.

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MAUI ADVENTIST SCHOOL Type of School: Parochial 261 S. Pu‘unēnē Ave., Kahului 877-7813 | MauiAdventistSchool.AdventistFaith.org Grades Served: K–8 Enrollment: 22 Tuition: $6,500 ST. ANTHONY SCHOOL Type of School: Parochial 1618 Lower Main St., Wailuku 244-4190 | SASMaui.org Grades Served: K–12 Enrollment: 255 Tuition: $7,000–$8,000* (Pre-K) | $6,500 (K–5) | $7,750 (6) | $10,600 (7) | $11,850 (8) | $14,200 (9–12) * Includes after-school program.

UPCOUNTRY CARDEN ACADEMY OF MAUI Type of School: Carden Method 55A Maka‘ena Pl., Pukalani 573-6651 | CardenMaui.org Grades Served: Pre-K–8 Enrollment: 166 Tuition: TBA HALEAKALĀ WALDORF SCHOOL Type of School: Waldorf Elementary: 4160 Lower Kula Rd., Kula Secondary: 38 Kaluanui Rd., Makawao 878-2511 | WaldorfMaui.org Grades Served: Pre-K–12 Enrollment: 310 Tuition: $9,900–$14,500 (Pre-K, part/full time) |$12,900–$14,500 (K, part/full time) | $15,9650 (1–8) | $17,430 (9–12) KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS MAUI Type of School: College Preparatory* 270 ‘A‘apueo Pwy., Pukalani 572-3100 KSBE.edu/Campus_Education/Campuses/Maui—Campus Grades Served: K–12 Enrollment: 1,100 Tuition: TBA *Curriculum is based on Hawaiian and Christian values.

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MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF MAUI Type of School: Montessori 2933 Baldwin Ave., Makawao 573-0374 | MOMI.org Grades Served: 18 months–8 Enrollment: 275 Tuition: $14,075 (Pre-K–K) | $14,360 (1–3) | $14,410 (4–6) | $16,370 (7–8) SEABURY HALL Type of School: College Preparatory 480 Olinda Rd., Makawao 572-7235 | SeaburyHall.org Grades Served: 6–12 Enrollment: 454 Tuition: TBA

NORTH SHORE DORIS TODD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Type of School: Parochial Elementary: 519 Baldwin Ave., Pā‘ia Secondary: 473 S. High St., Wailuku 579-9237 | DorisToddChristian.org Grades Served: Pre-K–12 Enrollment: 190 Tuition: $7,073 (Pre-K–5) | $7,480 (6–12) REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR (ROOTS) Type: Alternative 740 Ha‘ikū Rd., Ha‘ikū 250-7988 | RootsMaui.org Grades Served: Pre-K–8 Enrollment: 60 Tuition: $8,500 Information was provided by the schools as of February 2018.

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