Villa Dewi Sri

Villa Dewi Sri comprises a large open-sided living pavilion and a two-storey building arranged in an L shape around an 18m x 5m swimming pool looking onto rice terraces. The open-plan living pavilion has a formal seating, dining and media games area with a bar counter separating the guest kitchen and, beyond, a second service kitchen. Attached to the end of the pavilion is a large pergola with further seating. In the second pavilion, which is fronted by a covered terrace on both storeys, two ground-floor master suites flank a central `art-gallery` foyer leading to the main entrance. Stairs lead up to the second level where two more guest suites and a plush home theatre open onto the terrace.

Villa Dewi Sri offers four spacious bedroom suites with walk-through dressing areas and light-filled bathrooms that spill onto either a private garden or terrace. Each bedroom comes with an iPod dock, 32-inch TV with satellite channels and DVD player, a choice of air-conditioning an overhead fan, and a window seat that converts to a single bed for extra guests.

Master Bedroom Suites
The two ground-floor master bedroom suites feature king-size beds on reclaimed teakwood floors, large dressing areas and equally generous bathrooms with twin vanities, rain shower cubicles and terrazzo- or granite-surround bathtubs looking onto private gardens beyond.

Guest Bedrooms
Two upper-floor guest bedrooms offer the flexibility of twin beds that can be joined to make a king, an indoor shower room reached via the walk-through dressing area, and a small well-screened and completely private sun-terrace.

Living Area
An unusual feature at Dewi Sri is the grass-carpeted `living roof` of the large open-sided, fan-cooled living pavilion visually linking the villa with the neighbouring rice fields dotted with shrines to Dewi Sita, goddess of rice and prosperity, and the inspiration for the villa`s name. This is the place for lavish entertaining, between waterfall walls to one side and an 18-metre azure pool lined with mature frangipani trees to the other. There`s a formal seating area with deeply cushioned cream sofas arranged in a convivial U shape for easy conversation. The huge dining table hewn from a single slab of suar-wood seats 14 in splendour at Philip Starck-style ghost chairs. In the middle, recessed into a wall of display cabinets and flanked by tribal artefacts and objets d`art is a 47-inch TV with satellite channels, DVD player and Bose sound system where kids of all ages can flop onto brightly coloured beanbags for an afternoon`s Wii gaming.

A granite-topped bar counter separates the open-plan guest kitchen and staff kitchen beyond, equipped with welcome extras such as espresso machine and wine fridge.

The upper-level multimedia room is cocooned with wall-to-wall shag-pile carpet, padded walls and masses of plush oversized sofas and beanbags facing an enormous

projector screen with home theatre incorporating a hard drive loaded with 300 movies. There`s also an electric piano in this room.

The shaded terraces running the length of both floors of the two-storey wing accord further relaxation areas, with double swing seats suspended from the ceiling on plaited ropes, and a scattering of sofas and daybeds for afternoon siestas.

There`s lots of outdoor living space too. Between the living pavilion and rice terraces is a large seating area with ironwood decking wrapped around palm trees that tower above a pergola roof draped in flowering vines. From here, it`s a hop and skip to the shallow end of the green java-stone pool, with jacuzzi jets and a pair of fire-bowls. A double sunbed, four sun-loungers and wicker seating furnish the lawn of soft Japanese grass. For perfect privacy, guests may retire to their peaceful bedroom garden or terrace.