00:01Hi, I'm Katie. Welcome to Villa Miguelito. Come and take a peek into my paradise.
00:12So Villa Miguelito, it was my husband's idea to build in Bali.
00:19One of my goals was to create this paradise, this just respite, retreat with lots of the tropical vibe,
00:26using as many materials from the earth as possible.
00:35In the kitchen, we have a special vintage dish from China.
00:41We have these tiles that are the local lava rock.
00:49The sconces here are from a local shop.
00:54This cabinet over here is from a wonderful woman.
00:57Her name is Noor, and she just knows how to make magic.
01:01She came and she created these covers that look like they belong to the entire cabinet.
01:08I certainly didn't want to see appliances out and bold in the kitchen,
01:12so we used the same teak that we used everywhere else in the kitchen
01:16to cover the refrigerator and freezer doors.
01:19I had to have my coffee maker.
01:21It's just been a piece by piece.
01:28So we've got this open kitchen, and I'm a huge baker,
01:31so I had to have this great big countertop and space to do that.
01:35And then we found this beautiful table.
01:37You can get comfy, you can nap here, you can do whatever you want.
01:43Just back to back on this banquet, we have the family room right here.
01:47We're on this river, this magical river, and we just have the jungle all around us.
01:53We use these reclaimed teak mirrors from Lucas.
01:57The dining chairs are all from Lucas.
01:59These are vintage, spinning tops.
02:01We're here in our own paradise.
02:02We're here in California.
02:07My background in landscape design.
02:10I've flipped many houses in California.
02:12I worked on interior architecture, interior design, interior decor,
02:17and you'll see through the house how all of this just came together.
02:26All of these windows open up and become open wall.
02:29This is the living room.
02:31We wanted to have a nice little serene space over here.
02:36And then we also wanted a living room that would be big enough to house many, many people,
02:41and everybody can relax.
02:43You can sit on the floor and relax.
02:47This window came about because I love a Mondrian window.
02:51We had this stone wall behind us that has natural water coming through.
02:56So I was able to use all of these local plants like the leather ferns and the staghorns
03:02and drop in some palms.
03:09In an effort to bring outdoors indoors, I saw this great opportunity,
03:14with our two-story void area, glass ceilings.
03:18We got light.
03:19So we planted this here.
03:21It was a little baby.
03:22They grow very quickly.
03:23And they're just amazing.
03:24The canopies and how they open up.
03:27And it just makes me so happy.
03:35This is one of my husband's favorite spaces.
03:38We call it the smoking patio.
03:40And they had these little portraits and we just loved them.
03:46This house is a five bedroom, six and a half bath space.
03:51And every bedroom is faced to the outdoors.
03:54So the guest rooms are very simple.
03:56We've got beds here that are king size beds.
04:00But should people want twin beds, these platforms separate.
04:04The artwork here is a local artist and she's actually out of Spain.
04:16One of the bedrooms is also the media room.
04:19Here, come on this way.
04:20I'll show you.
04:25We've created this massive couch.
04:27It was definitely custom made.
04:29It was set up so that you could have, I don't know, six, eight people relaxing together.
04:34The wall back here is just very big and white and we have a projector.
04:39This piece pulls out and can also be more seating.
04:43This is the room the kids will want to sleep in.
04:49Just outside our cinema room, we have a covered barbecue area.
04:53The barbecue area was built to be a full kitchen.
04:56One of the reasons we did that, we have actually three full kitchens in this house,
05:00is because as a retreat center, we wanted to be able to have barbecues.
05:05We wanted to be able to have health and wellness retreat.
05:08This lighting fixture here is something that Marta designed.
05:14You'll meet my friends later, Marta and Maria.
05:17She designed it and had it fabricated locally.
05:19She's just got an amazing eye for things.
05:27The garden and pool area were a total adventure for me because I'm using materials
05:31that grow on the other side of the world from what I'm used to.
05:34So it was fantastic.
05:37Originally, it was crazy.
05:39There was a sunken living room outside.
05:41The barbecue was way over there.
05:43There was a bridge across the pool and I just thought, no, no, no, no, no.
05:46Let's simplify.
05:48The pool is definitely long enough that my husband's happy to swim laps all the time.
05:53The pergola is just iron that was rusted out and we soldered it together
05:59and created a very organic structure.
06:01We've got bougainvillea growing on it.
06:03We brought in these amazing frangipani trees.
06:06And then we've got these massive, it's called alocasia.
06:10They're the elephant ears that you'll see in just a minute.
06:13We have an outdoor shower because we wanted people to be able to rinse off
06:16and then just go sit and enjoy a barbecue or something.
06:19They have lotus flowers growing in these beautiful bowls, which I just adore.
06:24And we've had ceremony here and it was absolutely beautiful.
06:28So the people from the local community come each morning and bring blessings to the home.
06:33And everything feels like we get to do it the way people do in Bali.
06:43So let me show you the upstairs.
06:46Come with me.
06:53Well, on the way to the master bedroom you're gonna have to notice that we've got these fabulous terracotta sconces.
07:00And then you can see the Madagascar almond growing up and into the void area here.
07:05Something else that I find very special is that we have our old pieces of the man and the woman
07:12together
07:12because it's always said to be a blessing to have a man and a woman at an entry
07:18as we have downstairs by the front door.
07:28So welcome to the master bedroom.
07:31This space has just had a lot of reiterations.
07:34And then I decided just to create this big open space.
07:38Originally, there was a bed and a whole built-in something, and then it was a sunken living room here.
07:43And we just wanted comfortable flow.
07:45We did not want to miss a step in the middle of the night, you know what I mean?
07:54Noor, she had shipped in this headboard from India.
07:58I believe it was a prince or a king's bedroom.
08:02It may be folklore.
08:04I do not know, but we love to believe it.
08:07Again, it's a bedroom, and I wanted to warm it up, so we put the beams in the ceiling.
08:11We also have these wonderful chairs here that are incredibly comfortable.
08:17It's a chair and a half because my husband and I like to share a chair.
08:24Now you're in the master closet.
08:26This is the wardrobe area.
08:28I overpack every time I come.
08:30People can't believe how much I bring, and my husband can pack in a backpack.
08:34But we had to accommodate both of us.
08:36So we found vintage pieces to go with new pieces, and this cabinet here is a vintage piece.
08:43I don't really know the history of it, but I fell in love with it the moment I saw it.
08:47The color is beautiful.
08:48They just had to have it, and I knew exactly where it would go.
08:51So we get to enjoy it here in our wardrobe.
08:55So the master bathroom had to be something very special.
09:03We hang out in our bathroom a lot, and I'll be in the bathtub.
09:06Alan will be sitting beside me, and we'll be having a nice, relaxing talk, that kind of thing.
09:10And we have the trees and these doors open wide, and so you've got all this natural air.
09:16Sometimes butterflies are coming in while I'm in the tub.
09:19I love Buddhas.
09:20I just do.
09:21It's just a kind of cozy, warm place.
09:24The shower is very large, and the tiles came in Gien Yor.
09:37This is one of my favorite areas in the house.
09:40This is our outdoor terrace attached to the master bedroom.
09:43The view is insane.
09:45And then our chaise here are sectional.
09:49I insisted on having chaises so that we could actually sleep out here if we feel like it.
09:54The fountain adds just a nice touch of the sound of water.
09:58The gardens up here have grown in beautifully, and the chandelier just adds a touch of mood.
10:04When it's raining, we have these roller blinds that come down, and you can be outside.
10:11These are the guest bedrooms upstairs.
10:14They're all set up very similarly.
10:16Every room has the sliding glass doors that they can open, and they've got their own terrace here.
10:21And then there's also a private entry on the back corridor here.
10:25We've just got a lot of flexibility around here.
10:32So this is a typical bathroom in our guest room.
10:35It's set up for everybody to have their own space.
10:38We've got these amazing bathtubs right in the window, so you can get in the tub, enjoy the view,
10:42and we've planted the planter boxes so you can have some privacy.
10:45And then these stone tables I had to bring in, I saw them in one of the yards where I
10:51had gone to look for the plant material.
10:52So we put these wood bases on the shower floor, and it just really warms it up.
10:58It's a much more comfortable environment.
11:00Every bathroom has a rain shower and a handheld so that you can just be as comfortable as you'd like.
11:13This was a dream of mine, this space, and it was not in the original design of the house.
11:20I asked for a yoga shala.
11:21I'm a big yogi back in the States, and in the past when I've come, I've insisted on going to
11:27yoga every day
11:28before doing the work that's necessary to put a house like this together.
11:31Supernatural materials, it's plant material that I had no idea these would grow so large.
11:38Light fixtures I just adore.
11:40I wanted to bring some Moroccan vibe into the house.
11:44We found this incredible vintage gong.
11:47I got my wind chimes, more lotus flowers up here, and then these little cushions,
11:53our kilom rugs that we got from a little shop nearby towards Dembassar.
11:58It's just been such an incredible journey, and to finish off in the yoga shala just makes me so happy.
12:04This is a total paradise for me to come up here.
12:07We've got the fountain that you can sit with, the meditation, the bamboo blowing in the wind.
12:13It's just heaven.
12:23Thank you, Bali Interiors.
12:25Thanks for taking a peek into my paradise.
12:27See you soon.
