REALlife Magazine

🩷 LAIDBACK LUXURY AND STYLE

🦩 Weathered wood, pink shutters and a flamingo drifting through the pool at sunset.

At King Surf Shack, laidback island living converges with playful nostalgia and beautifully considered design, balancing barefoot charm with a subtle sense of luxury.

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📣 Edie's adds new products and services for the home

Floor and wall covering specialists, Edie’s, now offer a range of contemporary European-designed pedestal and countertop sinks, alongside innovative eco-products such as EcoWood, a low-maintenance wood composite, and SPC wall panels manufactured to resemble stone, fabric or wood while remaining affordable, easy to install and 100% waterproof.

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🌿 SEAMLESS INDOOR-OUTDOOR LIVING

Tucked beneath a canopy of mature trees, this outdoor living space at Coastal Lift blurs the line between architecture and landscape.

✨ Layered textures, soft neutrals and open sight-lines create a setting designed as much for quiet mornings as long Caribbean evenings spent gathering outdoors.

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🖼️ 'CURATION INSPIRATION'

✨ Art has the power to completely transform a space, adding depth, personality and a sense of immersion with a single piece.

‘Curation Inspiration’ brings together a collection of ready-to-hang artworks chosen for their vibrant colour, subtle dimension and intricate detail, each one designed to draw the eye and spark conversation.

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📣 Sticks and Stones authorised retailer for Carrol Boyes

Sticks & Stones is thrilled to be the authorised Cayman retailer for CaRRoL BoYeS of South Africa.

New collections are on the way, with updates and arrivals to be shared across their social channels soon.

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🌶️ Sweet, peppery, fiery and unmistakably Caribbean: ALLSPICE

When the aroma of Caribbean cooking drifts through the air, allspice is almost always part of the story.

Despite its name, it isn’t a blend at all but a single spice native to the Caribbean and Central America, prized for its warm notes of nutmeg, cinnamon and clove, balanced with a peppery kick.

For centuries, allspice has flavoured everything from curries to stews, chocolate, festive drinks and traditional remedies.

🔥 Inside the latest issue of REAL LIFE, discover the history of this remarkable spice alongside a homemade jerk seasoning recipe worthy of a place in every kitchen.

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🤍 COASTAL CALM AT LUXURY SIMPLIFIED

While the first impression is one of light, harmony and cohesion, a closer look reveals a nuanced palette of creams, warm beiges, soft greys and the occasional black accent that adds definition and depth.

Layered with organic materials — rattan, rope, wood and stone — the interior gains subtle colour, texture and an inviting sense of natural warmth.

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🇰🇾 SAFEGUARDING THE LANGUAGE OF PLACE

🏡 Built circa 1875, the Gifford Anderson House is one of the Cayman Islands’ last surviving wattle-and-daub cottages.

Constructed using traditional wattle and daub, these humble homes once dotted the Cayman landscape, built by hand using natural materials gathered from the surrounding land. Today, very few remain.

For generations, the cottage stood quietly along Elgin Avenue, weathering storms, development and the rapid transformation of George Town around it.

Earlier this year, concerns mounted that the historic structure would be demolished. Instead, the house has secured a reprieve.

🌿 Following negotiations brokered by the National Trust for the Cayman Islands, the cottage has been carefully relocated to Crown property near the Bobby Thompson Roundabout, where it will be preserved in perpetuity.

While a section of the rear wall had already been removed, the Trust confirmed this was a later cement addition, and the original wattle-and-daub core remains intact and will be saved.

It may no longer stand in its original setting, but in a rapidly changing Cayman, the survival of the Gifford Anderson House feels like a rare and meaningful victory for the island’s historic built heritage.

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🖼️ JUST HANGING - THE ART OF HANGING ART

There’s something quietly captivating about a beautifully hung piece of artwork. Not just the piece itself, but the way it holds space, as if the room was waiting for it and everything else falls into place once it’s there.

Explore the subtle equations that make artwork feel intentional within a space, from gallery walls and spacing rules to proportion, placement and the pieces that quietly shape a room.

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🌸 Island living, with a side of pink nostalgia

The outdoor kitchen at King Surf Shack transforms a classic Combi van into one of the property’s most playful design moments.

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