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"Paradise Found on Lamu\nA Tranquil Island Retreat Embodies Swahili Simplicity\nFor Jahazi House, their residence on the southernmost tip of Lamu, Kenya, Michael and Gabi Bourke collaborated with Nairobi-based designer Leslie Duckworth. The 5,000-square-foot home sits next to protected sand dunes and an eight-mile stretch of beach.\nDining on the veranda affords an intimate connection with Kizingoni Beach, where hippos and buffalo have been known to arrive upon swimming over from the mainland. The thatch roof, like the house's floor mats, was woven from coconut leaves by women from the village.\nIn another area of the veranda that extends the house's perimeter, Duckworth placed an antique Lamu four-poster napping bed.\nThe quiet site is part of an abandoned coconut plantation.\nMangrove beams line the ceiling of the master bedroom. Duckworth asked local carpenters to construct a traditional Swahili four-poster bed, which she swathed in yards of mosquito netting."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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