Firefly

Imagine yourself sinking gratefully into a tranquil blue sea. Your senses surrender, your cares dissolve, and the important things in life—nature, friends, family—come clearly into focus. That’s the feeling you get in the newly built Villa Firefly (FLY). Blue is the defining feature of many of the wondrous vistas that you take in while staying in this high-end luxury rental property. It’s the color of the cushions on the plush couches in one of the living areas, of the billowing curtains stirred by the gentle Caribbean breeze in the bedrooms, in the water of the long, languid swimming pool, and, of course, in the endless island sky and lapping waves that lie beyond the edge of the expansive deck and just outside the villa’s clear walls. Because the designer was generous in their use of glass, you can see the ocean from almost anywhere in the house.

Villa Firefly was designed according to a very high-end standard, and the feeling is all the best parts of staying in a hotel (minus the downside of having other guests around—here it’s just you). The materials are subtly luxurious, soft linens and pleasingly weathered wood along with all the lucid glass. And the architecture is spacious, laid out in a hotel-like way with separate pavilions that allow for various groups of guests to be entertained in different ways at one time—say, the children playing in the pool, some adults sharing drinks around the bar and watching the chef cook (Sibarth’s concierge can supply one, if you don’t want to handle the kitchen duties yourself), another group playing board games in a separate, quiet living area, and teenagers watching TV in the great room.